Sudan's Al-Beshir arrives in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir arrived Tuesday in Ethiopia, on his sixth foreign trip since an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes was issued against him.Foreign ministry spokesman…
Egypt summons Iran envoy over Hezbollah spat
CAIRO: Egypt's foreign ministry summoned an Iranian official on Tuesday after Iran criticized Egypt's claim that it had arrested members of Lebanon's Hezbollah for allegedly planning attacks in the country.Foreign…
Egypt to accuse Lebanese government bodies of complicity with Hezbollah
CAIRO: Egypt will submit a motion to the Lebanese government in which it accuses certain Lebanese official bodies of conspiring with the Hezbollah cell that was allegedly operating in Egypt.According…
Dairy farmers call for anti-dumping tariff, producers warn of soaring prices
CAIRO: The past four months have seen an ongoing battle in Egypt's dairy sector as a decline in global demand for dairy products pushed prices down and increased the volume…
ECA beings cement sector investigation
CAIRO: The Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) last week began investigating anti-competitive practices in Egypt's cement industry, sources told Daily News Egypt.The ECA said that the directive to launch the probe…
Positive growth for Mideast luxury goods in 2009: report
CAIRO: The Middle East luxury goods market will maintain positive growth in 2009, according to a semi-annual update of Bain & Company's "Luxury Worldwide Market report released yesterday. According to…
G8 takes first step against food price speculation
CISON DI VALMARINO: The Group of Eight rich nations took a first step Monday towards fighting speculators who have helped push up the cost of basic foods, sparking riots in…
On the road with El-Dor El-Awwal
Great jazz is happening in Cairo these days. There's only one problem: Not enough people know about it. That was my overarching thought as Egyptian independent band El-Dor El-Awwal's two-hour…
Four new temples discovered in Sinai
CAIRO: Archaeologists exploring an old military road in Sinai have unearthed four new temples amidst the 3,000-year-old remains of an ancient fortified city that could have been used to impress…
'Da Vinci Code' sequel to be published in Sept
A follow-up by writer Dan Brown to his hugely popular conspiracy thriller The Da Vinci Code will go on sale in September, the publishers and author said Monday. The Lost…