NBA and Sarmady announce launch of first Arabic language NBA website
LONDON/CAIRO: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sarmady, Vodafone Egypt’s digital arm, announced the launch of NBA.com/arabic, the first-ever Arabic language NBA website for basketball fans in the Middle East…
The making of China’s trade deficit
BEIJING: China registered a monthly trade deficit of $7.2 billion in March 2010, its first since April 2004. And yet, at around the same time, the United States Congress issued…
Greek lessons for the world economy
CAMBRIDGE: The $140 billion support package that the Greek government has finally received from its European Union partners and the International Monetary Fund gives it the breathing space needed to…
Social insurance law to increase national growth, national savings rates
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 CAIRO: Recent amendments to the social insurance law could increase the rate of national growth by 8.5 percent, which are fueled by an expected…
Helwan residents protest against constituency division
CAIRO: Dozens of Helwan residents protested Wednesday outside the Shoura Council against a Cabinet decision to divide a constituency represented by Member of Parliament Mostafa Bakry. The Cabinet had decided…
Gaza fisherman killed in crash with Egyptian boat
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian fisherman was fatally injured when his boat collided with an Egyptian security vessel off southern Gaza at dawn on Wednesday, Palestinian witnesses and medics said. Mohamed…
Egypt detains NY passenger with guns in luggage
CAIRO: Police have detained an American-Egyptian man who arrived in Cairo on a flight from New York with several weapons in his luggage, airport officials said Wednesday. The officials said…
Nile nations split on water-sharing pact
KAMPALA: Seven African nations are expected to push through a new and more equitable deal this week on sharing the waters of the Nile despite strong opposition from Egypt and…
Police won't respect new emergency law 'restrictions,' say rights groups
CAIRO: Rights groups have roundly condemned the renewal of Egypt’s state of emergency, approved in a parliamentary vote Tuesday. “By renewing the state of emergency, the Egyptian authorities have given…
UN expects 315,000 Somali refugees
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency says an estimated 315,000 Somalis will be uprooted in the course of the year because of escalating violence in the African country. Alexander Aleinikoff, deputy…
