Egypt sells T-bills worth LE 5 bln
CAIRO: Egypt's central bank said it sold LE 5 billion ($841 million) in domestic treasury bills on Sunday, the same amount it was seeking (CBEY). The bank sold LE 1.5…
SAfrica steals late win over Egypt in qualifier
JOHANNESBURG: Striker Katlego Mphela scored three minutes into injury time to steal a 1-0 win for South Africa over Egypt in their African Cup of Nations qualifier at Ellis Park…
Syria sends troops to curb Latakia ‘destruction’
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops on Sunday entered the northern city of Latakia where snipers killed four people keeping tensions high in the country despite reform pledges by the embattled government. "The…
Yemen ruling party, Saleh to meet for crisis talks
SANAA: Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ruling party will meet for crisis talks on Sunday after Saleh said he was ready to hand over power on condition he be allowed…
Iran says OPEC special meeting ‘unnecessary’
TEHRAN: Iran Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi sees no reason to call an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Country (OPEC), Mehr news agency reported on Saturday. "An extraordinary…
Israeli air strike kills 2 Palestinian insurgents
GAZA: Israeli aircraft killed two Palestinian insurgents in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as tensions remained high despite signals on both sides of the border of a readiness to return…
Egyptian joins ‘jihad’ on Libyan front
NEAR AJDABIYA: Mohamed's mother thinks he is somewhere in Alexandria, on Egypt's northern coast, which is where he told her he was going when he left Cairo to join rebels…
Egypt must scrap law banning strikes -rights group
CAIRO: An Egyptian draft law that imposes prison sentences for some strike action violates international laws on freedom of assembly and must be scrapped, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.…
Stick to the resolution
By Gareth Evans MELBOURNE: The international military intervention in Libya is not about bombing for democracy or for Col. Muammar El-Qaddafi’s head — let alone keeping oil prices down or profits…
Japan’s new model political leadership
By Karel van Wolferen AMSTERDAM: Amid the horrifying news from Japan, the establishment of new standards of political leadership there is easy to miss — in part because the Japanese media…