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Median interbank rate rises to 8.65 percent

CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound rose to 8.65…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt asks UN to give Sudan more time on peacekeepers

CAIRO: Egypt urged Britain and the United States Wednesday to give Sudan…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Australia warns citizens of possible terrorist attack in Egypt

CANBERRA: The Australian government on Thursday warned its citizens there was a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Word on the Street

Reacting to UN Resolution 1701CAIRO: Following the 34-day war between Israel and…

Ahmad Aboul-Wafa

EU to seek new Mideast talks based on 1967 borders

Reuters BRUSSELS: The European Union is set to launch a drive this…

Daily News Egypt

UNCTAD report proves conventional economic theories wrong

CAIRO: In what could be described as a revolutionary economic study, the…

Sarah El Sirgany

Bidding a fond farewell to the Arab world's Shakespeare

CAIRO: Egypt bade farewell Thursday to its Nobel prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Lebanese musicians honor their nation in a somber but hopeful concert

CAIRO: Last night at the Cairo Opera House Lebanese musicians sang of…

Daily News Egypt

From pashas to the people: Egyptian photography enters the information age

CAIRO: As an art form, photography in Egypt was once the province…

Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt's Nobel laureate laid to rest

Novelist Naguib Mahfouz was laid to rest, yesterday, during a state funeral.…

Daily Star Egypt Staff