Investigation continues in steel monopoly charges
CAIRO: Research and investigation on steel companies charged with monopolistic and anti-competitive practices are still pending, says the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA)."Contrary to what has been reported in , our…
CIA seized Egyptian terror suspect in Europe in 1995 in early alleged rendition case, says report
COPENHAGEN: CIA renditions in Europe date back as far as the mid-1990s, with US agents allegedly seizing an Egyptian terror suspect in Croatia in 1995 and sending him to Egypt,…
Friction between EU, Egypt over nuclear-free Middle East
VIENNA: The refusal by most EU countries to back Egypt s call for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East at a UN conference last month appears to be causing…
Peace conference postponed to avoid Camp David fate, says expert
CAIRO: Recent news that the Middle East peace conference is to be postponed to January is to ensure that the conference is more successful than the Camp David II meeting…
Egypt's ICT companies to participate in Systems 2007
CAIRO: Egyptian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies will participate in the Systems 2007 exhibition in Munich, Germany Oct. 23-26, announced the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA). Systems is…
The art of diplomacy
A cylindrical sculpture greets you at the bottom of the stairs that lead to the latest exhibition showcased at Zamalek Art Gallery. Aptly named, 'The Guard' gives a clue as…
'Muslim Live 8' raises cash for Darfur
Thousands of British Muslims gathered Sunday evening for a charity peace concert dubbed Muslim Live 8 to raise money for victims of Sudan s long-running Darfur conflict.The concert, starring top…
The murder of Rami Ayyad
The last time I saw Rami we were at the beach near Gaza City. A group of us were playing in the water and I was trying to force Rami…
Middle East modesty
"Ripeness is all, concludes Edgar in King Lear. I will leave it to Shakespeare scholars to decipher what he had in mind. But for diplomats and historians, understanding the concept…
'Denial of genocide is the final stage of genocide'
After the adoption of the resolution 106 on Armenian Genocide at the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US House of Representatives there is much talk about the value or…