Egypt's economic outlook remains lacklustre
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Too risky to phone ET? Too late, NASA's tried it
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Swiss rankle as scholar hints at Heidi's German origins
The legend of Heidi, the storybook character cherished as a national icon…
SODIC: Transforming Cairo's suburbia
As the population explosion in Cairo has experts worried about a potential…
Al Ahly's Sabbour sees new real estate boom
A year and a half after the start of the global financial…
Social ratings: Can MFIs achieve a double bottom line?
It was 6 am last Thursday when Saeed, a 42-year-old small farmer…
After the quake, darkness for Haiti's painters
Unlike some of Haiti's painters, it took Raymond Beauduy two months to…
Syria's smoking ban leaves cafes empty and pipes abandoned
DAMASCUS: Damascus's oldest cafe, the Havana, used to be packed with customers…
Israeli forces demolish settlers' 'Obama's Shack'
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces demolished a handful of illegal structures in West…
UAE bank ADCB Q1 profit down, misses forecast
ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank on Tuesday reported a 36 percent…