New mid-range plane service launched: EgyptAir Express
CAIRO: From upgrading its flight services to joining the renowned Star Alliance group to venturing into an IPO, the sky is indeed the limit for the national carrier EgyptAir.Amid celebrating…
Hurghada plays host to touring seminar on Internet's importance to the tourism sector
HURGHADA: As part of the USAID project "While in Egypt Stay Connected and in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Egyptian Hotel Association, the Hotel Information Program's tour…
Egypt's Heliopolis Housing profit up 41% in first nine months
CAIRO: Heliopolis Housing net profit rose 41 percent to LE 104.8 million ($18.4 million) in the first nine months of its 2006/7 financial year, the stock exchange said on Tuesday.The…
Judges mourn new law, retirement age pushed up to 70
CAIRO: Judges feel depressed, frustrated and are in deep sorrow, said Zakaria Abdel Aziz, president of the Judges Club, to The Daily Star Egypt after the People's Assembly voted in…
Administrative Court acquits MB leaders; argues military tribunals are 'unconstitutional'
CAIRO: In a landmark court decision, the Egyptian State Administrative Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of 33 high-ranking members of the Muslim Brotherhood delivering a verdict in which it…
Bush telephones birthday greetings to Mubarak, congratulates him on son's marriage
WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush telephoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday to wish him a happy birthday and congratulate him on his son Gamal s marriage.Serving his fifth…
Arab journalists to launch press watchdog
CAIRO: Journalists from five Arab countries are to launch a media watchdog group in reaction to what they call increased restrictions on press workers in the region, its founders said…
Iran rejects Swiss nuclear compromise
TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday rejected a plan proposed by Switzerland that it said envisages compromise gestures by both Tehran and world powers to bring an end to the nuclear standoff.Top…
Mubarak in Libya to discuss Darfur
TRIPOLI: President Hosni Mubarak arrived on Tuesday in Tripoli for talks on the situation in Sudan s war-torn western region of Darfur, an AFP correspondent reported.Mubarak, who held talks with…
