THE REEL ESTATE: "300"outrages Iran, but does anyone care?
Days before the release of the latest comic-book adaptation 300, a scathing attack on the film from American leftists and rightwing groups started to surface. The right believed that the…
Ehsan Hatem wins Miss Egypt 2007
CAIRO: The 21-year-old English teacher Ehsan Hatem, the contestant who received the sole jeers of the night, was crowned Pantene s Miss Egypt 2007 yesterday at an elegant, well organized…
Stocks drift lower in thin trade
CAIRO: Stocks drifted downwards on Sunday in thin trade with no news to move prices decisively in either direction, brokers said.Sentiment among local retail investors was negative while non-Arab foreigners…
Minister of Petroleum: Discovery of oil field in Suez Gulf
CAIRO: The Minister of Petroleum issued urgent instructions last weekend to continue the development plan implementation of the latest naval discovery of Crude oil in Suez Gulf in the prospect…
Rocket attacks give Israel excuse to attack says Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt on Tuesday condemned Israeli forces for killing nine Palestinians and also called on the Palestinians to refrain from firing rockets into Israel, saying that would give the Jewish…
Egyptian president, Lebanese prime minister discuss situation in Lebanon
CAIRO: Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora took his campaign for a tribunal for the killers of Rafik Hariri to Egypt on Monday, holding talks with its president days after the…
The Foreign Minster is just a consultant, Maher says
CAIRO: Ahmed Maher, former Foreign Minister stated in Al Wafd newspaper on Monday April 23, that foreign polices all over the world are drawn up by presidents and not foreign…
Mubarak meets with Indian minister of petroleum
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak met with the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas of India Murli Deora yesterday. Deora delivered a message to President Mubarak from Manmohan Singh, prime minister…
Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin passes
CAIRO: Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, the Kremlin confirmed yesterday. The cause of death has not been announced but Yeltsin was a notoriously…
Local and global rights groups condemn state order closing labor NGO headquarters
CAIRO: Following weeks of what labor activists have described as "harassment and "intimidation, the Ministry of Social Solidarity has issued an order to shut down the Helwan headquarters of the…