Egypt asks Interpol to arrest three Israelis charged with espionage
Associated PressCAIRO: Egypt asked the international police organization to arrest three Israelis it accuses of being part of a spy ring, a judicial official said Monday.Egypt s state security prosecutor…
Savola to start Egypt sugar plant in Aug
ReutersDUBAI: Saudi Arabia s Savola Group expects to start up a sugar refinery in Egypt in August and to further expand its Saudi facility to meet rising domestic and regional…
Egypt to significantly lower import duties, says minister
CAIRO: Egypt will significantly reduce import duties on a wide range of both manufactured goods and raw materials, in an effort to lower consumer prices and combat smuggling, the minister…
And the bride and groom were smelly pigs
TAIPEI: The bride was a real smelly porker and she wore pink.Two Musk hogs were married in a lavish ceremony in Taiwan, with the blessings of a Catholic priest.The bride…
WHO confirms Egyptian girl dies of bird flu
CAIRO: An Egyptian girl has died of bird flu south of Cairo, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the disease in Egypt to 12, a World Health Organization official…
Jose issues an apology to Ahly's fans over Al-Hodoud incident
CAIRO: Portuguese coach Manuel Jose issued a statement on Sunday apologizing for his unsporting behavior during Ahly s Egyptian League match against Harras Al-Hodoud on Friday.Jose was ejected from the…
Cleric reverses course: Muslim women can be presidents too
CAIRO: Within a week of issuing a fatwa that Muslim women could not fill the top post in the country, Egypt's mufti Sheikh Ali Gomaa has reversed course and said…
Political activists tread carefully in Egypt, Bahrain
CAIRO: The recent arrests of Egyptian and regional bloggers have highlighted the pressures political activists in the Middle East have come under in the past several years.The trial of blogger…
