Shadows in the dark
Filmmaker documents last year's Sudanese refugee protestCAIRO: When filmmaker Ahmed El Kady arrived in Cairo in October 2005, after working on a film in Berlin, he was astonished and intrigued…
UN Human Rights Council: contested elections except for Africa
The good news is that, finally, the UN has replaced the badly reputed Human Rights Commission with the newly established Human Rights Council. The old body was a symbol of…
Egyptian government criticized for approach against HIV/AIDS
HRW says Egypt and Syria need to "face facts CAIRO: The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on June 1 criticized Egypt and Syria for not being explicit enough in the…
Word on the Street
Pay to watchCAIRO: Football, by far, is the most popular sport in Egypt, and while Egypt participated in the World Cup in 1934 and 1990, Egyptian football fans will have…
Press round-up
Local writers focus on parliamentary mishaps, soldiers deathCAIRO: Enjoy the bad because the worst is coming up, was the opening quote of Khairy Ramadan s article in Al-Masry Al-Youm last…
Interbank rate falls to 8.15 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound fell to 8.15 percent on Wednesday from Tuesday s 8.269 percent as banks awaited the results of a central bank auction,…
Kuwaiti company to build major container terminal in Egypt
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait and Gulf Link Ports International has signed a $1 billion, 40-year concession agreement to build a major container terminal in Egypt, the KGL PI chairman said Tuesday.…
Israel impedes development of Gaza gas field
Standoff threatens new Egyptian LNG projectCAIRO: Israeli authorities have held up the development of an offshore natural gas field in Palestinian territory by not responding to a routine request for…
Arab League calls for meeting to provide relief aid to Darfur
CAIRO: The Arab League called Tuesday for a region-wide meeting next month in Cairo to seek ways to provide aid to Sudan s troubled Darfur region.The 22-member states of the…
Jail time extended for pro-reform protesters
CAIRO: Prosecutors on Tuesday extended the detentions of 164 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and 21 other people for taking part in pro-reform protests earlier this spring.The 164 members…