Arab leaders to hold summit in Libya next week
CAIRO: The leaders of five Arab countries will hold a summit in Libya next week, President Hosni Mubarak was quoted on Friday as saying.The leaders, from Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan…
Business recap: Government to pay-off LE 6 billion in public bank debt
CAIRO: The government announced Wednesday it has allocated LE 6 billion to its financial sector reform program for public banks, a joint Ministry of Investment (MOI), Ministry of Finance (MOF)…
Egypt, Jordan seek more cooperation in gas sector
Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi and Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaled Shreidah discussed current progress of the Arab gas pipeline in Cairo earlier this week, reported the…
Egypt to free Israeli trucker found with bullets
EL-ARISH: The authorities in El-Arish have decided to free an Israeli truck driver found in possession of pistol bullets as he crossed the Israeli-Egyptian border, a judicial source in the…
Man beats wife for losing job
Cairo: A family court in Maadi ruled that a wife could be divorced from her husband in one of the oddest cases judged by such courts. Madiha. M.A., 37, had…
Supreme Court denies women's right to join prosecution after initial approval
CAIRO: The Supreme Court Council rejected several female applicants who wished to join the judiciary through a position in prosecution, despite the primary approval of the court to appoint female…
Student blogger moved to solitary confinement awaiting postponed trial
Cairo: The trial of Abdel Karim Soliman Amer, a student blogger accused of "incitement to hate Islam because of his controversial online writings on religion, was postponed Thursday due to…
California students light candles for peace
CALIFORNIA: A group of high school students called Youth for Hope organized a massive luminary lighting on New Year s Eve in Davis, California. The event was supported by peacemakers…
First Ladies meet to combat child pornography
PARIS: French President Jacques Chirac and the first ladies of the United States and Russia, Laura Bush and Lyudmila Putin, issued a joint call Wednesday to combat child pornography and…
