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…
Orascom Construction Industries signs deal on Cairo thermal power plant
CAIRO: Orascom Construction Industries has signed a LE 760 million deal with the Cairo Electricity Production Company for work on the El Tebbin thermal power plant south of Cairo, the…
Neo-Nazis attack Egyptian diplomat in Ukraine
CAIRO: Neo-Nazis attacked an Egyptian diplomat in the Ukrainian capital Kiev and the Ukrainian government has said it deeply regrets the incident, the Egyptian state news agency Mena said on…
Egypt and Armenia discuss Iran's nuclear program
CAIRO: Armenian President Robert Kocharian and President Hosni Mubarak discussed Iran s controversial nuclear program in Cairo on Saturday, the presidential spokesman said. Their talks covered the Iranian nuclear issue,…
State security raids home, detains Brotherhood blogger
CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA: State security officials raided both the family home and personal residence of prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) blogger Abdel Moneim Mahmoud early Friday morning and subsequently detained the activist late…
Iraq apologizes to Egypt for storming into Egyptian consulate in Baghdad
HEAD: The Egyptian Foreign Ministry Friday announced that Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has officially apologized to Egypt for breaking into the Egyptian consulate in Baghdad, the official news agency…
Regional network is named a Leo Burnett Worldwide 'Bright Star'
DUBAI: Leo Burnett Middle East and North Africa (Mena) recently earned international recognition as a 2006 "Bright Star from Leo Burnett Worldwide for delivering exemplary creative and business results. Presented…
Arab businessmen urge accelerated economic reform
CAIRO: Arab businessmen have pointed out that economic growth is not related to democratic reform in the region, which has seen sustained growth for the fourth year running."There is no…
