Rain, thunder and lightening cloud Cairo
CAIRO: Heavy rain, thunder and lightening marked the weather on Friday which had Egypt under thick clouds all day. The weather forecast for the day was a high of 27?C,…
Al-Tariq newspaper chairman arrested for selling public land
CAIRO: Medhat Barakat, businessman and chairman of the board of directors of Al-Tariq newspaper, was detained for 15 days pending investigation for allegedly forging ownership documents and selling 6400 feddans…
Sports Talk: This time there's no excuse
Egypt should make it to the 2010 World Cup. We could use the world must be we don t want to make it sound like it s do or die,…
Police officer gets three years for killing Manzala fisherman
CAIRO: A criminal court in Mansoura sentenced a police officer to three years in prison and a fine of LE 10,000 ($1,750) after being convicted of murdering a fisherman in…
El Sewedy launches wind energy subsidiary
CAIRO: El Sewedy Cables has launched a wind energy group to build turbines in Egypt in line with the government s plan to increase renewable energy use, and expects sales…
Egypt stocks extend falls, Ezz at lowest in three years
CAIRO: Shares of Ezz Steel, Egypt s largest steel producer by sales, tumbled to their lowest in more than three years on Thursday as emerging markets dropped, weighing on Egypt…
Egypt to rekindle Hamas talks on captured Israeli soldier
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed on Thursday to rekindle Cairo s stalled efforts to broker a prisoner swap with Hamas, after talks with Israeli President Shimon Peres.Peres, welcomed…
Experts debate the potential rebound of Egypt's stock exchange
CAIRO: With the Egyptian stock market following the erratic downs of Wall Street and to some extent those of Asian and European stock markets, when is it going to see…