ACE sees more opportunities in development
CAIRO: The work of ACE Moharram Bakhoum, an engineering consultancy company, can be prominently seen around Egypt. You may not realize it, but you know their work well: whether you're…
Egypt's Crédit Agricole acquires full ownership of EHFC
CAIRO: Crédit Agricole Egypt (CAE) has fully acquired the Egyptian Housing Finance Company (EHFC) in a deal worth LE 70 million, the bank said in a statement Monday.The bank bought…
From cuisine to caricature: The shared Indo-Egypt
Adham Lutfi's black-and-white caricatures of leading personalities and Mohsen Abul Azm's vignettes of social and cultural life are currently shown in comparison at the Maulana Azad Center for Indian Culture…
Obama as climate change villain
NEW YORK: Two years of climate change negotiations have now ended in a farce in Copenhagen. Rather than grappling with complex issues, President Barack Obama decided instead to declare victory…
Defusing Russia's energy weapon
COPENHAGEN: As winter approaches, many people in Central and Eastern Europe remember the chill caused last winter by Russia's deliberate cut-off of gas supplies. That shutdown was a harsh reminder…
I am a Zionist and therefore I am pro-peace: Reflections after J Street conference
MIDDLEBURY, Vermont: Having attended J Street's first national conference in Washington, DC this October, I want to add my voice to the media controversy surrounding the new pro-Israel, pro-peace organization.…
Rights group calls for withdrawing dissident priest's ID card
CAIRO: Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization Naguib Gobrael filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court against the Ministry of Interior's decision to grant dissident bishop Maximus…
Rights groups, opposition parties form committee to fight sectarian violence
CAIRO: Nineteen rights groups and three opposition parties came together to form a committee aimed at combating the "escalating sectarian violence. The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Egyptian…
Egypt's swine flu death toll reaches 89
CAIRO: Three swine-flu related deaths reported Monday brought Egypt's toll to 89, according to Ministry of Health spokesperson Abdel Rahman Shahin. The ministry said a total of 7,330 cases have…
Mahalla labor activists may go on hunger strike
CAIRO: Labor activists from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory are threatening to launch a hunger strike in protest at the sacking of factory workers.The Center for Trade Union and Workers…
