FIFA suspend Ibrahim Hassan for five years
CAIRO: FIFA have confirmed a decision to suspend Telecom Egypt football director Ibrahim Hassan for five years.The former Ahly star received the same ban from the North African Football Association…
Egypt detects first H1N1 flu case in US girl
CAIRO: Egypt has detected its first case of the new H1N1 influenza virus in a 12-year-old American girl who recently arrived in Cairo from the United States, a World Health…
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Egypt limits F.Telecom s Mobinil share buy: reportEgypt s market regulator will not let France Telecom buy more than 2 percent of Mobinil shares listed on the open market without…
Egypt police kill African migrant at Israel border
RAFAH: Egyptian border police shot dead an African migrant and wounded another on Tuesday as they tried to enter Israel illegally, a security official told AFP.The two men were trying…
Obama outlines Mideast policy to BBC ahead of Cairo speech
CAIRO: President Barack Obama outlined his vision for US relations with the Middle East in an interview with BBC s North America editor, on the eve of his upcoming trip…
Congress report seeks to replace US aid to Egypt with mutual fund
CAIRO: A report released by the Congress Research Service (CRS) has postulated that both the US and Egypt are seeking to end the annual aid that has been in place…
NDP proposes law to increase female representation in PA
CAIRO: The National Democratic Party's (NDP) policies committee proposed a new law increasing the number of seats occupied by women in the People's Assembly (PA) to at least 56 seats.The…
AUTOMECH Exhibition opens tomorrow
CAIRO: About 500,000 visitors from across the Middle East are expected to attend the 14th annual AUTOMECH Akhbar El-Youm exhibition, which will kick off tomorrow. The exhibition that runs to…
IFC advisory services grew without coherent frameworks, says report
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation (IFC)'s investment and advisory services grew without coherent global strategic framework, Independent Evolution Group (IEG) said in its 2009 report on IFC's development results, released…
Middle East will be fastest growing region in 2009
CAIRO: The Middle East will be the fastest growing region in the world in 2009, says a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). "In 2009, lose the top…