Familiar faces to guide Iraq’s oil future
By Barbara Lewis and Ahmed Rasheed/ Reuters LONDON/BAGHDAD: News Iraq's oil minister has been promoted and his deputy has his old job provides a degree of certainty for foreign firms anxious…
Dubai World arm cuts stake in Australia for $1.5 billion
DUBAI: DP World, the port management arm of indebted state conglomerate Dubai World, sold the bulk of its Australian businesses to a Citi investment fund Wednesday for $1.5 billion. Unloading…
WikiLeaks translated into Arabic by Jordan sites
AMMAN: Two Jordanian websites have begun translating into Arabic the US State Department cables pertaining to Jordan released by WikiLeaks. The sites, AmmanNet.net and 7iber.com, said Tuesday that they wanted…
Eto’o named African Footballer of the Year; Hassan best Africa-based player
CAIRO: Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o was named African Footballer of the Year a record fourth time at the annual CAF awards ceremony in Cairo Monday. Egypt’s Ahmed Hassan was awarded…
Egypt, Libya, Sudan consult ahead of south vote
KHARTOUM: The leaders of Egypt and Libya were in Khartoum Tuesday for talks with Sudanese leaders on the future of Africa's largest country ahead of a referendum that's likely to…
Timing of Israel spy capture politically motivated, says former MP candidate
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: The announcement of the capture of an Egyptian man accused of spying for Israel was politically motivated, according to a former North Sinai MP candidate. Tagammu party…
Costs of pharmaceutical drugs lowered, says health minister
CAIRO: The prices of 132 pharmaceutical drugs have been reduced by 10–60 percent, according to Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabaly. El-Gabaly is also quoted by the MENA news agency as…
Judges reject future election monitoring amid fraud allegations
By Heba Famy CAIRO: Judges should refrain from future election monitoring in protest of the violations that took place during November’s parliamentary elections, said a memo filed by Judge Ahmed Mekky…
A desert storm
By Tamer Alaa El-Din You who are in power have only the means that money produces. We, who are in expectation, have those which devotion prompts. A devotion that may fall…
Dar Al-Ifta issued 465,000 fatwas in 2010, says report
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: So far this year, Dar Al-Ifta has issued 465,000 fatwas — or religious edicts — either verbally or written, via telephone or email, according to a recent…
