Germans go globetrotting, but not so much to Egypt
BERLIN: Germans retained their position as the world leaders in expenditure on foreign travel last year, a study released on Tuesday showed.Germans spent a total of $78.3 billion on business…
REGIONAL FOCUS: Israel set the spark of Palestinian infighting
Neighboring Arab states face uphill battle to temper situation in Palestinian territoriesThirty people have lost their lives in the power struggle that has engulfed the Palestinian territories in the past…
Washington must consider a contact group for Iraq
Last November's congressional elections dealt US President George W. Bush a sharp rebuff over his Iraq policy. Shortly after the election, the Iraq Study Group offered a bipartisan formula for…
The enigma of Russia: Is the country more market-driven?
Fifteen years after the Soviet Union collapsed and split apart, Russia still fits Winston Churchill's characterization of Stalin's USSR nearly seven decades ago: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside…
A regional settlement requires revived multilateralism
One of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's favorite metaphors was that of the "chute, the narrow fenced structure through which ranchers push cattle to the slaughterhouse. The rancher-turned-prime minister…
A golden archive of folkloric traditions
When the state of Bavaria in Germany claimed that koshari was a dish prepared by ancient Visigothic tribes, street protests broke out in Old Cairo as residents demanded proof that…
Misr Insurance plans to launch Iraq operation
Cairo: State-owned Misr Insurance Company plans to launch a new arm in the Iraqi market with a capital estimated at LE 30 million. The move represents the first initiative of…
Government to start measures to curb Israeli component in QIZ agreement
Cairo: The Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) Unit at the Ministry of Trade and Industry has set off a number of measures to cut down the Israeli component requirement by one…
Protesters rally outside Egypt's Washington embassy for blogger's release
CAIRO: A rally was held Friday in front of the Egyptian embassy in Washington DC to call for the release of blogger Abdel Karim Soliman Amer, who has been detained…
