Ministers sworn in amid support from opposition
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Ministers in the new Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf were sworn in by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces on Monday. Some ministers…
Sharaf promises Coptic delegation swift solutions to ‘immediate’ problems
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf promised a Coptic delegation he met Sunday to reach solutions to pressing problems, mainly the sectarian clashes in Helwan in which a church was burnt…
New Egypt minister takes over after offices stormed
By AFP CAIRO: A new Egyptian interior minister took office on Sunday pledging to restore public confidence in the police a day after protesters stormed several state security buildings. In…
AUC president: Campus illegally used by security forces on Jan. 28
CAIRO: In a statement released by the president of the American University in Cairo Monday, President Lisa Anderson clarified that AUC has its own security staff and “does not…
Stranded Egyptians sail home on German warships
GABES, Tunisia: After being robbed by Libyan soldiers and huddling in a transit camp on the Tunisian border for several days, some 400 laborers fleeing Libya found themselves on perhaps…
Arab Cotton Ginning July-Dec profit jumps
CAIRO: Egyptian textiles firm Arab Cotton Ginning's 2010 July-December net profit jumped to LE 56.2 million ($9.5 million) from 20.7 million for the same period of 2009, the firm said…
Tanta lawyers convicted with assaulting prosecutor released
CAIRO: The two Tanta city lawyers convicted with assaulting and insulting a local prosecutor were released Sunday, Lawyers’ Syndicate board member Mohamed Abdel-Ghaffar told Daily News Egypt Monday. Prosecutor General…
Maridive 2010 net profit falls 23 percent
CAIRO: Egypt's Maridive and Oil Services, the biggest oil services firm by fleet size in the Middle East, said its 2010 net profit fell 23 percent to $61.8 million. The…
Global central banks point to more acute price risks
BASEL: A spike in food and oil prices has made the threat of inflation more acute, leading central banks said on Monday, but they warned tightening of policy in response…
Veteran diplomat is new face of Egypt
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt’s newly appointed foreign minister Nabil El-Araby is a respected veteran diplomat who joined the Camp David negotiations that yielded a peace deal with Israel. El-Araby was…