Journalists Without Rights launches petition to sack syndicate chief
CAIRO: Journalists Without Rights group started on Tuesday gathering signatures from members of the Journalists' Syndicate in a bid to dismiss the head of the syndicate Makram Mohamed Ahmed. The…
Egypt to auction land in Sheikh Zayed
The Urban Communities Authority will auction 1.7 million square meters (410 feddans) of land next month in Sheikh Zayed at Sixth of October City. The land was withdrawn from a…
Egypt will not reissue El Wadi Cement's license: IDA
El Wadi Cement will not be reissued a cement license after the country's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) said it wanted to open up the region's booming construction sector to…
Retrial of Hisham Talaat Moustafa adjourned again due to lawyers' strike
CAIRO: The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Tuesday the retrial of Hisham Talaat Moustafa and Mohsen Al-Sukkari to Sept. 25, due to the Lawyers’ Syndicate’s nationwide strike. It is the…
Fake art and hidden gems that fooled experts at London show
A top London art gallery will Wednesday unveil an exhibition of works that had tricked its own experts, until scientific advances revealed cleverly produced fakes or unexpected treasures. The new…
Barnes & Noble 4Q loss widens on e-book push
Barnes & Noble Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter loss widened as it invested in electronic book technology, the bookseller said Monday. The New York company also forecast first-quarter and full-year…
Egypt tightens security around pipeline for Israel-bound gas
CAIRO: Egyptian police beefed up security around a Sinai pipeline that supplies Israel with natural gas after a group of wanted Bedouin threatened to sabotage it, security officials said on…
Armsrock and the art of invisibility
Outside a carpenter’s shop near the Townhouse Gallery lies a white-washed silhouette of a life-size image of a man carrying a heavy bag. The figure is the work of Danish…
Dubai Properties says to counter-sue UK firm
DUBAI: Dubai Properties, the real estate arm of conglomerate Dubai Holding, said it will counter-sue UK firm Hopkins Architects, which is claiming damages from the termination of a contract. Hopkins…
Oil drops to $77 with equities; Storm may miss output
SINGAPORE: Oil fell as much as 1.7 percent to below $77 on Tuesday as forecasts indicated tropical storm Alex would skirt the main production region in the US Gulf of…