Nokia signs distribution deal, introduces Nseries
CAIRO: Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia gave a demonstration of its latest Nseries handsets Wednesday, the day after its Enterprise Solutions division signed a distribution agreement with Egyptian firm Silicon…
Shares rise, housing rally resumes
Market shares rose on Thursday as a rally in the real estate sector resumed on rumors that more land auctions are imminent, brokers said. Heliopolis Housing and Medinet Nasr Housing…
System must improve before organ transplant is allowed, say experts
CAIRO: The health community is showing mixed support for the debated fatwa allowing organ transplants from the deceased to the living. Though the issue has been discussed for more than…
Man arrested at Cairo airport accused of trying to smuggle 700 snakes
A real snakes-on-a-plane incident was thwarted by customs officers at Cairo s airport on Thursday.The officers detained an Egyptian man who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a…
Africa's biggest trade bloc agrees tax system
ReutersNAIROBI: Africa s biggest trade bloc Comesa approved a common external tariff system on Wednesday, clearing a major hurdle for a customs union intended to boost trade in some of…
Scientist races to save Ancient Egypt
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Egyptologist Sarah Parcak, PhD, is in a race against time. In Egypt, thousands of known and unknown archaeological sites are at risk of destruction…
Perilous mission for underwater archaeologist
An excavator with diving skills and the courage to risk his own lifeALEXANDRIA: It was dangerously stormy weather and high waves lashed down on the small Pharos Island where the…
Strange Bedfellows: The US-Palestinian Axis
On an average-size map of the world, there is no space to mark the locations of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. On one map, the former is outlined…
Drug abuse in suburban Egypt tackled in short film
A worn-out looking man in his early 30s fumbles around for a lighter in the front room of his diminutive apartment. It s noon, it s bright outside, and the…
