Alam Simsim celebrates its ten-year anniversary
CAIRO: Mere moments after turning on the television, you can see that four-year-old Khokha has an ingenuous exuberance. Her perennial questioning is almost as inextinguishable as her imagination. As she…
Labor movement dispute continues to tax authorities
CAIRO: The largest wave of labor unrest to hit Egypt in the past half century could be more than just the birth pangs of a liberalizing economy but also the…
Scientists find Superman's "kryptonite"
LONDON: Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films.A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition…
Zuweil: Dialogue is the most important value
CAIRO: In a six-part interview with Ahmed Zuweil that ran in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper last week, the Nobel Prize winner for chemistry talks about Egypt's past, present and future, and…
Mubarak lays wreaths on tomb of unknown solider
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Cairo suburb of Madinet Nasr on the occasion of Sinai Liberation Day, reported the…
Judge in Diana inquiry steps down
LONDON: The coroner heading the British inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her Egyptian boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed said Tuesday she is resigning.Retired judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, 73, said she…
Egypt welcomes Chinese investment in various sectors
CAIRO: Egypt welcomes more Chinese investment and is expecting China to be Egypt s main investor, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin told reporters on Monday evening.During an interview with Xinhua…
Kuwaiti company wins 50 percent of an oil field in Egypt
Kuwait s World Oil and Environment Company has won 50 percent of Egypt s Kom Ombo oil field exploration and production concession, the official Kuna news agency reported Tuesday.Farouk Al-Yahia,…
Nazif presides over meeting on developing Hurghada airport
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif stressed the importance of taking swift measures to deal with the increasing number of passengers of various nationalities arriving at Hurghada International Airport, according to…