Shell Egypt announces four Western Desert discoveries
CAIRO: Shell Egypt announced on Wednesday four discoveries of oil and natural gas in the company's concessions in the Western Desert over 2006, boosting the company's oil and gas reserves…
Passion for finance pushed El Hatow to pursue his investment banker dream
CAIRO: Investment banking captured the attention of 33-year-old Wael El Hatow, vice president and head of investment banking for HC Securities & Investment in Egypt.El Hatow studied political science at…
Court delays trial of Al-Jazeera producer
CAIRO: The Al-Nozha Misdemeanour Court has postponed the trial hearings of Al-Jazeera producer Howayda Taha, accused by the authorities of "harming national interests until Feb. 21.She had been working on…
Israel minister demands halt to Jerusalem works
JERUSALEM: Israel s defense minister has written to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asking for an immediate halt to public works near Jerusalem s ultra-sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque that have sparked Muslim…
Ayman Nour should remain in prison, says government committee
ReutersCAIRO: A government medical committee has ruled that jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour, a diabetic who has heart problems, should stay in prison. The committee found Nour s health was…
Prosecutors send files of 40 Islamists to military court
CAIRO: Prosecutors on Wednesday transferred the files of more than 40 opposition Islamists to a military court on terrorism and money-laundering charges, in a widening crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood,…
IT competition nurtures young minds with a top prize of LE 200,000
CAIRO: The third annual Business Plan competition in the Information Technology (IT) sector took place Tuesday under the auspices of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. The whole idea…
Economist Paul Volcker says steps to curb global warming would not devastate an economy
Associated Press CAIRO: Measures to reduce global warming would not be devastating economically, and the United States has been particularly delinquent on the issue, Paul Volcker, the former chairman of…
Kamel expects mobile phone subscribers to grow 100 percent in 3 years
CAIRO: Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tarek Kamel said that growth rates in mobile phone services will surge to records of nearly 100 percent over the next three years.During…
Is a kiss still just a kiss?
LOS ANGELES: There s the flicking kiss, the ice-cream kiss, the vacuum kiss, the Hollywood kiss and another 50 or so smoochy variations.Who said a kiss was just a kiss?For…
