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,…
Suleiman meets with opposition on reform
By Marwa Awad /Reuters CAIRO: Vice President Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with Egyptian opposition groups including the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood to try and find a way out of…
Only the military can tell Egypt’s Mubarak to go
By Hamza Hendawi /AP CAIRO: Ultimately, only the military can tell President Hosni Mubarak — one of its own — that it's time to step down. Egypt's most powerful and most…
Bomb detonated in empty church in Egypt, say officials
By Ashraf Sweilam /AP EL-ARISH: Assailants detonated a bomb Saturday in an empty church in a small town in northern Egypt, causing little damage and no injuries, security officials said. Smoke…
Customers queue at Egypt banks after protests
By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad/Reuters CAIRO: A steady stream of employees flowed into Cairo's financial district and customers queued to access their accounts on Sunday, the first day for the…
Egypt pound down less than feared, central bank supports
CAIRO: The central bank appeared to intervene indirectly to support the Egyptian pound on Sunday as foreign exchange trade resumed after a week-long suspension due to political unrest, traders and…
France suspends arms sales to Egypt
PARIS: France said on Saturday it had suspended sales of arms and riot police equipment to Egypt amid mass protests pressing for veteran leader Hosni Mubarak to step down. The…