Need for available agricultural land increasingly critical
CAIRO: Given the fact that agriculture alone constitutes around 50 percent of the country's economic resources and the fact that soil of land is as valuable as money stashed away…
UN Secretary General calls for violence in Iraq to stop, Rice meets Syrian FM
CAIRO: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has stated that more needs to be done to halt the incessant and ongoing violence in Iraq.The secretary general was speaking at the launch…
The International Compact: a roadmap to stability for the region
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) to be launched Thursday at a conference in Egypt is a five-year plan aimed at stabilizing the war-torn country politically and…
US administration loses top-ranking Egyptian American
The highest-ranking Egyptian American in the Bush administration has resigned from her post at the US State Department to take a job with Wall Street investment firm Goldman Sachs, officials…
Al Islami Foods enters Egypt
Consolidating its presence in the Middle East, Al Islami Foods, a leading provider of quality halal products, today announced a strategic expansion into Egypt s huge processed food market by…
Electrical dry gas generators production starts
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy carried out a program to produce dry gas generators for the first ever time in Egypt in cooperation with the Egyptian and international companies,…
Egypt interbank rate edges up to 8.8%
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on Egypt s pound edged up slightly to 8.8 percent on Thursday from 8.788 percent on Wednesday, but traders said the market was still…
Rights groups criticize Egypt for refusal to open probe into Sudanese refugee deaths
CAIRO: Several rights groups on Wednesday blasted Egypt s decision not to investigate the deaths of more than two dozen Sudanese refugees when police stormed their camp here in 2005.A…
