Media reports claim Israel behind Sudan strikes
CAIRO: Media reports from the US and Britain have claimed that Israel was behind two airstrikes on convoys supposedly transporting arms to Gaza in Sudan in January and February.Britain's The…
INTERVIEW: Enmaa's Alaa Rady says crisis took away 'bubble effects'
CAIRO: Situated on the seventh floor of a Corniche-side building in Agouza, there is little to distinguish Enmaa Financial Service s office from the apartments next door - apart from…
CBE cuts interest rates on back of falling inflation
CAIRO: For the second time this year, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) cut interest rates on the news that inflation continues to decline. The CBE slashed overnight deposit and…
Biopic on MB founder currently in production
Three years ago, Egyptian film circuits were abuzz with reporters announcing that a biopic about controversial political reformer and Muslim Brotherhood (MB) founder Hassan Al-Banna was in the pipeline. The…
New Bergman foundation aims to buy filmmaker's home
A new foundation dedicated to the legacy of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is seeking financing to buy his home, a source close to the project said Thursday amid reports the…
US Jews back Obama's Mideast path
WASHINGTON, DC: A new J Street poll finds that large majorities of American Jews support US President Barack Obama s active engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even if that means…
Transatlantic drift
BERLIN: On the banks of the Rhine and in Prague, NATO and the European Union will pay homage to the new American president in early April. There will be pretty…
Kick-starting employment
BERKELEY: Unemployment is currently rising like a rocket, because businesses that normally would be expanding and hiring are not, and those businesses that would normally be contracting and shedding workers…
Antarctica to Pyramids: lights dim for Earth Hour
CHICAGO: From an Antarctic research base and the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Empire State Building in New York and the Sears Tower in Chicago, illuminated patches of the…
Bloggers speak of time in detention
CAIRO: Four bloggers and activists allegedly kidnapped by Egypt s state security investigations described their experiences at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Arab Network for Human…
