Eight injured as passenger jet from Hurghada crash lands near Moscow
MOSCOW: A Russian passenger jet with only crew on board crash landed in forest near Moscow s Domodedovo International Airport on Monday, injuring all eight crew members, three seriously, officials…
Darfur donor conference falls short of expectations
CAIRO: International donors at a conference in Cairo on Sunday pledged $850 million for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur, way short of the $2 billion organizers had been expecting.Egyptian Foreign…
Egypt releases Israeli journalist, says Israeli official
JERUSALEM: Egypt released Sunday an Israeli journalist arrested a week ago trying to cross the border illegally with an African migrant, an Israeli official said. Israeli journalist Yotam Feldman was…
Egypt, US aim to double bilateral trade
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid and United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk said both nations plan to "double the US-Egyptian trade volume in the next…
Egypt dips 0.5 pct in low volumes
CAIRO: Egypt s main index ended 0.5 percent down in low volumes, with Orascom Telecom (OT) dipping to a seven-week trough after more than 3 billion newly issued shares begin…
Stream steps into Egypt's outsourcing industry
CAIRO: An outsourcing call center with the capacity of 1,000 employees will be inaugurated today in Sixth of October. The investor company, Stream, is one of the biggest international outsourcing…
Jailhouse rocks for Philippine Internet dance sensations
From the moment teenager Egan Torrecampo and his fellow prisoners step out of their crowded cells, the maximum-security Philippine jailhouse rocks.Dressed in tangerine jump suits, the roughly 1,500 convicted murderers,…
It's not just about the money
Last year's downturn in art prices flagged up more than ever the precarious nature of the market. Yet there's much more to the Middle Eastern art scene than the business…
Indonesia's multicultural Islam in action
JAKARTA: The birthday of the prophet Muhammad, which fell on Feb. 26 this year, is celebrated by Muslim communities throughout Indonesia with religious services and other special events. In Java,…
Japan's financial truant
TOKYO: When asked if he had ever read the classic economics textbook by Paul Samuelson, something almost all first-year students in the subject read, Japanese Minister of Finance and Deputy…