Colombia’s new dawn
MADRID: Trapped since the 1960’s in a protracted armed conflict with the most unscrupulous militias imaginable, and hostage to drug lords who turned the country’s vast rural areas into fiefdoms…
Take me out of your box, for humanity’s sake
ISLAMABAD: Traveling alone as a Muslim Pakistani female hasn’t been all that easy in a post-9/11 world. In fact, being ”Muslim”, “Pakistani” and a “woman” simultaneously can be too many…
Egypt seeks to bridge the nanotechnology divide
CAIRO: As the technology sector continues expanding in Egypt, a concerted effort has been made to forge ahead in the field of nanotechnology. As well as capitalizing on the potential…
Egypt’s wheat bill up, but bread riots unlikely
CAIRO: Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, faces a higher bill for bread subsidies in the next year but has adequate financial resources and stocks to avoid any rerun of…
Egypt’s foreign reserves rise to $35.53 bln at end-Aug
Egypt's net foreign reserves rose to $35.53 billion in August, from $35.28 billion a month earlier, the Central Bank of Egypt said on its website on Tuesday. Net foreign reserves…
Orascom Devt to build hotels worth $245 mln: paper
Egypt's Orascom Development will build two Four Seasons-branded hotels, one in an Egyptian resort and the other in Oman, by second-half 2011 for a total investment of $245 million, a…
Egypt’s OCI wins $675 mln Qatar project
A unit of Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) won a $675 million contract to build an additional phase of Doha Convention Center and Tower in Qatar, further expanding in the…
Egypt, China eye joint oil services firm: agency
Egypt is studying setting up a company with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) to provide oil services in Egypt, the Middle East and Africa, Egypt's state news agency cited…
Vimpelcom not obliged to buy OT minority shares-paper
Russia's Vimpelcom would not be obliged to buy out minority shareholders in Orascom Telecom (OT) should it purchase a stake in the Egyptian firm, a local paper on Wednesday quoted…
Angelina Jolie meets flood victims in Pakistan
American movie star Angelina Jolie met flood victims in northwestern Pakistan and appealed to the international community to provide aid needed to help the country recover from its worst natural…