African Union chairman claims UN force will be all-African
CAIRO/KHARTOUM: On Sunday African Union Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare said that there would be no need for non-African troops in the new UN peacekeeping force that is set to be…
North Sinai residents continue pleas
CAIRO: Residents of North Sinai continued their pleas to the government to meet their demands as they congregated in El-Agra near the Gaza-Rafah border on Monday.The main demands of the…
Government to cut energy subsidies
CAIRO: The government will reduce energy subsidies by gradually increasing the price of natural gas over the next three years, announced Minister of Trade Rachid Mohamed Rachid in a press…
Case to apply stricter trading rules
CAIRO: The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges (Case) and the Capital Market Authority are currently looking into imposing harsher penalties on listed companies that violate rules of trading and disclosure…
FDI soars, investment authority under new stewardship
CAIRO: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has soared to $9.45 billion and is expected to amount to $10 billion by the end of this year, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin said…
Is Doping Wrong?
There is now a regular season for discussing drugs in sports, one that arrives every year with the Tour de France. This year, the overall leader, two other riders, and…
Talking tough: How Obama can fight extremism in Pakistan
For those of us who believe in diplomacy, Senator Barack Obama's recent pledge to dialogue with Cuba, North Korea and Iran offered a much-needed ray of hope. Amidst the security…
A time for reflection, a call for action
On the first anniversary commemorating the end of the July 2006 Israeli-Lebanese war, Geir O. Pedersen, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, wrote an Op-Ed article entitled A time for reflection,…
Smuggled crocodiles overwhelm Cairo zoo
CAIRO: A sudden influx of hundreds of baby crocodiles seized while being smuggled out of Cairo airport has left a zoo in the Egyptian capital struggling to deal with the…
Arafat's widow stripped of Tunisian citizenship
TUNIS: Tunisia has stripped the widow of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat of Tunisian citizenship, officials said Tuesday.A formal decree published Aug. 2 in Tunisia s official register indicated that…