Muslim clerics launch petition to UN chief on Jerusalem mosque
DOHA: Muslim clerics launched a campaign Tuesday to stop controversial Israeli excavation work near Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa Mosque, vowing to collect one million signatures on a petition to the UN…
Banks rev-up to lend $1.7 billion to Etisalat Egypt
A number of Egyptian banks will jostle their way to providing a loan to third mobile phone operator Etisalat Egypt valued at $1.75 billion.Bankers say that the National Bank of…
Natural gas exports down 25 percent in November 2006
CAIRO: Egyptian exports of natural gas and its derivatives collapsed by nearly 25 percent to $233 million in November 2006 compared with $296 million a year earlier, according to a…
Inflation rate stabilizes in January at 12.4 percent
Monetary Policy Committee, analysts show careful optimismCAIRO: The annual inflation rate stood at 12.4 percent in January, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (Capmas) announced Wednesday.The figure breaks…
Egypt foils Sinai suicide attack
RAFAH: Egyptian police detained a would-be Palestinian suicide bomber crossing from the Gaza Strip and planning to blow himself up among Israeli tourists in a south Sinai resort, security sources…
Minister says T.Italia network won't go to 'Islamic militants,' Sawiris says no comment
MILAN: Italy is not opposed to foreign ownership of Telecom Italia s network but must not let it fall into the hands of Islamic militants or the Mafia, Infrastructure Minister…
Chomsky on Iran, Iraq and the US's mafia complex
Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On February 9, Michael Shank interviewed him on the latest developments in US policy toward Iran, Iraq, North Korea,…
New fee satellite channel Al Aan hits the airwaves
CAIRO: A new free Pan-Arab satellite channel Al Aan recently hit the airwaves, adding to the ever-growing number of regional offerings.Fast, real and modern are the tools by which the…
Human capital is resource of the future, says Rachid
China changing the global economic order, minister saysCAIRO: Human capital in Egypt is more important than any other industry said the Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohammed Rachid."We need…
