Mahalla workers to form independent union
CAIRO: Workers from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory have called off the sit-in they began eight days ago because, they say, the company trade union does not represent their interests.The…
American painter Andrew Wyeth dies at 91
Artist Andrew Wyeth, who portrayed the hidden melancholy of the people and landscapes of Pennsylvania s Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine in works such as Christina s World, died early…
Palm Hills gains on land value, OCI weighs
CAIRO: Shares of Palm Hills hit their highest level since early November on Sunday, lifting Egypt s broader market as investors deemed them cheap compared to the value of the…
Aboul Gheit dismisses US-Israeli anti-smuggling deal
CAIRO: Egypt's foreign minister on Saturday dismissed a US-Israeli agreement aimed at cutting off weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip, raising questions about how effective it would be in preventing…
Dozens of bodies found in Gaza rubble as truce punctured
GAZA CITY: Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters exchanged their first shots on Sunday in Gaza, where dozens of bodies were pulled from the rubble after Israel ended a deadly war…
Egypt hosts Gaza summit after ceasefire declared
CAIRO: Even before Israel had announced its ceasefire in Gaza on Saturday night, which took effect at 2 am local time Sunday, Egypt had already called for a conference on…
Ahmadinejad's wife urges Egypt first lady to intervene over Gaza
TEHRAN: The wife of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged Egypt s first lady to use her influence to secure help for Palestinians in Gaza, in a letter to Suzanne…
Nurturing young IT minds key in times of financial turmoil, says Microsoft exec
CAIRO: "Great innovations are happening in the dorm rooms not in the board rooms, Joe Wilson, director of Academic Initiatives for Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft Corporation, told Daily…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Maadi church bridges east-west gap through art
I've always had a nose for a party, and on Jan. 29, St. John's Church in Maadi is transforming into a caravansary for Egyptian and foreign artists, staging an exhibition…
How to help Pakistan
LAHORE:International attention has focused on Pakistan like never before in the weeks following the Mumbai attacks. To quote Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and adviser to President-elect Barack Obama,…