Trial opens for 14 implicated in Cairo terror attacks
CAIRO: Fourteen people went on trial Saturday for assisting in three terrorist attacks last year in Cairo that killed two French tourists and an American.All 14 defendants, two of whom…
Palestinian foreign minister says he'll keep funneling cash through crossing
GAZA CITY: The Palestinian foreign minister who returned from a seven-nation trip with $20 million in his luggage says he will continue to funnel money across the Egyptian border despite…
Abbas says EU funding mechanism 'not adequate' during visit to Egypt
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said Saturday an EU funding mechanism for the cash-strapped Palestinians was not adequate after a meeting with President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo. The…
Identity of Zarqawi's successor remains enigma
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: The true identity of Abu Ayyub Al-Masri, the man said to have succeeded the slain Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi as leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, remains an enigma in…
Popular support swells for journalists on trial
CAIRO: The press syndicate continues to vehemently protest two parliament-proposed press laws and the prosecution of three prominent opposition journalists.At their trial Sunday, independent Sawt Al-Umma journalists Wael El-Ebrashi and…
Foreign companies looking at the Egyptian tourism sector
CAIRO: The Egyptian Company for Touristic Resorts has struck a deal with Al Shahin Group for Investments, a Jordanian company, to sell 1.5 million square meters of Sahl Hashish on…
A flowering gallery
CAIRO: Under the patronage of Philippe Coste, French ambassador to Egypt, the Contemporary Flowers exhibition opened on June 12 at the Opera Music Library in the Cairo Opera House. Still…
Cleric wants to return to Italy
ROME: The lawyer for an Egyptian cleric allegedly kidnapped by the CIA in Milan in 2003 said his client, now in a Cairo prison, wants to return to Italy and…
Teaching dependence
Education NGO decries private lessons ALEXANDRIA: Everyone adopts habits in their early years that shape their personality and that they carry with them for the rest of their lives. A…