Thirty graduate in Boeing-Amideast project management program

CAIRO: Ask any executive in any field about the one skill that the local workforce market desperately needs and the answer will be management. Realizing this, Boeing chose this skill…

Sarah El Sirgany

Key suspect in Egypt mass-mutilation killings found innocent

CAIRO: The principal suspect in the gruesome killing of 10 people, including four children, in an Egyptian village in December 2005 was cleared of all charges by a court on…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt train crash report cites series of failures

CAIRO: An Egyptian government probe into the causes of Egypt s deadliest rail accident in four years blamed a series of human, technical and administrative failures on Tuesday for the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Band capitalizes on diversity

Salalem's musical choice eclectic but promisingAlthough the band is still quite new, Salalem is already demonstrating a lot of potential. Refusing to stick to one type of music, they've made…

Maram Mazen

Vodafone Egypt and Raya Join Forces in TELECOM

CAIRO: In a step to explore the opportunities and synergies between both companies, Vodafone Egypt (VFE) and Raya Holdings (Raya) announced today Raya's acceptance, in principle, of VFE's offer to…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Arab states seek to push Mideast peace plan

Associated PressCAIRO: Arab foreign ministers met Wednesday to promote a plan to revive the deadlocked Middle East peace process amid wide Arab fears the recent war inLebanon helped boost the…

Salah Nasrawi

Egypt arrests 95 over suspected militant links

CAIRO: Egyptian security forces have arrested close to 95 people suspected of links to Islamic militancy in sweeps north of the capital, security sources said on Tuesday. The sources said…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Technical retail trade pushes Egypt stocks lower

CAIRO: Egyptian stocks fell on Wednesday after retail investors sold on technicals, but bigger stocks were supported by foreigners and institutions trading on fundamentals, traders said. There s no fundamental…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Record Rice Yields for Egypt

WASHINGTON/ROME/KRASNODAR: Egypt has achieved record rice yields with varieties that included hybrids developed locally under an FAO-led project. The world s highest national average rice yield in 2005 was 3.8…

Daily Star Egypt Staff