INTERVIEW: Egypt to break FDI record in 06/07 -Investment Minister
ReutersNEW YORK: Egypt s economy is expected to grow by 7 percent in the next five years and to break last year s record for investment from abroad, Investment Minister…
Used kidney dialysis filters pose health threat
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry of Health received information recently about the theft of disposed second-hand filters used in kidney dialysis machines, from a garbage collection point in Mansheyet Nasser shanty…
Shehata names Egypt squad
CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has called-up Al Ahly skipper Shadi Mohamed for the first time since 2003 in his 23-man squad for Mauritania game in the African Cup of…
Pharaohs to help unveil truth of Bosnian pyramids
CAIRO: Approximately two years ago, American archaeologist Semir Osmanagich and his team made the astounding discovery of a series of pyramids in Bosnia. Last Sunday, speaking at the Supreme Council…
Misr International Films holds simultaneous worldwide environmental film screening
CAIRO: In an attempt to raise environmental awareness, Misr International Films (Youssef Chahine and Co.) is holding the worldwide premier of a European environmental film next Wednesday. Directors Johan Soderberg's,…
Expect Palestinian factionalism to endure
Palestinians have been hoping that Hamas and Fatah will live up to their announced agreement that the government of national unity formed last week would not concern itself with negotiations…
Will anxious Arab states soon form a nuclear family?
From Libya to Egypt to fuel-strapped Jordan, Arab countries have signaled their desire to develop nuclear power, even amid a concerted attempt by the United States to tighten the noose…
Europe's dirty little secret on global warming
Almost two weeks ago, the European Union declared that it had practically saved the planet. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso claimed that Europe would lead the way on climate…
The little bookshop around the corner turns five
CAIRO: "I'm proud to be a conspiracy theorist, said Galal Amin to a packed hall at the Cairo Opera House's Open Air Theater on Saturday.The American University in Cairo's economics…
