Conference highlights need for hi-tech security software
CAIRO: Worms, spyware, zombie networks - the jargon alone is jarring.For many online firms, the untamed reaches of internet that lie outside their firewalled, password-shielded havens can prove to be…
Palestinian delegation in Egypt for talks on ending feud
CAIRO: An Islamic Jihad delegation arrived in Egypt on Sunday for talks with officials aimed at ending months of bitter infighting between rival Palestinian factions, the official MENA news agency…
Egypt steps up its war on Gaza smuggling tunnels
RAFAH: Hidden in the shadows of a Rafah residential zone, two Egyptian border police and their attack dogs stand guard at the entrance to a smuggling tunnel to the besieged…
Israel's Barak to meet Egyptian president Tuesday
CAIRO: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet Tuesday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.President Mubarak s office said Saturday that the meeting would take place in the coastal city of…
Alex Shalaby to replace Sawiris as Mobinil chairman
CAIRO: The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (ECMS), which trades under the name Mobinil, announced on Sunday a change of leadership, with longtime Chairman Naguib Sawiris stepping down."Naguib has been…
20 Egyptian cement executives found guilty of price-fixing
CAIRO: After a months-long trial, an Egyptian court on Monday found 20 cement industry executives guilty of price-fixing, slapping each with a LE 10 million ($1.87 million) fine and another…
iTunes blocked in China; Tibet album suspected
Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a…
THE REEL ESTATE: You don't mess with the Jews
A week and a half ago, The Guardian published an article entitled "Sandler's Egyptian no-show by Egyptian journalist Gihan Shahine. The article states that the latest Adam Sandler film "You…
Scene depicting President Mubarak cut from play
CAIRO: The Egyptian censorship authority approved a play criticizing the government after its director agreed to delete scenes depicting President Hosni Mubarak as well as other controversial scenes of a…
Encountering peace: creating a new reality on the ground
JERUSALEM - Danny Atar and Kaddoura Mousa, two relatively unknown people, have made great strides on the road to peace and could go much further if their governments would only…