Lawyer condemns treatment of April 6 detainees, Prosecutor says 18 will be released
CAIRO: Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud announced on Saturday that 18 people detained in the Delta town of Mahalla during demonstrations last week would be released.Lawyers and activists from the…
Fifteen-year-old Mahalla victim's family speak out
CAIRO/MAHALLA: Three days after violent clashes between security forces and demonstrators in Mahalla El-Kobra, a fragile calm had returned to the town on Friday. A day off, shop shutters were…
Oracle Egypt opens global support center
CAIRO: Oracle Egypt s opened its new Global Support Services Center Sunday, which will help "customers maximize their Oracle investment through the optimization of system availability and performance of their…
$12.5 mln training project turns to media for exposure
CAIRO: In 2004, the Ministry of Trade and Industry launched the Skills Development Project (SDP) to provide technical training for workers in different sectors. With a total budget of $12.5…
Egypt completes first lease-backed securitization
CAIRO: Corporate Leasing Company Egypt S.A.E. (CORPLEASE) completed the first lease-backed securitization in the Egyptian market, the company said in a statement.Egyptian Securitization Company, an SPV owned by CORPLEASE, issued…
Egypt, Greece talk business
CAIRO: Egypt and Greece signed a memo of understanding to boost their industrial and business cooperation ties, the Greek embassy said in a press statement."President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Greece…
'Don Quixote' ballet takes Cairo Opera by storm
In 19th century Spain, two lovers flirt in Castilla Square, clueless to what the future holds. Basilio, the humble barber, and Kitri, the innkeeper's daughter, prance around the square among…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: For a loaf of bread
Bread is indeed scarce in Egypt. I had to ask twice for extra bread at the CityStars branch of Casper and Gambini's on Friday, and even then it didn't arrive.Metro…
Guns, Drugs, and Financial Markets
The sub-prime mortgage crisis has demonstrated once again how hard it is to tame finance, an industry that is both the lifeline of modern economies and their gravest threat. While…
Implementing the genocide convention
For 13 years each April, the international community has commemorated the anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda with a mixture of shame, contrition and solemn pledges not to let this…
