Etisalat Egypt announces 300,000 active customers in three weeks
Etisalat announced yesterday that it has recorded over 300,000 subscribers in the first three weeks since its launch on May 1. Significant traffic is also being experienced for data services…
Egyptian lecturer suspended after breastfeeding fatwa
CAIRO: Cairo s Al-Azhar Islamic University on Monday suspended a lecturer who suggested that men and women work colleagues could use symbolic breastfeeding to get around a religious ban on…
Rome zoo breeds rare Egyptian tortoises from parents smuggled from Libya
LIBYA: Rome s main zoo has successfully bred several rare Egyptian tortoises whose parents were rescued from a smuggler s suitcase in 2005, officials said.The first egg hatched in April,…
Jilted ex-husband kills divorcee
CAIRO: Law-enforcement authorities have managed to unravel the mystery of a fire that resulted in the killing of divorced woman and the disappearance of her three-year-old girl, reported Al Gomhuriya.…
Crazy fish, indignant fishermen
Ban on fishing endangering the fishermenALEXANDRIA: Fishermen and other boatmen who earn a living from the Mediterranean Sea continue to be indignant following the implementation of a ban on fishing…
Top Bishops deny Pope Shenouda proposal for national unity council
CAIRO: Church sources denied allegations made in the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper that Pope Shenouda plans to present the government with a proposal to set up a council for national…
Reluctant optimism to Egypt's membership of United Nations Human Rights Council
Egyptian human rights organizations and dissidents are expressing a wary optimism towards Egypt joining the United Nations Human Rights Council. Egypt became one of the new African members, along with…
An army against the clock
America set a long clock ticking when it decided to spend $300 million to rebuild the sprawling military base here in Taji, Iraq, as a logistical center for the new…
