World Cup finalists battle for bronze in Benguela
BENGUELA: World Cup-bound Nigeria and Algeria will have to dig deep to motivate themselves for Saturday s Africa Cup of Nations losers final.Nigeria were stopped from reaching the final proper…
Algerians fete crushing defeat to Egypt
ALGIERS: Algerians still honked horns, waved flags and cheered on their football team after it was crushed 4-0 by Egypt in the African Cup of Nations semifinals on Thursday.Many fans…
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GB Auto approves issuing $183 mln bonds Egypt s GB Auto shareholders have approved issuing 5-year bonds worth LE 1 billion ($183 million) to fund new service centers in Egypt…
ASEC Cement to expand regional foothold
CAIRO: Egypt s ASEC Cement wants to capitalize on the growth of housing and infrastructure demand in the region by more than doubling the cement production it controls by 2013,…
Investors spurn Africa and Middle East despite growth
LONDON: Many of the frontier economies in Africa and the Middle East may be growing rapidly, but they are still getting short shrift from global investors. They are attracting less…
Regime change not motivation for war, Blair tells Iraq probe
LONDON: Former British prime minister Tony Blair said Friday he had supported the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq because Saddam Hussein flaunted UN resolutions, not because he wanted regime change.…
US religious commission visit to Upper Egypt cancelled
CAIRO: The delegation of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom cancelled a proposed trip to Upper Egypt due to sensitivities in the wake of the Nagaa Hammadi Jan. 6…
Valentino courts new young couture customer
Valentino s new design team continued to reach out to younger consumers, ratcheting up hemlines on the neon-saturated runway at Wednesday s spring-summer 2010 haute couture show.After a timid debut…
Impressionist water gardens inspire Saab for summer
A soft focus floral print like an Impressionist painting, perhaps by Claude Monet of his water garden at Giverny, set the mood at Elie Saab s summer couture show on…
Adding spice to oh la la
Once again, the Fairmont Towers Hotel has introduced a new dining concept to Cairo. Last time, it was a re-adaptation of classic American grilled fare. This time, it's French-Vietnamese cuisine…
