Springsteen rocks 80,000 for Obama
Legendary US rocker Bruce Springsteen wowed a crowd of 80,000 with a rousing set at a rally for Democrat Barack Obama here Sunday on the White House campaign s final…
OT helps push Egyptian stocks up for second day
CAIRO: Regional mobile phone operator Orascom Telecom rose 5.65 percent on Monday on plans to buy back shares, helping lift main Egyptian stock indexes for the second straight session. Shares…
MB protest against police brutality in Alexandria
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) staged a protest in Alexandria Sunday, condemning the violations committed against the Egyptian citizens by the police, Osama Gado, parliament member affiliated with the group,…
Obama in command on eve of US vote
JACKSONVILLE: Barack Obama stood on the threshold of history Monday as polls gave the Democrat a solid lead over John McCain on the last day of campaigning for the most…
Mediterranean union meets to iron out differences
BRUSSELS: Mediterranean-rim nations are discussing today ways to overcome divergences that have plagued the 43-nation union since its birth three months ago.Launched with great fanfare in Paris on July 13,…
Gamal Mubarak says question of succession premature
CAIRO: The question of succession within the National Democratic Party (NDP) was posed to President Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal during the ruling party's fifth annual conference, who responded by implying…
Indian hair care company to open third plant in Egypt
CAIRO: Marico India will officially inaugurate Wednesday its third plant in Egypt's Sadat City that will bring Parachute, the company's largest selling hair care brand worth LE 700 million, to…
Egypt needs to capitalize on GSPs when trading with US, say experts
CAIRO: Egyptian and American trade leaders convened Monday to discuss ways of maximizing trade potential between Egypt and the United States.The event, put on by the American Chamber of Commerce,…
Singer George Wassouf held in Sweden on drug charges
Syrian-Lebanese crooner George Wassouf was arrested in Sweden during the weekend on drug charges just hours before he was due to perform a concert, police told AFP on Sunday.Wassouf "has…
From Palestine to Egypt
According to her fans, singer Rim Banna is "a real Palestinian. While her marriage to a Ukrainian, her upbringing inside the 1948 borders of Palestine, her education in Russia and…