Political and social protest: A 30-year review
CAIRO: What are the differences between protests today and the protests of the 6os and 70s? How has the political and social reality in Egypt changed and what are the…
Blogger gets 15 more days as activists gather at Shubra prosecutor's office to protest his detention
CAIRO: Members of the Egyptian blogosphere, Muslim Brotherhood members, and a number of local and foreign journalists gathered outside the office of the public prosecutor in Shubra on Tuesday morning…
Activists to hold worldwide demos for arrested, imprisoned Egyptian bloggers
CAIRO: International civil society organizations and activists are once again taking action against what they call are "systematic crackdowns on Egyptian bloggers by the national authorities. Today, a network of…
Japan's foreign minister to visit US, Russia, Egypt
TOKYO: Japan s foreign minister will visit the United States, Russia and Egypt on an eight-day trip starting this weekend, the ministry announced Thursday.Taro Aso leaves Tokyo on Saturday for…
People's Assembly approves raising judges' retirement age to 70
CAIRO: Despite the disapproval of the opposition front and the Judges Club, the People s Assembly (PA) on Tuesday approved the new judges law that pushed up the retirement age…
Sharm summit meets with controversy
Associated PressCAIRO: Arab countries will demand that Iraq do more to reach out to its own disgruntled Sunni Arabs before they will pledge substantial aid to the troubled nation, according…
Palestinians ready to stand by truce: Egyptian official
GAZA CITY: Palestinian factions are prepared to stand by a fragile truce which Hamas declared over this week after firing rockets into Israel, an Egyptian official said Thursday.The member of…
ONGC eyes 33 pct stake in Shell Egypt block
ReutersNEW DELHI: Indian state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) is firming up a proposal to buy up to 33 percent in an Egyptian deepwater gas block from operator…
Egypt Aluminum expects 2006/7 profit of $140 mln
Egypt Aluminum , the country s only primary producer of aluminum, expects to make profits of LE 800 million ($140 million) in the financial year ending June 30, the stock…
Egypt targets 800,000 bpd oil output in 2008
Egypt plans to hike its oil output by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 800,000 bpd in 2008, the petroleum ministry said Wednesday. A program was set up for developing…
