Orascom Telecom leads Egypt indexes up
CAIRO: Egyptian stock indexes edged higher on Tuesday, led by market heavyweight Orascom Telecom (OT) despite a flurry of profit taking late in the session, traders said. OT said on…
ANALYSIS: Chinese investment in Egypt to rise, Suez bids to be announced
CAIRO: The state will announce the winner of a bid to develop the Northwest Gulf of Suez Economic Zone in the next few days, according to local papers quoting the…
British national claims he was tortured in Egypt, says The Guardian
CAIRO: A British national is alleging that he was tortured in Egypt in collusion with UK intelligence agencies, British daily the Guardian reported Sunday.Twenty-six-year-old Azhar Khan says that he was…
Zomor calls for moral compensation
CAIRO: Tarek El-Zomor, member of the Jihad organization and allegedly one of late president Anwar Sadat's assassins, is demanding moral compensation to salvage his image in society after being imprisoned…
Government appeal on gas exports verdict adjourned till April
CAIRO: The Appeals Circuit of the Supreme Administrative Court has decided to adjourn the hearing of the government's appeal on the Cairo Administrative Court's decision to ban gas exports to…
US aid cut result of conditions rejected by Egypt, says presidential spokesman
CAIRO: Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad said that the $213 million decrease in US economic aid to Egypt this year was a result of conditions that were rejected by Egypt.Awad said…
One on one with Finance Minister Ghali
The G-20 financial experts and ministers say it is essential to support vulnerable developing economies. Youssef Boutros Ghali is Egypt s finance minister. He chairs the IMF s international monetary…
Austin film fans get early look at 'Bruno'
Some of the wildest scenes in the upcoming Sacha Baron Cohen comedy "Bruno were shot in Texas, so it seems only fitting that he would choose to unleash some early…
Warhol's Pop Art 60s and 70s revived in Paris
Days before the opening of the world's first major show of portraits by Andy Warhol, wacky designer and onetime Warhol associate Jean-Charles de Castelbajac paid his own tribute to the…
Local comedians stand-up on their own two feet
A burning spotlight shined at auditioners, one by one as they attempted to make a panel of professional comedians laugh.With an eye for talent and an ambition of unearthing stand-up…