Real estate developers expect structural changes in the market after a major land deal
NoozzCAIRIO: The Egyptian construction market expects the results of a bid launched by the Ministry of Housing in December 2006 over eight large plots in new cities to restructure the…
Government puts financial squeeze on Muslim Brotherhood
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: The authorities have tightened the noose on the opposition Muslim Brothers by freezing the assets of the Islamist movement s financiers it accuses of seeking to revive the…
Are space-bound jinn behind the fires of Luxor?
CAIRO: Police investigators in Luxor are at a loss to explain how three houses suddenly caught on fire and burned to the ground.Forensic scientists have intensified efforts to unravel the…
Alleged car swindler arrested
CAIRO: Karim Nashaat, the owner of Al Rabea for Car Trade, was arrested Sunday after he had fled with about LE 16 million from customers for nearly one month, police…
Mido ends goal-drought as Tottenham march on
Egyptian striker Ahmed Hossam Mido ended a three-month goal-drought when he scored on Saturday to help Tottenham Hotspur beat Championship side Southend 3-1 and advance to the FA Cup fifth…
Fire at Siag hotel causes panic
CAIRO: A big fire broke out Sat at the Siag Hotel in the pyramids area last weekend causing panic among residents, the Al Gomhuria reported. The flames raged into the…
Court releases 16 Muslim Brotherhood members
Associated PressCAIRO: Egypt s Criminal Court on Monday ordered the release of the banned Muslim Brotherhood s No. 3 leader and 15 others after 45 days in detention, the Islamist…
Al-Ahram claims Iran behind Egyptian ambassador's murder
CAIRO: Egypt's biggest-circulation daily Al Ahram claimed in a front page article published Sunday that former Egyptian ambassador to Iraq Ihab Al-Sherif was killed by Iranian intelligence in 2005.The front…
Was the White House infiltrated by Iranian agents?
US is aiming to destroy what it first builtIn early January, US forces in Iraq began to arrest Iranian men and charge them with inciting sectarian warfare in the already…