Egypt to establish tobacco company in Ethiopia
Egypt will establish a large company for the cultivation of tobacco in Ethiopia in collaboration with a number of international companies specialized in the production and processing of raw tobacco,…
South Sudan rulers hail valid independence vote
JUBA: South Sudan's ruling party said Wednesday that the 60-percent turnout threshold required for a landmark independence vote to be declared valid has been reached after just three days of…
AlembicHC cuts Egypt’s Eastern Co to underweight
AlembicHC cut its rating on Egypt's cigarette monopoly Eastern Company to "underweight" from "neutral" saying rising raw material and relocation costs could impair the company's profitability. The brokerage also said…
Kuwait PM visits Iraq for first time since war
BAGHDAD: Kuwait's prime minister arrived to a red carpet welcome in Baghdad on Wednesday in the first such visit since Saddam Hussein's forces invaded the oil-rich emirate in 1990. Television…
Egypt’s NUCA to sell up to $862 mln in 5-yr bonds
The Egyptian government's New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) said on Tuesday it will sell up to LE 5 billion in five-year bonds next month to finance infrastructure and other development.…
Clinton meets Qaboos in Oman
MUSCAT: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Wednesday in Muscat Oman's Sultan Qaboos and civil society representatives, as part of her five-day tour of the region. Clinton arrived Tuesday…
Israel’s nuclear option in Iran
By Bennett Ramberg LOS ANGELES: Revelations in former President George W. Bush’s recently published memoirs show that he declined an Israeli request to destroy Syria’s secret nuclear reactor in the spring…
Mr. Hu goes to Washington
By Chris Patten LONDON: President Hu Jintao will travel to the United States for his third official visit as China’s leader on Jan. 19. It may be his last before he…
Time to turn around worrisome trends in Pakistan
By Muqtedar Khan NEWARK, Delaware: Once again the viciousness that haunts Muslim communities has manifested itself in the form of a brutal assassination of the Pakistani Provincial Governor Salman Taseer on…
Youth Views: Al-Azhar’s English course is a window to the world
By Mohamed El Sayed CAIRO: Last year when I joined the English-language center at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, I thought it was just that — a center for teaching English. As…