Bush's Baghdad plan: What do the numbers mean?
President George W. Bush has presented a new strategy for the war in Iraq that may be able to defeat the insurgency and reverse Iraq's drift towards large-scale civil war.…
Bright lights, big city, big headache
Cairo is hard work. Given the smog, the traffic and the crushing weight of bureaucracy which seeps into all aspects of life, just going about your daily routine feels like…
Vodafone acquires 3G license for LE 3.4 billion
Operator to start services "one day after EtisalatCAIRO: The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) and Vodafone Egypt (VFE) signed a contract yesterday for the latter's purchase of a…
$ 1.9 million Japanese grant to support Unicef's maternal and child health program in Upper Egypt
CAIRO: Health services for expectant mothers and their babies in four of Upper Egypt's governorates are to receive a major boost thanks to a grant of nearly two million dollars…
Business Monitor International report reaffirms government forecast for 2007
Report: low potential for political reform positive sign for economyCAIRO: A Business Monitor International (BMI) report released Thursday ranked the Egyptian economy first in the Middle East region on growth…
Libya to host North African Summit
CAIRO: Libya will host a summit today comprising Egypt, Sudan, Algeria and Tunisia to discuss the situation in Sudan and the Middle East.President Hosni Mubarak told the Mena news agency…
Egypt, Pakistan discuss Arab fighters on Afghan border
Associated Press CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf held talks Monday on the presence of Arab fighters on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and on a role for Muslim…
Dozens killed in Baghdad market attack
Associated PressCairo: At least 78 people were killed and more than 150 wounded Monday after two nearly simultaneous bombs struck a predominantly Shia commercial area in central Baghdad in the…
Ex-UN oil-for-food head, Boutros-Ghali kin charged
ReutersNEW YORK: The former head of the UN oil-for-food program for Iraq and a brother-in-law of an ex-UN Secretary General were charged with bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud…
