Mice, changing travelers' behavior: surge in sales
CAIRO: Marriott International Sales Office announced a 12 percent growth in sales for 2006 in the Middle East, Africa and the Subcontinent in comparison to 2005. The increase was driven…
Oryx acquires 30 pct of HC
CAIRO: Oryx Regional Private Equity Fund, based in Bahrain, acquired 30 percent of "HC Securities and Investment Company , HC announced late last week. Oryx Regional Private Equity Fund is…
Egypt celebrates past Sinai victory, but for the young frustration outweighs pride
CAIRO: Egypt celebrates Sinai Liberation Day today, marking 35 years since the victories of the 1972 war against Israel which eventually led to the return of the Sinai Peninsula from…
Central auditing chief queries conflicting government stats
CAIRO: During a People's Assembly session on Monday, Gawdat Al Malt, head of the Central Auditing Agency (CAA) accused Cabinet of working on "isolated islands , reported Al-Masry Al-Youm Tuesday.In…
Local and global rights groups condemn state order closing labor NGO headquarters
CAIRO: Following weeks of what labor activists have described as "harassment and "intimidation, the Ministry of Social Solidarity has issued an order to shut down the Helwan headquarters of the…
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin passes
CAIRO: Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, the Kremlin confirmed yesterday. The cause of death has not been announced but Yeltsin was a notoriously…
Mubarak meets with Indian minister of petroleum
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak met with the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas of India Murli Deora yesterday. Deora delivered a message to President Mubarak from Manmohan Singh, prime minister…
The Foreign Minster is just a consultant, Maher says
CAIRO: Ahmed Maher, former Foreign Minister stated in Al Wafd newspaper on Monday April 23, that foreign polices all over the world are drawn up by presidents and not foreign…
Egyptian president, Lebanese prime minister discuss situation in Lebanon
CAIRO: Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora took his campaign for a tribunal for the killers of Rafik Hariri to Egypt on Monday, holding talks with its president days after the…
Rocket attacks give Israel excuse to attack says Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt on Tuesday condemned Israeli forces for killing nine Palestinians and also called on the Palestinians to refrain from firing rockets into Israel, saying that would give the Jewish…
