Trabzon finalize Moawad deal
ISMAILIA: Trabzonspor have taken up an option to sign Egypt full-back Sayed Moawad on permanent basis after paying Ismaili $900,000.Moawad has penned a three-year deal with the Turkish outfit, but…
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Orascom seeks companies in Asia, AfricaReuters reported that Orascom Telecom (OT) set up a subsidiary to look for investment opportunities in small to medium-sized enterprises operating mobile phone networks in…
Finnish defense firm Patria suspected of bribery, say police
HELSINKI: Finnish police said Wednesday they had arrested two people as part of an investigation into whether defense company Patria bribed officials to win contracts in Egypt and Slovenia.The company…
Berlusconi, Prodi may testify in CIA kidnap trial
MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his predecessor Romano Prodi may testify in the Milan trial of 26 CIA agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian imam, a judge decided…
Aboul Gheit says Mideast peace deal unlikely this year
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in remarks published on Thursday that peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians before the end of the year is unlikely. The Palestinian…
Bush believes history will say he contributed to peace, democracy
CAIRO: US President George Bush believes history will judge his actions in the Middle East as a contribution to peace and democracy, he said in an interview with Egyptian TV…
BT Signs Major Contract Extension with Thomson Reuters
DUBAI: BT announced that it has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to manage the wide area network (WAN) element of its internal IT infrastructure in an eight year outsourcing…
Economy grows as inflation soars
CAIRO: The Egyptian economy grew at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2008, compared to 7.4 percent in the same period last year and 8.1…
The naked identity of Nadine Hammam
It isn't every day, or any day for that matter, that one would stumble into a gallery in Cairo that's hosting a collection of nude paintings. It's even rarer to…
Prize-winning author sheds novel light on historic mystery
Australian author Geraldine Brooks admits her latest book, with its drunken priest, gambling rabbi and Muslim librarian, is "rather like the set-up of a very bad joke. But the Pulitzer…
