Sawiris denies corruption allegations in Wind SpA deal
CAIRO: Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris denied Saturday any wrongdoing or involvement in the suspected corruption scandal over the acquisition of Italian mobile phone operator Wind SpA."I haven t been officially…
Security Council mulls condemnation of Israeli assault on Gaza
UNITED NATIONS: The Security Council held emergency talks late Saturday to weigh an Arab call to condemn the deadly Israeli incursion in the Gaza Strip as UN boss Ban Ki-moon…
Twelve Africans arrested trying to sneak into Israel
AL-ARISH: Egyptian police on Saturday arrested 12 African migrants, including a seven-year-old child, as they tried to cross the border illegally into Israel, a security source said. Five Sudanese, four…
Rafah border crossing opened for Gaza wounded
CAIRO: Palestinians wounded in the Israeli assault on Gaza were allowed entry into Egypt to seek treatment Sunday through the Salahuddin gate at the Rafah border crossing.Sources in the area…
Judge rules search of Egyptian students' car was legal
TAMPA, Florida: A judge has determined that a sheriff s deputy had probable cause to stop and search a car that resulted in the discovery of low-grade explosives and the…
World Bank Managing Director urges action on growing poverty gap
CAIRO: The World Bank's Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub praised the Egyptian government's economic reforms at a press conference Saturday, but stressed that the country's economy faced several challenges.Daboub pointed…
Egyptian exports to Arab countries on the rise
CAIRO: Egyptian exports to Arab countries increased by 25 percent, according to the Foreign Trade annual report. Egyptian non-petrol exports to Arab countries have reached $5.43 billion in 2007 compared…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Don't miss Tuesday's date
Cairo's newest expatriate arrived during the week. Max Carrigan has had his first black 'n' white taxi incident, dipped into the Nile Hilton pool and lunched on the Marriott terrace.…
Capitalist meltdown
There is a strange foreboding in the world economy. Newspapers report downward revisions in growth estimates for all the major developed countries: the United States, Germany, France, Japan. No one,…
Putin's unwilling executioner?
The question that has dominated Russian politics, and world discussion of Russian politics - "Will he (Vladimir Putin) or won't he stay in power? - has now been settled. He…