Facebook denies shutting down in March
CAIRO: Facebook will not be shutting down on March 15, 2011, the social networking site’s Director of Corporate Communications Larry Yu said, quelling rumors that circulated this week. It is…
Syndicates wary of new elections law, demand immediate elections
CAIRO: Professional syndicate members said they are worried that the government would “ignore and reverse” a court order that deemed incumbent boards of all syndicates illegitimate, requiring new elections,…
Pope: Pakistan, others, must protect Christians
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI urged Pakistan to reverse its blasphemy laws, saying Monday they were a pretext for violence against non-Muslims, and demanded that all governments do more so…
Divorce cases cost the state LE 7.75 billion annually
CAIRO: While Egypt’s divorce rate climbed up to 40 percent, divorce cases cost the State Treasury LE 7.75 billion annually, according to the latest study by the Central Agency for…
Egypt experts warn of full-blown currency war
CAIRO: Increasingly over the past few months, talk of a currency war breaking out between major economic powers has been common in policy circles, said Magda Kandil — the executive…
Israel slams criticism of hotel demolition
JERUSALEM: Israel on Monday strongly rejected criticism from the United States, European Union and Arab countries over the demolition of a well-known east Jerusalem hotel to make way for settler…
A journey through an Egyptian’s new modern architecture
CAIRO: Ahmad Hamid remembers being a young boy watching his mother and her friends gather for their weekly tea and sewing get together at his family’s house on Sunday mornings.…
77 dead in Iran Air plane crash
TEHRAN: Iran on Monday launched a probe after an Iran Air passenger jet crashed and broke into pieces in heavy snow and fog killing 77 people and injuring dozens of…
Clinton says sanctions complicate Iran nuclear goals
ABU DHABI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said here Monday that international sanctions have made it "much more difficult" for Iran to pursue its nuclear ambitions. Kicking off a…
Egypt inflation edges up, rates seen steady for now
CAIRO: Egyptian urban inflation inched higher in the year to December, but the pace of increase is unlikely to prompt the central bank to raise interest rates this month to…