Abou-Trika to be honored by Algerian paper
CAIRO: Ahly playmaker Mohamed Abou-Trika has traveled to Algeria in order to attend a ceremony that will be held by renowned newspaper Al-Hadaf to honor the 30-year-old.The Egypt ace was…
21 drown as migrants boat sinks off Libya
TRIPOLI: A ship carrying illegal migrants bound for Europe has sunk off the coast, with 21 people drowned and an unknown number missing, a Libyan interior ministry source said on…
Egypt stock index dips on profit-taking, OCI lower
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock index declined on Tuesday as profit-taking continued across the board for a second day, with declines in heavyweight Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), dealers said. OCI…
Chavez to seek Arab backing for 'petro-currency'
DOHA: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought Arab support Tuesday for his idea of a new oil-backed currency to challenge the US dollar at a twin-region summit whose agenda focuses on…
Hamas delegation arrives in Egypt for unity talks
RAFAH: Hamas officials arrived on Tuesday in Egypt from the Gaza Strip, on the eve of the resumption of Palestinian unity talks, an Egyptian border official said.Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between…
Quest Means Business: G20 leaders look for a way out
I can't remember a time when so many people were so familiar with something so obscure as the Group of 20. Leaders from these 20 countries will meet in London…
Insurance firms push "micro-insurance" for poor and middle class
CAIRO: Arab Misr Insurance Group, a subsidiary of the Gulf Insurance Company of Kuwait, will begin to offer micro-insurance for Egypt's poor and middle class within two months, pending the…
Conference emphasizes auto safety as key to insurance growth
CAIRO: Egypt's still-nascent insurance market faces, among other challenges, poor highway safety, an outdated pension system and low awareness among the nation's poor and middle class, according to panelists speaking…
T.S. Eliot rejected Orwell's 'Trotskyite' Animal Farm
US-born poet T.S. Eliot refused to publish British novelist George Orwell s Animal Farm because of its Trotskyite and unconvincing viewpoint, according to a newly-released letter.Eliot, working at British publishers…
Afghan singer's new refrain is a call for freedom
Lema Sahar never ventured out in public without an all-enveloping burqa - not until she jumped on stage and sang her heart out in the Afghan version of American Idol.…