Greek PM urges aid to north African uprisings
ATHENS: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Sunday urged assistance to popular uprisings in north Africa and to refugees fleeing a crackdown by forces loyal to Libyan strongman Moammar Qaddafi.…
Prosecutor imprisons Mubarak ally over attacks
CAIRO: Egypt has jailed an ex-lawmaker from the former ruling party on charges of ordering a brutal attack on protesters during the country's 18-day uprising that ousted longtime leader Hosni…
73 Tagamou members resign; to launch new party
CAIRO: Seventy-three members of Al-Tagammu party’s central committee resigned Saturday and said they would launch a new leftist party in objection of its president’s refusal to step down. The resigned…
Man tortured in Meet Ghamr police station last week, says family
CAIRO: The family of a suspect in a misdemeanor case filed a complaint to the prosecutor general accusing an officer at Meet Ghamr Police Station of torturing him last week…
Army starts rebuilding Etfeeh Church
CAIRO: Armed Forces trucks loaded with building material and accompanied by engineers arrived at the Sol village in Etfeeh Sunday morning to rebuild a church that was burnt down in…
Egypt transition strains a month after Mubarak quit
By AFP CAIRO: A month after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to quit in the face of an unprecedented popular uprising, Egypt's new rulers are grappling with the political and…
Egypt transition strains a month after Mubarak quit
CAIRO: A month after president Hosni Mubarak was forced to quit in the face of an unprecedented popular uprising, Egypt's new rulers are grappling with the political and economic aftermath…
Education key to development, say literacy initiative founders
CAIRO: Illiteracy is the key obstacle to the development of a nation, agreed experts from the public and private sectors as well as civil society at the launch of…
Unions, syndicates set to flourish in Egypt as ILO keeps watchful eye
CAIRO: At a finance ministry press conference Sunday, Kamal Abu Eita, one of the founders of the newly-created Independent Labor Union — not on the scheduled panel of speakers…
African consumer stands tall amid commodity boom
JOHANNESBURG: Soaring commodity prices are boosting African economies and state budgets, but strong growth on the poorest continent is much more deep-seated than just bumper revenues from ores and oil.…
