Egypt inflation up at 13.3 pct, above forecasts
CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation in Egypt rose to 13.3 percent in the year to October compared to 10.8 percent in September, the state statistics agency reported on Tuesday, a bigger…
Saudi to bomb until Yemen rebels back off, says minister
AL-KHUBAH: Saudi Arabia will keep up its air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they pull back from the two countries border, Deputy Defense Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said on…
No to temporary Palestinian state, says Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt has dismissed any notions of setting temporary Palestinian borders in response to an Israeli proposal to form a temporary Palestinian state on 60 percent of the West Bank.The…
Arab League urges Abbas to stay as PA head
CAIRO: The Arab League s head on Monday urged the Palestinian president to reconsider stepping down from his position.Amr Moussa's request comes as Arab foreign ministers are meeting this week…
Italy says ties with US won't suffer after CIA convictions
BRDO PRI KRANJU: Italy s foreign minister said Monday he did not expect ties with the US to suffer because of the conviction of 23 CIA agents for the 2003…
QUEST MEANS BUSINESS: Getting on board
It's a rum world when your definition of "getting better is "not getting any worse. That though is the cheering view of many CEOs from the world's top airlines. "Some…
World Bank says more private sector reform needed in MENA
CAIRO: Members of the region's private sector are not all competing on a level playing field, according to a World Bank report released Monday.Success depends too often on "privilege and…
THE REEL ESTATE: Not so great expectations: Cairo film fest kicks off
Halfway through last year's installment of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), I had a conversation with a German reporter about the disastrous organization and the elitism that came to…
King Tut's tomb set for 5-year renovation project
CAIRO: Egypt and the California-based Getty Conservation Institute announced Tuesday a five-year project to restore the Tomb of Tutankhamun, the boy king whose golden mask and artifacts have long awed…
