Egyptian indexes rebound, housing and EFG-Hermes up
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock indexes rebounded on Sunday from last week s correction, carried by a strong rally in the housing sector and a rise in investment bank EFG-Hermes,…
Ambassador warns of political crisis brewing in Bosnia-Herzegovina
CAIRO: Bosnian Ambassador in Cairo Radomir Kosic warned of the escalating political crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is dividing Bosnians deeply along ethnic lines. The situation is very tense. It is…
Osama El Ghazaly Harb: We are fundamentally different from the NDP and the Brotherhood
CAIRO: Editor-in-Chief of Al Ahram s International Politics magazine and member of the Shoura Council, Osama El Ghazaly Harb is also the vice president of the new liberal Democratic Front…
Egypt bars ex-US attorney general from Islamist trial
CAIRO: An Egyptian military court barred former US attorney general Ramsey Clark from observing a trial session on Sunday for 40 opposition Islamists on charges that include money-laundering and terrorism,…
Egypt in bind over Rafah
Israel controls destiny of the crossing, experts sayCAIRO: As the Rafah crossing remains closed, and 4,000 Palestinians are stuck on the Egyptian side of the border, foreign reports place the…
Egypt's Al Qaeda chief 'flees to Gaza'
CAIRO: A security official says Al Qaeda members have revealed the head of the group in the country has fled for the Gaza Strip.The official says the arrested members have…
Al-Qaeda arrests in Egypt raise questions
CAIRO: Thirty-five Egyptians allegedly belonging to Al-Qaeda group were arrested last April according to Al-Masry Al-Youm, raising questions on whether it's feasible for Al-Qaeda members to reside and operate in…
Government to issue more five-year bonds before year ends
CAIRO: In a step that further allows foreign investors to gain exposure into the Egyptian market, Minister of Finance Youssef Botrous Ghali unveiled plans to increase issuance of Egypt's five-year…
Florida divers tune in to music fest
More than 500 scuba divers and snorkelers listened to a local radio station s four-hour broadcast Saturday, piped in beneath the sea in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.Musical selections…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: The Pyrenees Vacation Part 2
It would not be uncommon to find Christians who would pour scorn on the 5,000,000 people who visit St. Bernadette's grotto in this Pyrenees town, tucked in under the mountains…