Where to, after the Mecca agreement?
The most significant thing about the national unity government agreement signed Thursday by Hamas and Fatah in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, under Saudi auspices was that it was signed in Mecca…
Arab women entrepreneurs and SMEs: challenges and realities
Towards the end of 2006, the Euro-Mediterranean Ministers in their meeting at Turkey, stressed the need for strengthening the role of women in their societies. A framework and action plan…
Truck loaded with gas explodes south of Giza, no casualties
GIZA: The village of Temoua was rocked early Saturday morning when a truck loaded with gas tanks belonging to the Misr Petroleum Company unexpectedly exploded. The blast occurred, according to…
Intellectual illiteracy is the greatest challenge facing the Arab World
CAIRO: Arab youth are undeniably at a crossroads. On the one hand they are dealing with modernism and western standards introduced into conservative societies. Meanwhile, Arab culture has become engrossed…
Strike ends in Kafr El Dawwar, but problems linger
KAFR EL DAWWAR: Thousands of factory workers and townspeople poured out of the Kafr El Dewar Textile Factory on Thursday afternoon, after negotiations by state-appointed union representatives and a host…
Ahead of Valentine's Day, kissing sees new world record
MANILA: More than 6,000 couples kissed simultaneously at midnight Saturday in the Philippines with organizers of the event claiming to have set a new world record.Organizers of the annual pre-Valentine…
Zamalek ease past Vital'O
CAIRO: Hazem Emam scored in the first-half to help Zamalek edge Burundi's Vital'O 1-0 away from home and advance to the African Champions League round of 32 on Saturday.The Zamalek…
Pharmaceutical exports to Ukraine up 70 percent
CAIRO: Egyptian exports of pharmaceuticals to the Ukraine increased remarkably over the first ten months of 2006, growing up nearly 70 percent compared with a year earlier.Ukraine s ambassador to…
Rachid urges HSBC to finance Egyptian auto parts industry
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid will discuss with the Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Stephen Green in London the new opportunities for investments of the British…