Turkish president to visit Egypt Thursday
ANKARA: A Turkish official says President Abdullah Gul will visit Egypt on March 3 for talks with the country's new leaders. The official said Tuesday that discussion will focus on…
Robbers storm antiquities warehouses near Giza Pyramids
CAIRO: Armed robbers raided two antiquities warehouses near Egypt's Great Pyramids at dawn on Tuesday and tied up a number of security staff, the state antiquities minister said. They bound…
Prosecutor to investigate three more former politicians
By Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutor will investigate claims made against three more prominent former politicians, state news agency MENA said on Tuesday, with growing public demand for officials to…
Maroon 5 to perform in Egypt for the first time
The fact that Maroon 5 are the first international band to perform in Egypt after the revolution is very fitting. Although not as political as big rock bands like U2,…
IATA says to move its 2011 AGM to Singapore from Cairo
SINGAPORE: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said it had decided to move its 67th annual general meeting to Singapore from its planned site in Cairo after Egypt was jolted…
OCI signs $146 mln Abu Dhabi contract
CAIRO: Egyptian group Orascom Construction has signed a $146 million contract in Abu Dhabi in a joint venture to finish civil works and building projects. Egypt's biggest listed company signed…
Egypt bourse sorting out compensation steps: official
CAIRO: Egypt's stock exchange delayed its reopening until Sunday to refine ways to support thousands of small investors caught out by collapsing share prices during the country's political unrest. The…
With Mideast revolts, ‘it’s cool to be Arab’
By Rana Moussaoui / AFP BEIRUT: The popular revolts shaking the Arab world have injected a sense of pride in peoples across the region often labeled as 'terrorists' or 'backwards'…
Jane Russell, star of 40s and 50s films, dies
She was the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, the favorite movie star of a generation of young men long before…
Egypt’s first comic book store opens
L ast week, as Egypt continued to celebrate its great revolution, the local alternative culture scene witnessed a transformative event of its own: The opening of the very first comic…