Learning to rock with Baraka
Iudging by the crowd piled outside the Rawabet Theater on Saturday night, a passerby would surely have assumed that a well-established act was about to take the stage. On the…
Stone shows surprising restraint with Bush pic 'W'
Oliver Stone thinks George W. Bush was unqualified to be president. However, the filmmaker found him an irresistible figure for drama.After months of speculation over whether Stone s film biography…
Mobinil says 3G license not profitable in itself
CAIRO: Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil will make no profit on its third-generation (3G) network and would not have bought a 3G license if the deal had not included an extension…
Uptown Cairo makes inroads into onsite facilities
CAIRO: Emaar Egypt - wholly owned subsidiary of the UAE-based Emaar Properties - is currently finalizing negotiations to build an international school and hospital on its community residential project Uptown…
US candidates Mideast policy similar, except for Iraq
CAIRO: The two candidates vying for the presidency of the United States have similar foreign policies concerning the Middle East but differ only on the subject of Iraq, a lobbyist…
Egypt police kill African migrant on Israel border
AL-ARISH: Egyptian police shot dead an African migrant and wounded another on Tuesday as they tried to cross illegally into Israel, a security official said.The two were shot when police…
Security slows down Egypt embassy opening in Iraq
CAIRO: Egypt will need more time to ensure security measures are in place before it goes ahead with its decision to open an embassy in Iraq, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul…
Egypt stocks surge over 6.5 pct, following Gulf rally
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark stock index extended gains on Tuesday in line with Gulf markets, climbing over 6.5 percent led by a surge in heavyweight Orascom Construction Industries, traders said.…
Poor bearing brunt of surge in Saudi executions, says Amnesty
LONDON: Human rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Tuesday that executions are surging in Saudi Arabia and that the principal victims are poor migrant laborers and Saudis without connections.The Saudi…
