'Mother' named best picture at Asian Film Awards
A South Korean drama about a mother s quest to exonerate her mentally handicapped son from murder allegations shined at the fourth Asian Film Awards on Monday, clinching best picture…
Italy, Egypt envision a new dawn in trade partnership
CAIRO: Italian entrepreneurs met with top government officials at Cairo's Conrad Hotel on Sunday to address developments in the industrial and technological partnership between the two countries and the Euro-Mediterranean…
Egypt's government to restrict NGO vote monitoring
CAIRO: Egypt's government is seeking to severely restrict the work of non-governmental organizations, including preventing them from monitoring elections, three dozen NGOs said Monday.Draft legislation to curtail local NGOs will…
UK to expel Israeli diplomat over Dubai case
LONDON: Britain's government will expel an Israeli diplomat from London on Tuesday over the use of forged British passports in the suspected Mossad assassination of a Hamas operative.Foreign Secretary David…
Sudan president threatens to expel election observers
CAIRO: Sudan's president threatened Monday to expel foreign observers over their recommendations to delay the country's first multiparty elections in decades due in April.The April vote - Sudan's first multiparty…
Israeli air strike on Gaza injures four Palestinians
GAZA CITY: An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip overnight injured four people, Palestinian security officials and witnesses said Tuesday.The Israeli army confirmed the air raid and said it…
SODIC seeks loan for commercial property plan
CAIRO: Egyptian developer SODIC plans to secure a LE 400-500 million ($73-91 million) loan in coming weeks to fund its move into commercial property, an executive said on Tuesday.…
Skype questions Egypt ban on mobile Internet calls
CAIRO: Internet telephony firm Skype has questioned Egypt s move to ban international calls made through mobile internet connections and said markets should be left open for consumers to choose.…
Beltone to launch $1 billion Sudan agriculture fund
CAIRO: Egypt s Beltone Private Equity and Sudan s Kenana Sugar Company will launch a $1 billion agricultural investment fund next week, Beltone said on Tuesday. Gulf and other Arab…
