Libya meeting seeks to get aid to anti-Gaddafi rebels
ROME: An international coalition against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi met on Thursday to seek ways of getting funds to an ill-equipped rebel movement which is fast running out of cash.…
Extortion bid causes gun battle in Cairo, 89 wounded
CAIRO: An extortion attempt against shop owners in a downtown Cairo commercial street precipitated a gun battle that injured 89 people on Wednesday, the interior ministry said. The Ministry of…
US drone targets Saudi Qaeda chief, kills two, say witnesses
ADEN: A US drone attacked a Saudi Al-Qaeda leader in southern Yemen on Thursday, but missed and killed two local Al-Qaeda members, a security source and witnesses told AFP. The…
Hundreds of Mubarak loyalists, foes clash in Cairo
By AFP CAIRO: Hundreds of diehard supporters of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak clashed with his foes in central Cairo on Wednesday leaving dozens injured, a security official told AFP.…
Ex-interior minister gets 12 years for money laundering, corruption
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Former interior minister Habib El-Adly was sentenced to 12 years in prison for money laundering and unlawful acquisition of public funds on Thursday, the first official of…
Egypt’s revolution made Palestinian reconciliation possible, say political powers
CAIRO: Egypt’s political powers hailed the unity agreement between Palestinian Fatah and Hamas signed on Wednesday, adding that Egypt’s January 25 Revolution made the reconciliation possible. Karima El-Hifnawy, senior member…
The goose is cooked: licit or illicit
By Philip Whitfield Egypt's justice minister, Mohamed El-Guindi, says President Hosni Mubarak faces the death penalty if convicted of ordering shooting the protesters, according to Al-Ahram. Will he go to the…
El-Sebaei sacked, under investigation
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Egypt’s Cabinet sacked on Wednesday the head of the Forensic Examinations Authority, El-Sebaei Ahmed El-Sebaei, who is under investigation for corruption allegations. The Cabinet confirmed on…
Egypt Salafi cleric says bin Laden died a martyr
CAIRO: A leader of an increasingly prominent hardline sect in Egypt praised Osama bin Laden on Tuesday and said the jihadist leader was a martyr who died with his "head…
Oil off $1 ahead of US inventory data
LONDON: Oil prices slipped on Wednesday ahead of the release of weekly US oil inventory data expecting to show an increase in crude stockpiles later in the day. ICE Brent…