Tanta Flax workers accuse factory admin of arson
CAIRO: Workers currently on strike at the Tanta Flax and Oil Company have accused the factory's administration of having a hand in the fire that blazed on Thursday afternoon inside…
CAIR shares the Quran
CAIRO: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the United States launched a campaign to distribute free copies of the Quran to 100,000 local, state, and national leaders under the…
AUC launches School of Business, a first in the region
CAIRO: The American University in Cairo (AUC) is expanding into new academic territory, despite global troubles in that field that have made expansion anywhere difficult. The university announced yesterday the…
Six new H1N1 cases raises total to 78 in Egypt
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday six new cases of H1N1, raising the total number of cases to 78 in Egypt.Official health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin said…
Deported Frenchman alleges torture by state security
CAIRO: A deported French national who was detained by Egyptian security bodies for two months has alleged that he was tortured while in custody.Arrested on April 21, 2009, 35-year-old Romauld…
Ministry bans trucks on highway during summer
CAIRO: Trucks are now banned from traveling on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road on Thursdays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 12:00 am during the months of July and August.The decision…
Al-Badeel reporters continue sit-in as paper folds
CAIRO: Journalists from independent daily Al-Badeel continued their sit-in yesterday, a day after the newspaper went into liquidation.Journalists staged a protest on Saturday outside the Journalists Syndicate, the same day…
Islamophobia victim was pregnant, body arrives from Germany
CAIRO: Egyptian Marwa Al-Sherbini, who was stabbed to death 18 times in a Dresden courtroom in front of her three-year-old son on July 1, was three months pregnant, according to…
