National Cement Company reports modest bottom line growth
Government maintains NCC not for saleCAIRO: The National Cement Company (NCC) released partial H2, 2006 results Wednesday showing net income reached LE 151.2 million.The figure represents a 36 percent increase…
Egypt-Saudi Business Council calls for double taxation prevention
CAIRO: At a meeting held in Cairo on Tuesday, the Egyptian-Saudi Business Council called on both Egyptian and Saudi governments to sign a bilateral double taxation prevention agreement in a…
Kazakhstan envoy to dispel negative "Borat" image
NEW HAVEN: Kazakhstan s envoy to the United States Tuesday defended his country against misconceptions caused by the hit comedy film Borat and its misogynistic, anti-Semitic, fictional Kazakh TV reporter.Speaking…
Pickpocket caught red-handed
CAIRO: Transport police finally got their hands on the notorious metro pickpocket, Al Gomhuria daily reported. Some of metro-users had earlier complained to the police that they had been robbed…
Ultra-athletes endure sand, heat to run across Sahara Desert
Associated PressWESTERN DESERT: In 111 days, three ultra-endurance athletes - an American, a Canadian and a Taiwanese - did something most people could only describe as insane: Running the equivalent…
Controversial book by Banha professor insults Christians
CAIRO: The Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organizations (EUHRO) filed a complaint to the Dean of Banha University, in northern Cairo, against a book they deemed insulting to Christianity. The…
Recollections of a lost homeland
Old shots of Nubia in a Zamalek café evoke bitter-sweet memoriesCAIRO: Time stood still 40 years ago on the walls of Al Oruba café; but not because of the usual…
Global vote will pick world's "new" seven wonders
ReutersZURICH: What are the greatest architectural achievements in history? Rome s Colosseum? The Great Wall of China? The Pyramids of Giza? That s what millions of people are asking themselves…
