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Egypt to step up taxi scrappage plan: reportEgypt will kick off on Thursday the second stage of a program to modernize the country's old taxis, state media said, potentially providing…
Egypt to form FTA with South American bloc
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid announced the mutual determination to establish a free trade agreement (FTA) between Egypt and the countries of South America's Mercosur bloc:…
Orascom, France Tel reach accord on Egypt spat
CAIRO: Orascom Telecom (OT) and France Telecom (FT) said they had a broad deal to end a battle for control over Egypt's Mobinil and would finalize a new shareholder's pact…
Playing the SIM Card
SINGAPORE: Only two weeks after European Union leaders cobbled together a backroom deal for Greece, the stitches are coming undone and the southernmost member of the EU is back in…
Souq.com launches e-commerce marketplace
CAIRO: Souq.com, which bills itself as the largest e-commerce marketplace and auction website in the Arab world, recently launched its Egypt portal. "We are proud to officially launch Souq.com Egypt…
In the glorious realms of Anfoushi
Drawing is the basis of art creation, be it with pencil, charcoal, or any other mark-making edge. Yet despite that obvious fact, many aspiring artists overlook the medium as a…
News agencies snub Cannes conference over TV dispute
International news agencies locked in a TV rights row with Cannes film festival organizers have boycotted one of the cinema world s key events - the list of movies selected…
Rufus Wainwright's tales of women and death
US-Canadian artist Rufus Wainwright returns to the solitude of the piano for his latest album, saying the instrument became a kind of cocoon as he worked on the music while…