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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…