Zawahiri criticizes Muslims for not backing insurgencies
DUBAI: Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Al-Zawahiri criticized Muslims for failing to support Islamist insurgencies in Iraq and elsewhere in a new audiotape posted Tuesday on the Internet.Osama bin Laden s…
Mubarak calls for stronger economic ties, Mediterranean Union
PARIS: President Hosni Mubarak urged French business leaders to boost their investment and trade partnerships with Egypt, saying Tuesday that tighter economic ties would energize the plan for the Mediterranean…
Gaza power plant to run out of fuel Wednesday
JERUSALEM: Officials warned on Tuesday that the sole power plant in the Gaza Strip would shut down within 30 hours if Israel does not resume fuel shipments to the isolated…
Dollar's tumble against pound likely not over, say experts
CAIRO: Since the dollar and the Egyptian pound parted ways five years ago, they've had their differences - but few as glaring as now. Propelled by economic malaise in the…
Ministry announces energy hikes for power-intensive industries
CAIRO: The government will raise prices of natural gas and electricity for energy-intensive industries starting July, instead of September, to help ease pressure on the budget, the Ministry of Trade…
THE REEL ESTATE: Where have all the silly comedies gone?
At the dawn of this decade, when an Egyptian underground film scene was deemed wishful thinking, a group of three young engineering students conceived a full-length video parody of famous…
Reinventing Energy
The world economy is being battered by sharply higher energy prices. While a few energy-exporting countries in the Middle East and elsewhere reap huge profits, the rest of the world…
From Olympia to Impasse
"Do not mix sports and politics! That defiant cry from China's rulers to the threat of a boycott of this summer's Beijing Olympic Games does not stand the test of…
South-South Trade
Twin brothers Hassan and Hussein harvest cocoa bean pods in Sinikosson, Ivory Coast, for the lucrative multibillion dollar chocolate trade but remain mired in poverty. Their story is repeated manifold…
In Focus: Risks of excluding the Brotherhood
The military sentences issued against some members of the Muslim Brotherhood represent a turning point in the relationship between the group and Mubarak regime. This is not only because they…