Police arrests 70 Eritrean migrants who snuck into country
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have arrested 70 illegal Eritrean migrants in the near the border with Sudan, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday. The group was discovered south…
Final hearing of Brotherhood's military tribunal to be held today
CAIRO: The Hikestep Military Court complex will supposedly hold the last hearing in the trial of 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members today, Brotherhood lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud, told Daily…
Parliamentary question on exporting gas to Israel goes unanswered
CAIRO: A question on why Egypt is exporting gas to Israel for favorable prices went unanswered at the People's Assembly (PA) as government officials requested more time to prepare a…
Marassi's 'community character' attracts investors
CAIRO: Special sale of villas and townhouses in Emaar's Marassi development are attracting Egyptian investors, the company said in a statement. "The serene community-ambience of Marassi, the 1,544-acre tourist resort…
CBE raises overnight interest rates
CAIRO: The Central Bank of Egypt raised Monday its key overnight interest rates for the second time in less than two months on the back of rising food prices and…
'Che' Guevara's widow unveils memoir
HAVANA: The widow of legendary Cuban-Argentinean Ernesto Che Guevara unveiled her memoir, Evocation, last week, in which she narrates her six years with Cuba s hero before he left her…
Hit book finds home on stage
Let's give the best of what we have for those people who have waited for us all this time, theater director Doaa Teama told her cast and crew before the…
Why Wilders will lead us all into the wilderness
Geert Wilders, the Dutch MP who plans to release an anti-Islamic film this month, will never lead his followers to the Promised Land. He does not promise milk and honey.…
Bombing the US Budget
As the United States and the world mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, debates are raging about the consequences - for Iraq, the Middle East, and America's…
Egypt and America are partners in energy myopia
One of many reasons for Dick Cheney's jaunt to the Middle East is a desire to stabilize the global oil market, presumably by putting pressure on regional oil producers to…