IATA says to move its 2011 AGM to Singapore from Cairo
SINGAPORE: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said it had decided to move its 67th annual general meeting to Singapore from its planned site in Cairo after Egypt was jolted…
OCI signs $146 mln Abu Dhabi contract
CAIRO: Egyptian group Orascom Construction has signed a $146 million contract in Abu Dhabi in a joint venture to finish civil works and building projects. Egypt's biggest listed company signed…
Egypt bourse sorting out compensation steps: official
CAIRO: Egypt's stock exchange delayed its reopening until Sunday to refine ways to support thousands of small investors caught out by collapsing share prices during the country's political unrest. The…
With Mideast revolts, ‘it’s cool to be Arab’
By Rana Moussaoui / AFP BEIRUT: The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have injected a sense of pride in peoples across the region often labeled as 'terrorists' or 'backwards'…
Jane Russell, star of 40s and 50s films, dies
She was the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, the favorite movie star of a generation of young men long before…
Egypt’s first comic book store opens
L ast week, as Egypt continued to celebrate its great revolution, the local alternative culture scene witnessed a transformative event of its own: The opening of the very first comic…
Pro-Gadhafi forces try to retake strategic city
By Maggie Michael/ AP TRIPOLI: Government opponents in rebel-held Zawiya repelled an attempt by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi to retake the city closest to the capital in six hours…
Thousands of Yemeni protesters demand Saleh goes
By Mohammed Ghobari and Mohammed Mukhashaf / Reuters SANAA/ADEN: Tens of thousands of protesters flooded Yemen's streets on Tuesday, dedicating a fresh "Day of Rage" to the 24 people killed…
Oman army tries to disperse protests, wounds one
SOHAR: Omani troops fired in the air, wounding one person, when they moved in to disperse a crowd demanding jobs and political reforms near the northern port of Sohar on…
Analysis: Old guard seen as threat to Egypt’s revolution
By Tom Perry / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers want elections in six months' time but political activists who ousted Hosni Mubarak fear remnants of his administration and the tight…