Bourse rises with the region, foreigners buy
CAIRO: Reuters reported that Egyptian shares extended their gains on Sunday, for the sixth straight session, driven by a regional bullish sentiment and foreign buying on blue-chips, brokers said.Most of…
Egyptians jailed in Sudan freed on appeal, says ministry
CAIRO: Two Egyptians jailed by a Sudan court for six months for marketing a book deemed offensive to Aisha, one of the Prophet Mohamed s wives, have been freed on…
Egypt launches Africa Cup countdown
ASWAN: Egypt began their countdown to defending the African Nations Cup title with a 3-0 friendly drubbing of fellow qualifiers Namibia Saturday. The Pharaohs play Mali next Thursday in the…
Sports Talk: Be like Brazil
These pricey football academies with names like Barcelona, AC Milan and Arsenal that are popping up all over Cairo: have they really produced soccer players worthy of their names? So…
Suspected cases of bird flu crop up all over Egypt
CAIRO: Hospitals nationwide reportedly quarantined more human cases suspected of being infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus.According to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, Damietta - where the latest Bird Flu victim…
Rights abuses should not stop information sharing
OTTAWA: Canada must share security information with "non-traditional allies - some of whom do not always treat people appropriately - in order to fight terrorism, the government said in a…
Tintin thrives in the Arab world despite censorship
CAIRO: Neither censors nor Orientalist stereotypes have dampened demand for the cartoon adventures of Belgian boy reporter Tintin, who has stoked the imagination of generations of Arabs from the Atlantic…
Kaf Mariam: a healing hand
RED SEA: Of the variety of spices and herbs available at herbalists in Hurghada, a grey, odd-looking plant seems to be particularly in high demand. Rosa Maria is also known…
With a Grain of Salt: Of Threads and MPs
One of the best things that happened at the meeting between French President Nicola Sarkozy, intellectuals and businessmen during his recent visit to Egypt was that he was accompanied by…
