Cairo court postpones verdict in two Bahai cases
CAIRO: A Cairo Administrative Court adjourned on Tuesday once again its decision in two highly publicized legal suits. The court will reportedly deliver the verdicts next Tuesday, Jan. 29. The…
Amr Moussa target of alleged assassination attempt
CAIRO: Sources in Cairo have told the Egyptian press that Lebanese security foiled an assassination attempt on Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border Saturday night.Moussa…
Dozens injured as Palestinians storm border crossing, more attempts planned
CAIRO: Dozens were injured as Egyptian forces opened fire on hundreds of Palestinian protestors trying to break through the Rafah border crossing in two separate incidents Tuesday.Fifty women managed to…
Haykala concludes two steel acquisitions
CAIRO: Haykala Investment Managers has acquired controlling stakes in the Sixth of October Light Sections Company (SOLS) and the Sixth of October for Metallurgical Industries Company (SOMICO), according to a…
White goods giants make power pact
CAIRO: What happens when one white goods heavyweight from the east joins hands with another from the west? The odds are; presence in every household around the globe. That is…
Water company to file lawsuit against Trade Ministry
CAIRO: Al-Fardous water company is planning to file a lawsuit against the Ministry of Trade and Industry for claiming the factory's 19-liter water containers are noncompliant with set standards, Ismail…
THE REEL ESTATE: Riding into the west
Near the end of 1991, I watched my first western film: "Dances With Wolves. At the age of nine, I took my first steps into the infinite realms of American…
A wonderful day in the neighborhood
Good fences make good neighbors, the American poet Robert Frost once wrote, and he oughta know. The failed farmer-turned-schoolteacher was a professional Puritan who spent his lifetime not hugging people,…
A Bollywood bride for Sarkozy?
Ever since French President Nicolas Sarkozy took himself off his country's most-eligible-bachelor list by publicly acknowledging his affair with supermodel-turned-pop-musician Carla Bruni during a romantic trip to Euro Disney, he's…
Lebanon and the Syrian-Israeli track
Are there prospects for peace between Syria and Israel? We re at a nail biting stage where the US administration seems intent on continuing the siege on Syria, and the…