Israel to close door on African influx
EILAT: Vika Duvinsky and her family are among the last Israelis living in a grim slum that locals call 'Sing Sing' after the notorious American prison. The rest are African…
Petraeus commends Pakistan’s counterinsurgency
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO: The top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan said there will be more coordinated military operations on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and commended Pakistan…
Journalists’ death toll reach 105 in 2010, says media watchdog
GENEVA: Some 105 journalists have been killed while doing their job this year, media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign said Monday, describing the killing of reporters as an "epidemic with no…
Khaled Saeid trial adjourned amid courtroom chaos
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: On Saturday the trial of two policemen implicated in the death of Khaled Saeid was adjourned to Jan. 22 by the Alexandria Criminal Court amid courtroom chaos…
Egypt hopes for quick accord on Saddam-era debt
BAGHDAD: Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in Baghdad on Sunday that Cairo hopes for a quick accord with Iraq on the hundreds of millions of dollars of Saddam-era…
London Business Forum comes to Cairo in February
CAIRO: “From what I have seen over the past year I have come to the conclusion that there is a great opportunity for us all, particularly in Egypt,” said Hany…
AMF pledges $200 million loan to Yemen
The Arab Monetary Fund pledged a loan of $200 million to restructure the economy of Yemen, one of the region's poorest countries, the fund announced on Sunday. The loan is…
Doctors, nurses protest over rumored relocation of psychiatric hospital
CAIRO: Doctors and nurses from the Abbaseyya Psychiatric Hospital held a demonstration on Sunday amid rumors that the hospital will be relocated 80 km outside of Cairo. Two weeks ago,…
Egypt cenbank cancels 91-day T-bill auction
Egypt's central bank has cancelled an auction of 91-day treasury bills that it originally planned to issue on Dec. 28, it said on Sunday. The central bank gave no reason…
Egypt lower in year-end lull; real estate up
Egypt's main index inches lower by mid-session in slow holiday trading as investors wrap up their year-end portfolios, traders say. The main index is down 0.2 percent at 6,935 points.…