Ad agencies see drop as business slows
CAIRO: “We don’t have work right now because the companies we do business with don’t have work or aren’t open,” Ahmed Raafat, general manager of Scope advertising company, told Daily…
CBE rejects NBE chairman’s resignation, protests continue in banks
CAIRO: What began as mass nationwide protests demanding the removal of former president Hosni Mubarak eventually spilled over into various sectors, ministries, state institutions and, more recently, public sector banks.…
Protesters back in Cairo’s Tahrir square
By Marwa Awad /Reuters CAIRO: About 2,000 people gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Monday, halting traffic only hours after military police and soldiers had cleared the last few dozen pro-democracy…
Protesters call for Friday celebration march
By Marwa Awad /Reuters CAIRO: The organizers of protests that toppled President Hosni Mubarak have called for a "march of victory" across Egypt on Friday, leading activist Khaled Abdelkader Ouda said…
State workers protest for better pay
By AP CAIRO: Hundreds of state employees are protesting in Cairo to demand better pay and conditions in the latest outbreak of labor unrest unleashed in the uprising that ousted…
Tourism workers stage Pyramids protest
CAIRO: Workers from Egypt's key tourism industry held a protest on Monday by the Great Pyramids to demand higher wages, part of a surge of protests and strikes following the…
Arab summit in Baghdad on March 29
CAIRO: Arab heads of state will hold their annual summit in Baghdad on March 29, Iraq's ambassador to the Arab League told reporters on Monday. "The Arab League summit will…
Palestinian govt resigns ahead of elections
RAMALLAH: Palestinian premier Salam Fayyad on Monday resigned and dissolved his cabinet in a major political shake-up ahead of Palestinian elections to be held by September. The move, which was…
Clashes in Bahrain before planned protest rally
DUBAI: Bahrain's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters Monday in advance of plans to stage major rallies and bring the Arab reform wave to…
Iran isolates opposition leader as police deploy
TEHRAN: Iran Monday blocked access to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's house to prevent him attending a rally in support of Arab revolts and also deployed anti-riot police in parts…