Suez Canal traffic halted briefly after ships collide
ISMAILIA: Traffic through the Suez Canal was halted briefly on Sunday after a collision between a Panamanian cargo ship and an Egyptian passenger ferry, a canal official told AFP.There were…
Hafez, prominent Egyptian writer, dies at 70
CAIRO: Salah El-Deen Hafez, a prominent Egyptian writer who spent the later part of his journalism career advocating press freedom, has died. He was 70.The state-owned Middle East News Agency…
Self-censorship hits big bucks videogames over religion
Violence may still be rife in the world of videogames, but when it comes to religion, caution remains the watchword in the big bucks business.Sony s decision this month to…
Actress Charlize Theron appointed UN peace envoy
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed activist and actress Charlize Theron as a United Nations messenger of peace, announced Friday UN spokesman Farhan Haq.The South African-born actress, who won…
Mexico violence overtakes fiction
We want to be writers but they turn us into prophets, said Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, one of the Spanish-speaking world s best-known living novelists, whose latest book explores Mexico…
Egypt stock indexes dip over 4.5 pct, big caps weigh
CAIRO: Egypt s top two share indexes skidded over 4.5 percent lower on Monday as declines in big cap stocks such as Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) triggered a selling frenzy,…
New revelations expected in latest Jihadi Revision
CAIRO: After a year of silence, Sayed Imam will return to the spotlight with the publication of his new book, "Al-Taareya (The Exposure), which is expected to reveal new details…
Reforms boost revenues, but distrust runs deep among Egyptian taxpayers
CAIRO: In 2005, Egypt replaced its nearly 24-year-old tax law, trimming red tape and slashing corporate income taxes by as much as half. As well as attempting to lure foreign…
Sugar company referred to prosecution for 'price-discrimination'
CAIRO: Egypt's Ministry of Trade referred this week the public-run Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) to the general prosecutor on price-discrimination charges in violation of the anti-monopoly law, said…
"Shades of Ray" explores issues of identity and relationships
Ray Rehman is an average 20-something American guy trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood. He attends audition after audition, shares a house with a friend from high…