World Bank provides support to reducing industrial pollution
The World Bank last Thursday approved a $20 million loan to finance the second phase of the Second Pollution Abatement Project (SPAP) for the Republic of Egypt.One of the main…
Central Bank issues LE 200 banknote
CAIRO: In a bid to relieve people involved in major purchases and business transactions from lugging huge cases sagging with cash, the Central Bank of Egypt put into circulation on…
Google launches Google Earth in Arabic
CAIRO: Google, the world's most popular search engine, has unveiled a new expansion of its product offerings in the Arabic language. In addition to popular services like the iconic search…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Little Italy in the heart of Cairo
The promenade is quintessentially Italian and the only place to walk the walk is Zamalek's Marriott Hotel's Promenade Terrace. You can do that before or after the Parma ham and…
A paradigm shift
WASHINGTON: A recurrent excuse that has acted as an obstacle to the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations over the years is that of either the political weakness of the Israeli leader…
Sharing Jerusalem: the condominium solution
JEDDAH & PARIS: There will never be a durable peace in the Middle East without a settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict acceptable both to most Israelis and to most Palestinians.…
Let's not forget the local concern
JERUSALEM: One of the sad scenarios for Jerusalem s future is its transformation into an undivided, special status city, belonging to neither Israel nor Palestine. The significance of such an…
America held hostage
Many Americans are unaware that declassified information reveals the CIA helped overthrow an Iranian Prime Minister in 1953 and thwart 1980 hostage negotiations to defeat US President Jimmy Carter. During…
Activists cancel Downtown demo for security threats
CAIRO: State security forces and plainclothes agents swarmed Talaat Harb square on Friday night due to rumors of a mock 'wedding party' organized by Egyptian opposition activists to mark the…