Ten companies control 61 pct of Egyptian manufacturing exports
CAIRO: Ten large companies accounted for 61 percent of total Egyptian manufacturing exports in 2006 with a total value of LE 5.1 billion out of LE 8.34 billion, representing the…
Al-Futtaim Group reveals expansion plans
CAIRO: Al Futtaim Group of the United Arab Emirates has revealed its expansions plan that will turn the group s City Center Maadi into a department store chain of forty…
Three Egyptian sarcophagi unearthed
CAIRO: Archeologists have uncovered three wooden pharaonic sarcophagi, dating back to the 20th century BC, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement on Saturday. The three sarcophagi were…
Six suspected cases of human bird flu reported in Fayoum
CAIRO: Six people were hospitalized Saturday after showing symptoms of bird flu amid fears of a global surge in infections by the deadly virus, the official MENA news agency said.…
UN announces $85 mln for under-funded emergencies
NAIROBI: A United Nations fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has allocated about $85 million for under-funded…
Sports Talk: A poll result based on passports
When they asked Amitabh Bachchan why he thought he had been selected the greatest star of the millennium in a BBC online poll, beating the likes of Marlon Brando, Lawrence…
January was the world's hottest month on record, scientists
TOKYO: Last month was the world s hottest January on record, in further evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are causing global warming, Japanese scientists said Friday. Temperatures across the planet…
Man allegedly abused in video phone footage still in jail
CAIRO: Ihab Magdy Farouq, a 19-year-old Imbaba resident, is currently incarcerated at the Al-Qata prison in Qalyoubia province, north of Cairo. According to the North Giza prosecutor's office, his crime…
