Financing trade key to sustaining growth, say experts
CAIRO: As fears of global recession and tight lines of credit begin to suffocate trade in vital parts of the world, several finance providers gathered Monday in Egypt to give…
MB to boycott PA internal elections
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood will boycott the upcoming People's Assembly (PA) internal elections set to take place on Wednesday, Saad Al-Katatny, head of the brotherhood's parliamentary bloc said. The MB's…
Mubarak in first visit to south Sudan
JUBA: President Hosni Mubarak flew to the southern Sudanese capital Juba for the first time on Monday after discussing the Darfur crisis with President Omar Al-Beshir in Khartoum.Mubarak met with…
Arabs lament lack of dialogue with West on Iran nuclear file
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Arab diplomats complained on Sunday about a lack of dialogue with the West over Iran s nuclear ambitions during a briefing on the crisis by EU Foreign Policy…
Retail enthusiasm buoys Egyptian stocks
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes rose on Monday, energized by heavy buying across the board by retail investors riding a wave of renewed confidence in the market as global stocks surged,…
Turkish FM denounces British orphanages film
Turkey s foreign minister on Friday criticized an undercover documentary about disabled children in Turkey featuring a former member of the British royal family, saying it offended the Turkish people.In…
Israeli gas exports not my jurisdiction, says Mufti
CAIRO: An Islamic ruling on Egypt s exportation of gas to Israel needs a study of the entire file first and it is not within the Mufti s scope of…
Guarded shipping corridor limiting Somali piracy
CAIRO: The commander of a multinational naval force off Somalia s coast says a shipping corridor patrolled by warships is helping protect merchant vessels from a surge in pirate attacks.Danish…
Egyptian child rapist handed eighth death sentence
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwait court on Monday handed down two more death sentences on an Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, bringing the total to eight death…
