Son wanted dead for living space
MOSCOW: A Russian woman paid a former convict to kill her 17-year-old son because she was fed up with sharing her small one-room apartment with him, the newspaper Izvestia reported…
Hot air balloon crash injures tourists in Luxor
CAIRO: Nine people including four French, three American and two Egyptian tourists were injured Friday when their hot air balloon crashed over Luxor, a security source said. The nine were…
New poultry diseases department
CAIRO: A new department for the study of poultry diseases has been set up by the National Research Centre in a move aimed at bolstering nationwide efforts to combat to…
Two-year-old tests positive for bird flu, brings total to 26
ReutersCAIRO: A 2-year-old boy has tested positive for bird flu, bringing the number of people who have contracted the disease in Egypt to 26, the Health Ministry said on Monday.The…
Shares dip, Watany falls on no clear bid price
CAIRO: Shares edged down on Monday led by Al Watany Bank, which said it had not received any specific monetary bids from Arab and international banks for a controlling stake,…
Railway Authority launches effort to utilize land bank
Contracted companies to sell rights to billboard construction, advertising space on trainsCAIRO: The Railway Authority (RA) is working with promoters to lease its estimated 190 million sq. m. of land…
Mubarak warns abrupt US pullout would worsen Iraq problem
CAIRO: A sudden pullout of US troops from Iraq would aggravate the situation there, President Hosni Mubarak said in remarks published on Saturday. A sudden withdrawal, before having implanted the…
Israeli television accuses Egypt of 1973 war killings of POWs
Associated PressJERUSALEM: Just days after Egyptian MPs called for an investigation into film evidence that Israeli soldiers massacred a contingent of Egyptian troops in 1967, an Israeli television station accused…