25-year-old woman dies of bird flu
CAIRO: A 25-year-old woman from Cairo has died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the 25th reported death from the disease since it broke out in the country in…
Italian judge to rule in May on CIA trial
MILAN: A judge will decide next month whether to continue with the politically sensitive trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian terror…
Captured Egyptian boats did not have licenses
CAIRO: The Somali President has promised President Hosni Mubarak to work on the release of the two Egyptian fishing boats captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia earlier this…
Netanyahu invited to Egypt while Suleiman meets Lieberman
CAIRO: Egypt has extended an invitation to new Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to visit Egypt, an invite which was relayed by Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman during his visit to…
Muslim Brotherhood supports Hezbollah
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood says it supports the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which the Egyptian government has accused of planning attacks in Egypt.Hezbollah has rejected the accusation, but admitted one of…
Lawyer denies reports that Hezbollah detainees were not tortured
CAIRO: The lawyer for some of the detainees held on suspicion of belonging to a Hezbollah cell denied Thursday newspaper reports claiming that no evidence of torture was found on…
A tête-à-tête on fashion trends
When you win a national fashion design competition at age 16, and you're judged by Dame Vivienne Westwood to have the most creative designs among thousands of entries, you're on…
French food for the soul
The struggle to understand French food on my part has recently been resolved. I have come to grips with their philosophy of using only the finest, and oftentimes the most…
Egypt's textile industry needs bottom-up approach, say experts
CAIRO: Egyptian cotton is world-renowned as one of the finest materials available for use in the manufacture of textiles. Demanded by everyone from large luxury carpet companies to the fashion…
GE Healthcare heads east to emerging markets
ALEXANDRIA: "GE Healthcare is focusing on emerging markets to cope with the global financial crisis, Hamid Khoudli, general manager of Africa at GE Healthcare, said Wednesday. In an interview with…