With sweeping changes in the Mideast, West is sending mixed signals
By Abdel-Rahman Hussein CAIRO: With sweeping changes reverberating across the Middle East, and the regimes of Egypt and Tunisia having already fallen, Western diplomats are in a scramble to react to…
Arab League bars Libya from bloc’s meetings
CAIRO: The Arab League has barred Libya from attending meetings of the bloc until it ends its violent crackdown on protesters, which it said involved violations of human rights and…
EU bank calls for more Egypt, Tunisia funds
BRUSSELS: The European Investment Bank is calling on the EU to allow it to give more money to support a transition to democracy in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries in…
Egypt-Israel bilateral relations
By Alon Ben-Meir On Saturday, Feb. 12 the Egyptian army issued a communiqué reassuring the Egyptian people and the international community of its intention to usher in a civilian government and…
People power
By Lamis Andoni There is no doubt that the Tunisian uprising was the spark that ignited the Egyptian revolution leading to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. The success of the…
Intellectual dishonesty vis-à-vis Arab revolt
By Mohamed El Mokhtar Sidi Haiba It felt sometimes depressing and demeaning, to be an Arab, living or going to school in America, during the Second Intifada, and hear ad nauseum…
Oil, gold, grains up as investors fret over Libya
SINGAPORE: Oil, gold and grains surged on Tuesday as investors worried that violence in Libya could spill into top oil producers in North Africa and the Middle East, but metals…
Industrial Development head accused of squandering public funds
By Sarah Daoud CAIRO: The General Prosecutor ordered on Monday the detention of the head of the Industrial Development Authority Amr Assal for 15 days pending investigation in chargers of squandering…
Trade ministry announces policies to ensure availability of sugar, wheat
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt approved a Ministry of Trade request to continue the suspension of the required cash cover for sugar imports until the end of this year,…
Ten ministers, deputy PM sworn in
By Agencies CAIRO: Ten new ministers and the first deputy prime minister in years were sworn in on Tuesday in the first cabinet reshuffle since a military council took power,…