Regional powers want Hamas weakened, says expert
Mubarak calls for Palestinian infighting to endCAIRO: As recent fighting between Palestinian factions continues, regional and international support for Fatah over the elected Hamas is the reason behind the tenuous…
Iran ready for full diplomatic ties with Egypt
CAIRO: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has indicated that Iran is willing to restore full diplomatic relations with Egypt the "very day Cairo agrees, in comments made on Tuesday.Quoted by the…
Egypt, Angola Qatar secure seats on UN Human Rights Council
Associated PressUNITED NATIONS: Egypt, Angola and Qatar easily won seats on the council despite opposition from human rights groups that said they did not deserve a spot on the council…
Egypt shuns US competitors, sends prices lower
KANSAS CITY: News that Egypt favored US competitors in its latest wheat purchase helped push hard red winter wheat futures lower at the Kansas City Board of Trade on Thursday…
Local housing stocks pull market up
Local housing stocks bounced back on Thursday, more than offsetting the decline in market heavyweight Orascom Telecom, which closed at the lowest level since mid-December.Egyptian Resorts gained 1.7 percent to…
Orascom Telecom downgraded to "neutral"
HSBC downgraded Egypt s Orascom Telecom to neutral from overweight , saying the company had reported weak first-quarter results. The brokerage cut its price target on the telecommunications company to…
Economic reform helps attain 7 percent growth
Egypt s economic reform programs will help increase economic growth rates to 7 percent by the end of 2007, said Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Farouk El-Okda…
At home chic magnifique
Maroquinerie and passementerie design and execution require talent and patience, especially in Egypt these days, to create a work of art that will not fall apart, is a feat in…
Authors like King, Lethem trying comics
Associated PressAuthor Jonathan Lethem was a big fan of the comic Omega the Unknown when he was a boy growing up in Brooklyn, and he was pretty depressed when the…
