Blood and Guts, little bit of Glory

Shooter has all the trappings of the classic Hollywood action blockbuster. A proven action director in Antoine Fuqua (of "Training Day fame), a solid cast with Mark Wahlberg in the…

Jonathan Spollen

Egypt targets 800,000 bpd oil output in 2008

Egypt plans to hike its oil output by 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 800,000 bpd in 2008, the petroleum ministry said Wednesday. A program was set up for developing…

AFP
AFP

Egypt Aluminum expects 2006/7 profit of $140 mln

Egypt Aluminum , the country s only primary producer of aluminum, expects to make profits of LE 800 million ($140 million) in the financial year ending June 30, the stock…

Reuters

ONGC eyes 33 pct stake in Shell Egypt block

ReutersNEW DELHI: Indian state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) is firming up a proposal to buy up to 33 percent in an Egyptian deepwater gas block from operator…

Daily News Egypt

Palestinians ready to stand by truce: Egyptian official

GAZA CITY: Palestinian factions are prepared to stand by a fragile truce which Hamas declared over this week after firing rockets into Israel, an Egyptian official said Thursday.The member of…

AFP
AFP

Sharm summit meets with controversy

Associated PressCAIRO: Arab countries will demand that Iraq do more to reach out to its own disgruntled Sunni Arabs before they will pledge substantial aid to the troubled nation, according…

Salah Nasrawi

People's Assembly approves raising judges' retirement age to 70

CAIRO: Despite the disapproval of the opposition front and the Judges Club, the People s Assembly (PA) on Tuesday approved the new judges law that pushed up the retirement age…

Yasmine Saleh

Japan's foreign minister to visit US, Russia, Egypt

TOKYO: Japan s foreign minister will visit the United States, Russia and Egypt on an eight-day trip starting this weekend, the ministry announced Thursday.Taro Aso leaves Tokyo on Saturday for…

AP
AP

Activists to hold worldwide demos for arrested, imprisoned Egyptian bloggers

CAIRO: International civil society organizations and activists are once again taking action against what they call are "systematic crackdowns on Egyptian bloggers by the national authorities. Today, a network of…

Alexandra Sandels