Sarkozy pledges to stay the course on Mideast policy
PARIS: French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday and pledged to ensure continuity in France s Middle East policy if elected. There will be…
Border authorities arrest Palestinian woman for arms smuggling
Egyptian border authorities on Tuesday arrested a Palestinian woman in her fifties who was trying to smuggle weapons parts into the Gaza Strip in her suitcase, security sources said.One of…
Egyptian bank shareholders accept UAE offer
CAIRO: Private shareholders owning 53 percent of Egypt s National Bank for Development (NBD) are willing to accept an offer of LE 11 ($1.93) a share from a UAE consortium,…
Egyptian shares rise, led by real estate sector
CAIRO: Egyptian share indexes rose on Monday led by the real estate sector with both Egyptian Resorts Company and Heliopolis Housing gaining five percent, dealers said.Egyptian Resorts, which decided on…
Canada releases two Egyptian 'terror' suspects
MONTREAL: Two Egyptians jailed for suspected terror links have been released, media reports said, two months after Canada s top court quashed the extraordinary security measures that permitted their detention.Mahmud…
A grave deal: many can't escape buying their own graves, old ones are collapsing
CAIRO: Hisham, 49, is happily married with two children. Working, he and his wife secure a decent income in addition to some extra cash from renting a flat owned by…
Egypt threatens German ban in Nefertiti row
CAIRO: Egypt on Sunday threatened to ban future displays of its ancient artifacts in Germany if Berlin refuses to return a 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti for a temporary exhibition.…
