Arab League chief Moussa to run for Egypt president
By AFP CAIRO: Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Sunday he plans to run for president in his native Egypt after a popular uprising that toppled veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak,…
Workers, leftists to form new parties
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Legal procedures to establish two political parties, based on principles of a civil state and social justice and inspired by the January 25 Revolution, are to start…
Popular committee to independently investigate violence, killings during demos
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Popular Fact-finding Committee, formed of law professors and human rights activists, said Sunday it will start investigating crimes committed against protestors during the January 25 Revolution.…
Army to set referendum date next week, says constitutional committee member
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: The army is expected to announce the date of the referendum on the recommended constitutional amendments next week, lawyer Sobhi Saleh told Daily News Egypt Sunday. “The…
Mahmoud Saad quits state-TV over Shafiq interview
CAIRO: Popular television presenter Mahmoud Saad said he resigned from the talk show “Masr Enaharda” (Egypt Today), on terrestrial state-TV on Saturday. In a phone call “Ashera Masa’an” on Dream…
Assiut villagers, civil servants protest corruption
By AP ASSIUT: Villagers in southern Egypt blocked a highway with burning tires and set fire to three government buildings Sunday to protest official corruption, witnesses said. Also in Assiut…
Libya land exodus unabated, Egyptians stranded: IOM
GENEVA: About 15,000 Egyptians who fled the Libyan crisis are still stranded in Tunisia amid a relentless exodus of foreigners by land, the International Organization for Migration said Saturday.…
Egyptian students rally for return of tourists
CAIRO: As hundreds of Egyptian college students rallied at the iconic pyramids of Giza Friday to promote tourism, camel guide Salah Shabani stood to the side and looked on with…
NBAD plans Islamic repo product, eyes Malaysia unit
ABU DHABI: National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) will launch a sharia-compliant repo product in March to encourage secondary market trading and is in talks with two unnamed counterparties for…
HRW says many protesters still in military custody
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Human Rights Watch (HRW) along with Egyptian human rights organizations and two internet-based groups documented scores of people who went missing since Egypt's military rulers took…