Al-Ahram denies censoring Web sites

CAIRO: Al-Ahram officials have denied claims that the institution intentionally blocked certain Web sites as a form of censorship, blaming a system crash for the misunderstanding.Earlier this month, news circulated…

Sarah El Sirgany

Football News

Tanta stadium given the clearanceBy Amro HassanGharbeya governorate approved holding the Tanta-Mahalla game at Tanta club stadium in the third week of the Egyptian League.Following a meeting between Gharbeya governor…

filgoal.com

Summer wedding

 ŠΘ###The venue was the garden of his villa in Cairo, here, Sherif Ramzy and Menna Fahmy##The cozy wedding was made up of intimate friends and family, who danced all night…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt warns against any military strike on Iran

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned against any military strike on Iran in an interview published on Saturday. The United Nations Security Council has demanded Iran suspend uranium enrichment by the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Seventeen members of Muslim Brotherhood detained

CAIRO: Security forces detained 17 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Saturday, security sources said, in a fresh step targeting the country s strongest opposition movement. The sources said…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Hundreds of Palestinians wait to cross into Gaza as border passage opens

Associated PressRAFAH: The Egypt-Gaza border crossing opened Saturday, giving hundreds of stranded Palestinians the chance to return to the Gaza Strip for the first time in a month.Egyptian tourism police…

Daily News Egypt

New Consumer Protection Law in effect today

Raising awareness the first major challenge for NGOsCAIRO: More than 60 consumer protection NGOs will begin implementation of the country s first consumer protection law today.Ratified in May, the law…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

New investors join investment wing of CIB

CAIRO: Investors including businessman Naguib Sawiris are pooling their investment banking and brokerage operations with Commercial International Bank (CIB), a statement said on Sunday. Sawiris and Oasis Capital will buy…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Interbank rate drops to 8.35 percent

CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound fell on Sunday to 8.35 percent from Thursday s 8.397 percent as banks shunned the market in favor of high-yielding central…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Stocks rise ahead of Orascom Telecom results

CAIRO: Stocks rose on Sunday, led by rising interest in Orascom Telecom on optimism over an expected rise in the company s net profit for the first half of 2006,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff