Mubarak’s sons grilled on foreign finances
CAIRO: Ousted president Hosni Mubarak's sons on Sunday were questioned on their financial activities in Cyprus and the British Isles, the public prosecutor's office said. Alaa and Gamal Mubarak faced…
Citadel plunges 10 pct after chairman travel ban
CAIRO: Egypt’s Citadel Capital stock plunged 10 percent on Sunday after the public prosecutor issued a travel ban on its chairman, Ahmed Heikal who is being investigated for corruption allegations.…
Mubarak sons questioned in prison due to security concerns
CAIRO: Alaa and Gamal Mubarak were questioned in Tora Prison on Sunday after the interior ministry deemed it unsafe for them to be transferred to the Prosecutor General’s office in…
Disbanding NDP is a strike to restructure endeavors, says analyst
CAIRO: Disbanding former ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) was a big strike to the endeavors of some members to give it a new shape relatively different from the old one,…
Internet revolt star Ghonim chides IMF
WASHINGTON: The Google executive who became the hero of the Egyptian revolution cropped up at the pinnacle of international finance Friday, chiding the elites for supporting strongman Hosni Mubarak. "I…
‘Drunk’ actor Nick Cage arrested in New Orleans
US actor Nicolas Cage has been arrested in the southern city of New Orleans "after getting drunk" and having a heated argument with his wife in the French Quarter, police…
Almodovar says new film is unlike past works
Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar said Friday his new movie which will take part at the Cannes Film Festival next month is unlike any other film which he has made…
Wallace novel renews debate about posthumous books
David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King," the year's most awaited and complicated literary novel, has renewed a very old debate. Published 2 1-2 years after his suicide, "The Pale King"…
How to get Egypt’s artwork to meet its revolution
By Mariam Hamdy During the last couple of years of my work as an art critic and writer, I have had a rather sinister belief on the edge of my thoughts.…
IMF ‘here to help’ Arab states: Strauss-Kahn
WASHINGTON: The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said Friday that the lender stood ready to offer financial support to Arab countries like Egypt and Tunisia if they…