Egypt produces avian flu vaccine
CAIRO: The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Cairo University has been able to produce the first Egyptian vaccine against avian flu, in collaboration with the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, a…
Arabs pledge to fight money laundering, terrorism
CAIRO: Arab governments are getting together to fight terrorism by trying to dry up its supply of money, joining forces to battle money laundering. The agreement to control money laundering…
Truckers deny ending nationwide strike
CAIRO: Drivers of trailer trucks denied reports claiming that they had ended their nationwide strike after officials promised to consider their objections over recent taxes. Reports claimed that truckers ended…
Revamped Treika lifts Ahly over Hodoud
CAIRO: Mohamed Abou Trika scored twice to lead Ahly’s comeback and give the league champions a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Harras Hodoud. A first-half strike from Pape Latyr N’Diaye gave…
World Cup lifts Africa to dizzy heights
JOHANNESBURG: African football scaled dizzy heights in 2010 as it staged the World Cup tournament for the first time and received international acclaim. FIFA president Sepp Blatter gave South Africa…
Abraaj Capital’s ASAS fund makes first acquisition
CAIRO: Abraaj Capital said Monday that its real estate fund, ASAS, acquired a grade-A commercial office building in Cairo. ASAS is an income-generating real estate fund, which complies with Sharia…
IDSC launches online commodities index
CAIRO: Egypt’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) launched this week an online portal listing local and international commodities' prices with the support of the Ministry of Finance. The new…
African refugees being held captive by smugglers, says Sinai source
CAIRO: African refugees are being held captive by smugglers in Sinai and are often subjected to torture and abuses as captors demand more ransom money, a source in Sinai told…
A confederal solution for Palestine
By Robert Skidelsky LONDON: Last month, while in New York City, I happened to be staying in the same hotel as Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. To accommodate his security needs,…
Thinking the unthinkable in Europe
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: When Greece was bailed out by a joint eurozone-IMF rescue package back in May, it was clear that the deal had bought only a temporary respite. Now…