Court deems limp cigarette photo on cigarette packs ‘inappropriate’
CAIRO: An Egyptian court deemed the photograph of a limp cigarette that was placed on cigarette packs to be “inappropriate,” ruling that the Ministry of Health stop using it in…
What next for Egypt?
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: National unity, citizenship, democracy, rule of law, social fabric… the list can go on ad nauseam. Indeed nausea is what many in Egypt are feeling right…
An insider’s reflections on Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
By Carol Daniel Kasbari JERUSALEM: Why are we meeting? What is our goal? And if we achieve it, will it have any impact on the reality outside? These are a few…
Does Pakistan need an Assange of its own?
By Huma Yusuf KARACHI/WASHINGTON, DC: A week after the recent WikiLeaks disclosures, two local non-profit organizations held a seminar in Karachi called, “Freedom of Information: Access to Information, Using Freedom of…
The official pursuit of happiness
By Derek Bok CAMBRIDGE: In a time of tight budgets and financial crisis, politicians nowadays look to economic growth as the centerpiece of their domestic policy programs. Gross domestic product is…
Arafa Holding to reorganize subsidiaries
Arafa Holding is set to reorganize the company’s subsidiaries according to market segments versus the former approach of operational segmentation, Beltone Financial reported in a note. Arafa’s three market segments…
Mobinil to pay LE 9.19 dividend, stock up
Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil said on Wednesday its dividend for the first nine months of 2010 would nearly match its payment for all of 2009, giving its shares a boost.…
Egypt cabinet approves outlines of new land law
Egypt's cabinet on Tuesday approved the outlines of draft law that would create a body to handle the distribution of all state land, the official news agency said. The planned…
Dutch Muslims offer to guard Coptic churches
By AFP THE HAGUE: Dutch Muslims on Tuesday offered to guard three Coptic churches in the Netherlands which have been threatened on an Al-Qaeda-linked website after a New Year's Day…
Egypt sees annualised Q4 GDP growth at 6-6.2 pct
CAIRO: Egypt's economy is estimated to have grown by an annualized 6 to 6.2 percent in the October to December quarter, the cabinet's spokesman said on Wednesday, heralding its best…
