Insurance operators join in fierce price wars
CAIRO: The national insurance market has entered into a new phase of price wars between companies amid charges launched against regulators of neglecting the perilous impacts of price competition on…
Fantasies on wheels
A colleague of mine, who is obviously looking for a cheap form of transport and not going through a mid-life crisis, I strenuously point out, has been harping on about…
The European Union is ailing? If you think so, look again
As the European Union prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome later this month, the EU is widely perceived to be on its knees. European integration…
Use the Arab peace plan to tackle final-status issues
An Israeli-Palestinian discussion of the broad territorial, security and legal outlines of a Palestinian state is a good idea that has resurfaced for all the wrong reasons. US Secretary of…
The real meaning of the Mecca agreement
In the month since the agreement reached in Mecca between Fatah and Hamas, the implications for Palestine and the region have become increasingly apparent. The "Mecca agreement may have registered…
Nationality: Unclear
The Media Line Ltd.They regard Bashar Al-Asad as their leader; they hang Syrian flags in their homes; their mother tongue is Arabic, and they see Israel as an occupying nation.…
Desert animal farming, the new frontier
CAIRO: Desert animal farming is contributing considerably to the local production of animals, said an agricultural specialist.Abdel Hamid Azamel, head of the Desert Poultry and Animal Farming department at the…
Egypt Mufti launches website to give voice to moderate Islamic opinions
CAIRO: Egypt s top Muslim cleric (mufti) Sheikh Ali Gomaa, has launched a website to give a voice to moderate Islamic religious opinion, Cairo newspapers reported on Saturday. The new…
