New Chinese FM to attend Iraq conference in Egypt
New Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will attend an international conference on Iraq s reconstruction in Egypt next week, the ministry announced Saturday.It would be the first overseas mission for…
Egypt and Palestinians warn of 'explosive situation' in Gaza
CAIRO: Egypt and the Palestinians warned on Saturday of the explosive situation in the impoverished Palestinian territories, which are struggling against a devastating economic and political blockade.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas…
Worldwide rallies support imprisoned Alex blogger Kareem Amer
CAIRO: Dozens of human rights activists gathered at rallies in several world capitals on Friday afternoon to protest the imprisonment of Egyptian student blogger Kareem Amer, reportedly attracting considerable media…
Skepticism over Gamal Mubarak's presidential ambitions
CAIRO: Despite popular belief, some experts and media observers do not think that the son of President Mubarak, Gamal's marriage is grooming him to assume Egypt's top official position.Gamal Mubarak…
Shoura council discusses new political rights law
CAIRO: The Shoura Council (Upper House of Parliament) discussed on Saturday plans to set up a committee, to be renewed every three years, which will be in charge of supervising…
Egypt's Case to launch commodities exchange in '08
ReutersCAIRO: Egypt s Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (Case) will introduce a commodities market in Cairo in 2008, a senior government official said on Friday.Case s chairman Maged Shawky had…
Egyptian Emirati trade going strong, says MOI
CAIRO: Emirati interest in investing in Egypt was the underlying theme to the annual Global Trade Matters (GTM) conference on Egypt Emirates Trade and Investment held in Cairo Sunday."There is…
Of thugs, gentlemen and the Cairo Rugby Club
Cairo Rugby Club defeated Alexandria 14-7 on Friday, in a free flowing game, played on a well grassed pitch in front of a vocal crowd that kept the bar staff…
Constructive currents flow below Middle Eastern civil society
We are often so obsessed with the problems and conflicts that define the relationship between the Middle East and the West today that we tend to lose sight of the…
The US and Iran are near a dialogue
Sometimes big developments are hidden in plain sight, and that appears to be the case with Iran and the United States. The two countries have moved over the past year…