Minister of Petroleum: Discovery of oil field in Suez Gulf
CAIRO: The Minister of Petroleum issued urgent instructions last weekend to continue the development plan implementation of the latest naval discovery of Crude oil in Suez Gulf in the prospect…
Stocks drift lower in thin trade
CAIRO: Stocks drifted downwards on Sunday in thin trade with no news to move prices decisively in either direction, brokers said.Sentiment among local retail investors was negative while non-Arab foreigners…
Ehsan Hatem wins Miss Egypt 2007
CAIRO: The 21-year-old English teacher Ehsan Hatem, the contestant who received the sole jeers of the night, was crowned Pantene s Miss Egypt 2007 yesterday at an elegant, well organized…
THE REEL ESTATE: "300"outrages Iran, but does anyone care?
Days before the release of the latest comic-book adaptation 300, a scathing attack on the film from American leftists and rightwing groups started to surface. The right believed that the…
EU urges Iraq government to boost reconciliation by reaching out to Sunni Muslims
LUXEMBOURG: The EU urged the Iraqi government Monday to step up national reconciliation efforts and called on Iraq s neighbors to support the country s daunting stabilization drive by attending…
The poor are not getting poorer, according to the Information and Decision Support Center
CAIRO: Maged Othman, the president of the Information and Decision Support Center told Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper that the poor in Egypt are not getting poorer and he cited as evidence…
Egypt demands loan of Nefertiti bust for museum opening
Egypt on Sunday said it aimed to retrieve a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti from Germany for the opening of a history museum near the Great Pyramids in 2012, despite…
As expected, Al-Ahly-Barcelona match creates problems
CAIRO: The Al-Ahly-Barcelona match that took place yesterday caused conflict due to the huge hike in the price of tickets, the general unavailability of tickets and claims that Al-Ahly sold…
African Confederation Cup draw
Draw for the fourth round of the African Confederation Cup: Etoile du Congo (Congo) v Benfica Luanda (Angola) Wydad Casablanca (Morocco) v Ismaili (Egypt) TP Mazembe Englebert (DR Congo) v…
