Egypt index bounces higher after Wall Street bailout
CAIRO: Egypt s main indexes ended sharply higher on Sunday, buoyed by sharp increases in heavyweight stocks after the US government announced a $700 billion bailout plan for Wall Street.…
Boutros-Ghali says worst "is behind us" in inflation
CAIRO: Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said on Sunday that the country had gone through the worst phase of inflation, and lower global food prices would bring the inflation rate down.…
Zawahri says Duweiqa rockslide indicative of corruption
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda's second in command Egyptian Ayman Al-Zawahri said the Duweiqa rockslide was indicative of the corruption of governments of Muslim countries, in an audio message released Friday.Stating that these…
Blair's sister-in-law leaves Gaza month after breaking blockade
GAZA CITY: Lauren Booth, the sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left the Gaza Strip on Saturday nearly a month after sailing in to protest an Israeli blockade…
Fatah delegation in Egypt ahead of inter-Palestinian talks
CAIRO: Members of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement arrived in Egypt on Sunday for talks with officials aimed at starting a national dialogue between rival factions, the MENA news…
Is Egypt's growth threatened?
CAIRO: The Egyptian economy posted its biggest growth rate of the past 20 years, but a slowing European economy combined with inflation are casting a shadow over future GDP expansion.…
General assembly yet to endorse sale of Alex Sodium Carbonate Company
CAIRO: Belgium's Solvai recently won the public auction for the sale of Alexandria Sodium Carbonate Company, after presenting the highest bid at LE 760 million."Solvai offered the highest price and…
A nationalist saga of 'The Jasmine Collar'
The Syrian dance company Ornina's "The Jasmine Collar brought Syria's history to life at the Main Theater of the Cairo Opera House last week. But the choreography of the politicized…
When 'sovereignty' risks global health
NEW YORK: Here's a concept you've probably never heard of: "viral sovereignty. This dangerous idea comes to us courtesy of Indonesia's Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari, who asserts that…