Theron, Townsend and Henderson plug new movie in Cairo conference
All eyes were on Oscar winning South African star Charlize Theron Sunday night as she arrived with her Irish actor/director fiancé Stewart Townsend and New Zealand native Martin Henderson for…
A disjointed portrayal of love in times of war
There is something of an incomplete feeling about "Basra, directed by Ahmed Rashwan and a competitor for both the Arab feature film section and the international competition for digital film…
Internet penetration a major opportunity for Egypt's marketeers
CAIRO: Common wisdom says that when times call for cost-trimming, marketing budgets are the first to be cut. So salespeople are understandably worried over the prospect of a global slowdown…
Egypt firm says consulting, accounting unaffected by slowdown
CAIRO: Whoever thought that accountants could be the life of the party? Well, on Tuesday afternoon at the Cairo Capital Club in Garden City, they became just that.Mazars Mostafa Shawki,…
Palestinians continue to protest at border, breach unlikely
CAIRO: Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza continued Tuesday to amass near the Rafah border crossing for the second day running calling for it to be opened so they could pass…
Muslim Brotherhood leaders grounded in Egypt
CAIRO: Cairo airport authorities prevented two leading members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from traveling to Syria to attend a pro-Palestinian conference, the group said on Monday.Essam El-Erian and Gamal…
Moussa calls for joint Arab naval force against pirates
CAIRO: Arab countries should form a naval force to fight rampant piracy off Somalia s coast, the head of the Arab League told reporters on Monday. This force could work…
Israel kills presumed drug trafficker at Egypt border
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces on Monday killed a presumed drug trafficker who sought to sneak into the country from Egypt s Sinai peninsula, a military spokeswoman said. During a routine…
US, Asia rallies help Egyptian shares rise
CAIRO: Market rallies in the United States and Asia helped Egypt s benchmark CASE 30 stock index jump nearly 5 percent on Tuesday, with investment bank EFG-Hermes soaring 13.51 percent.…
Almost half of Egyptian wives beaten: study
CAIRO: Almost half of married Egyptian women have been physically abused by their husbands, a study by the government statistics center said on Wednesday.The study by CAPMAS said that 47…
