Egypt: The story so far
By Ahmed Kadry For the first time during this entire revolutionary saga where millions of Egyptians at home and on the streets have rallied to have the president removed from office,…
A new youth-led dawn in the Middle East?
By Farah Abdel Sater BEIRUT: "It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day!" When Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote their 1965 song "Feeling Good", odds were pretty close to zero…
AN ISRAELI VIEW: Negative consequences already evident in Sinai
By Yossi Alpher Because the events in Egypt continue to fall into the category of "revolutionary situation", we know they will affect Israeli-Palestinian relations, but we do not yet know in…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: The revolution isn’t over yet
By Ghassan Khatib Fourteen days into the massive public protests against Egypt's regime, it is still too early to deeply analyze the situation. Let us instead touch on some of the…
Germany suspends arms exports to Egypt
By AP BERLIN: The Economy Ministry says it will not approve any new arms exports to Egypt over concerns about over the human rights' situation there amid anti-government protests. The…
Hundreds mourn killed journalist as assaults on media continue
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Hundreds of journalists and protestors organized a symbolic funeral Monday in Tahrir Square for Ahmed Mahmoud, a journalist at Al-Ahram Foundation, who died last Friday as a…
Egypt stock market resumes trading Feb. 13
CAIRO: Egypt's stock exchange will reopen at the start of next week, Feb. 13, according to a statement. The stock market has been closed since Jan. 27, after the main…
US avoids predicting when Mubarak will leave
WASHINGTON: Even as the White House tries to prepare for an Egypt without longtime U.S. ally Hosni Mubarak, it won't be drawn into predicting when the Egyptian president will step…
Finance ministry pumps funds into social spending, salary increase
By Amr Ramadan CAIRO: Finance Minister Samir Radwan said in a statement that Egypt will allocate LE 1.5 billion of additional spending for the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) to…
Normalcy in Cairo will not drown out Tahrir protests, says analyst
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: While protesters continue to occupy Cairo’s main square, normalcy is starting to return to the city with companies, stores and restaurants resuming activity. However, some view this…