Parliament condemns Rushdie knighthood
CAIRO: The People's Assembly denounced on Wednesday the recent knighting of controversial writer Salman Rushdie, author of "The Satanic Verses, describing it as a worse error than the publication of…
Ministry of Health accused of permitting expired medication
CAIRO: Mohamed Sayed Ahmed, member of the People s Assembly (PA) affiliated to the National Democratic Party (NDP) accused the Ministry of Health of allowing the sale of expired interferon,…
Changes to UK visa application system to kick off in July
CAIRO: The United Kingdom has launched new modifications to the visa application system that are gradually taking effect around the world and will be introduced in Cairo on July 5,…
Muslims who reverted to Christianity face administrative discrimination
CAIRO: The Supreme Administrative Court has begun discussing appeals to court orders forbidding Christian converts to Islam who have reverted back to Christianity from updating the relevant data on their…
Egypt median o/n interbank steady at 8.755 pct
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound was steady at 8.755 percent on Monday compared with 8.757 percent on Sunday in the absence of auctions for certificates…
El Sewedy to build $50 mln transformer plant
CAIRO: El Sewedy Cables said on Monday it will build a $50 million power transformer plant in Egypt, with production expected to start by April 2008.The Egyptian firm, one of…
Egypt stocks dip, profit-taking hits housing sector
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks slid on Tuesday as a wave of profit-taking hit Heliopolis Housing, which had helped lift the market over the past two sessions on talk that it was…
Three Lebanese soldiers killed in renewed fighting
Associated Press BEIRUT: Three Lebanese soldiers were killed Monday in renewed fighting with militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a senior military official said.The official, speaking on…
