Dealing with the bread queue crisis
CAIRO: "We will soon kill and steal from each other for bread. Where is the country going? asked Howeida, a middle-aged mother of three who cleans houses for a living.She…
Aboul Gheit rejects Livini's smuggling accusations
CAIRO: Egypt on Tuesday strongly rejected criticism by Israel's top diplomat that Cairo is doing a "terrible job of securing its border with the Gaza Strip against smugglers, saying Foreign…
Sarkozy, girlfriend arrive at Luxor hotel holding hands
LUXOR: Sporting dark sunglasses and holding hands, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his topmodel-turned-singer girlfriend Carla Bruni, arrived in Luxor Tuesday, kicking off a private visit to Egypt.As the couple…
Security tightens in Luxor ahead of Sarkozy private visit
CAIRO: French President Nicolas Sarkozy was flying to Luxor on Tuesday aboard a private jet accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, to spend Christmas on the banks of…
Israeli building in Jerusalem endangers peace talks, Egyptian, Palestinian official say
CAIRO: Egypt s foreign minister and a visiting Palestinian official on Monday said Israel s construction plans for a contested east Jerusalem neighborhood and West Bank endanger the Mideast peace…
Ezz Steel reports 21 pct rise in Q3 net profit
CAIRO: Ezz Steel posted a 21 percent rise in third-quarter net profit as construction demand in Egypt drove up sales, reported Reuters.The company made LE 291.9 million ($53 million) in…
Asian, Mideast funds unleash cultural revolution on Wall St.
WASHINGTON: State-run investment funds from Asia and the Middle East are unleashing a cultural revolution on Wall Street, buying up big stakes in ailing US banks, but the deals are…
16 killed when bus falls off Nile ferry
MINYA: Sixteen people, including six children, died Saturday when a microbus they were riding in fell off a rickety ferry and sank in the Nile River in southern Egypt, security…
AUC community continues normalization debate
CAIRO: Twenty eight years after the Camp David Accords ended hostilities between Egypt and Israel, there are few issues that inspire more rumors, or get Egyptian intellectuals as heated, as…
