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Egypt median o/n interbank rate steady at 8.40 percent

CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on Egypt s pound held broadly…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

EFG-Hermes share issue drags Egypt bourse lower

CAIRO: Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes led a fall on the Egyptian bourse…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Press Round-up

CAIRO: The results of Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections, the official…

Sarah El Sirgany

Al-Wafd crisis continues

CAIRO: Dozens of Al-Wafd newspaper reporters and editors demonstrated for hours in…

Pakinam Amer

Imam: We have censorship chaos in the region

CAIRO: The star-studded cinematic adaptation of Emaret Yacoubian (Yacoubian's Building), will be…

Sarah El Sirgany

Mubarak promotes son in ruling party

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday promoted his son Gamal to a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

E.U. threatens to take Danish cartoon dispute to WTO

CAIRO: A series of cartoons in a Danish newspaper has prompted a…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Al-Wafd Party crisis continues

CAIRO: The stakes were raised in the internal crisis in the Al-Wafd…

Pakinam Amer

Egypt mediation makes shaky start with Palestinians

CAIRO: Egypt made a shaky start on Wednesday in its mediation on…

Daily Star Egypt Staff