Egyptian Islamists won’t cap ambitions forever
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood is not planning to seek power in Egypt's elections this year but says it will not limit its political ambitions forever and wants secular parties to…
Interior ministry was politicized, says El-Essawy
CAIRO: Encroachments by members of the police force are not individual acts, but are institutionalized by decrees and regime policies, Interior Minister Mansour El-Essawy said in a TV interview Tuesday,…
Suspended stocks
By Amr Ramadan Although the Acting Exchange head Mohamed Abdel Salam said trading was suspended on 46 stocks, an emailed list sent out by the exchange only included 43. Misr Kuwait…
Central Bank of Egypt says studying changes to banking law
CAIRO: Egypt's central bank said on Wednesday it would begin studying a revision to the country's banking and monetary law to strengthen bank governance, particularly that of state banks. The…
GB Auto to expand service centers, up bus production
CAIRO: Egyptian carmaker GB Auto will build five new service centers in the country, officials told Daily News Egypt. “The biggest center will be on the Cairo-Ismailia Desert Road then…
Syrian forces, Daraa protesters exchange gunfire
DARAA: Syrian security forces exchanged gunfire with activists holed up in a mosque in Daraa Wednesday, leaving at least one person wounded, an AFP reporter said. Meanwhile, a rights activist…
Twenty hurt as bomb rips through Jerusalem bus
GAZA CITY/ JERUSALEM: Twenty people were wounded when an explosion ripped through a bus outside Jerusalem's central bus station on Wednesday, medical officials told AFP, saying three were seriously hurt.…
Zeal of Libyan rebels may not be enough to triumph
NEAR AJDABIYAH: The Libyan rebel fighters sheltering behind sand dunes near the government-held town of Ajdabiyah are full of bravado but they appear to lack leadership, soldiering experience and any…
Yemen opposition call for mass protests on Friday
SANAA: Yemen opposition groups called on protesters to march on President Ali Abdullah Saleh's Sanaa palace on Friday to demand he step down, hoping to end a crisis that his…
Qaddafi: Survival is not an option
By Alon Ben-Meir President Obama has already developed a reputation for tough talk and little action. Worse yet, the United States' cautiousness in the wake of the lessons of Iraq and…