UN rights office shifts into high gear on crises
GENEVA: Often criticized for failing to tackle abuses in authoritarian countries, the UN human rights office has leapt into action recently to denounce leaders clinging to power in Ivory Coast,…
Suleiman meets with opposition on reform
By Marwa Awad /Reuters CAIRO: Vice President Omar Suleiman held talks on Sunday with Egyptian opposition groups including the officially banned Muslim Brotherhood to try and find a way out of…
Only the military can tell Egypt’s Mubarak to go
By Hamza Hendawi /AP CAIRO: Ultimately, only the military can tell President Hosni Mubarak — one of its own — that it's time to step down. Egypt's most powerful and most…
Bomb detonated in empty church in Egypt, say officials
By Ashraf Sweilam /AP EL-ARISH: Assailants detonated a bomb Saturday in an empty church in a small town in northern Egypt, causing little damage and no injuries, security officials said. Smoke…
Customers queue at Egypt banks after protests
By Patrick Werr and Marwa Awad/Reuters CAIRO: A steady stream of employees flowed into Cairo's financial district and customers queued to access their accounts on Sunday, the first day for the…
Egypt pound down less than feared, central bank supports
CAIRO: The central bank appeared to intervene indirectly to support the Egyptian pound on Sunday as foreign exchange trade resumed after a week-long suspension due to political unrest, traders and…
France suspends arms sales to Egypt
PARIS: France said on Saturday it had suspended sales of arms and riot police equipment to Egypt amid mass protests pressing for veteran leader Hosni Mubarak to step down. The…
France suspends arms sales to Egypt 02/05/2011 12:46 GMT – EGYPT-POLITICS-UNREST-FRANCE-DIPLOMACY-WEAPONS – World News (EAA) – AFP PARIS, February 5, 2011 (AFP) – France said on Saturday it had suspended sales of arms and riot police equipment to Egypt
PARIS: France said on Saturday it had suspended sales of arms and riot police equipment to Egypt amid mass protests pressing for veteran leader Hosni Mubarak to step down. The…
Investors fear anti-market regime in Egypt
NEW YORK: Investors fear escalating protests against the 30-year rule of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak could spill over to other Arab countries and lead to regimes more hostile to western…
Cheap Egypt assets attractive but not yet, say funds
LONDON: Cairo financial markets, reopening from a prolonged closure and a steep selloff, cannot look forward to much support from overseas portfolio managers who want more clarity on Egypt's economic…