Anti-Mubarak activists bruised, tired, hungry
By Paul Schemm and Ryan Lucas / AP CAIRO: After nearly two weeks of going head-to-head with Egypt's authoritarian regime, anti-government protesters are bruised, battered, sleep-deprived and hungry. But the tens…
Muslim Brotherhood starts dialogue with government
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Rashad Bayoumi, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, told Daily News Egypt that the group and other opposition figures had represented the peoples’ demands to the government…
GASC buys 170,000 T US, Australian, Argentine wheat
CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat importer, has bought 170,000 tons of soft wheat from the United States, Australia and Argentina for March 21-31 shipment on a free-on-board basis, the…
Vodafone Egypt denies Mubaraks’ stake in company
CAIRO: Vodafone Egypt denied what was reported by media outlets, citing an ABC cable news network report titled "The Wealth of Al Mubarak: $70 billion," saying that no member of…
Egypt can deal with crisis, growth hit: Central Bank
CAIRO: The central bank said on Saturday that growth which had been forecast at 6 percent would be hit by Egypt's political crisis and outflows could hit $8 billion in…
Several former ministers banned from traveling
By Sarah Daoud CAIRO: Egypt’s Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud issued a travel ban for a handful of former ministers as well as a prominent member of the ruling National Democratic…
Ministers say food, fuel supplies intact, prices stable
CAIRO: As nationwide pro-democracy protests in Egypt entered day 13, the country’s banking system came back online and businesses tried to resume a semblance of normalcy. As a result of…
Economists urge Egyptians to avoid panic
CAIRO: With fears of a run on the banks, which opened Sunday after days of unprecedented mass protests around the country, and amid worries of over-consumption and overstocking particularly of…
Normal life begins to return in Cairo
By Michel Moutot /AFP CAIRO: The Egyptian military on Sunday reinforced its presence around Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of anti-regime protests, as a semblance of normal life returned to the…
UN rights office shifts into high gear on crises
GENEVA: Often criticized for failing to tackle abuses in authoritarian countries, the UN human rights office has leapt into action recently to denounce leaders clinging to power in Ivory Coast,…