Abo Fana monks mark disputed territory following settlement
CAIRO: Arab tribes and Abo Fana Monastery monks have started marking the disputed borders around the monastery which had led to a series of violent clashes between Muslims and Christians…
Lawyers' Syndicate elections attract different political streams
CAIRO: The judicial committee supervising the Lawyers' Syndicate elections received Tuesday 10 applications for the chairman position along with 78 applications for other seats.The applicants represent a wide array of…
Turks turn to diet patches to ease Ramadan fasting
ANKARA: Turkish Muslims plan to resort to appetite suppressing diet patches to help them get through the daily fast during the holy month of Ramadan, Anatolia news agency reported on…
Army intervenes to quell fire in Assiut Holy Family site
CAIRO: Army fire engines extinguish a fire that broke Thursday morning in the fossilized tree forest that is part of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Drenka village in Assiut, Upper…
Two years on, charges against former chief editor of Al Ahram are dropped
CAIRO: Following a two-year investigation into corruption allegations leveled against the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper's former editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafie and director of advertising Hamdy Hassan, Chief Prosecutor at the Court of…
Oil rises on US-Russia tensions, sliding dollar
Oil prices jumped above $119 Thursday as rising antagonism between Russia and the United States underscored the possibility it could affect energy shipments from the world s second-largest oil producer.The…