Crime Scene
Sulfuric acid weapon of choice in week's crimesCAIRO: Anyone who had expected crimes to disappear during the first days of Ramadan will be disappointed. While homicides seem to have slowed…
U.S. judge orders deportation of three Egyptian students who disappeared from university exchange program
Associated PressOMAHA, Nebraska: Three Egyptian students who sparked a nationwide search when they failed to show up for a university exchange program last month were ordered deported Monday.The students -…
Research through a camera lens
Local artist Hadeel Nazmy discusses her photography at CICCAIRO: Hadeel Nazmy is an artist who does not care about artistry. She doesn t waste her time looking for the right…
Building on an image
CIC has made visual images their businessVisual image (n): 1. a mental image that is similar to a visual perception, 2. a perception that arises from the eyes; an image…
Government to propose cigarette and alcohol tax hike
Plan to finance LE 1 billion of LE 8 billion needed for universal healthcare coverageCAIRO: The government plans to introduce a bill to the People s Assembly to raise cigarette…
Consortium submits plan for Egyptian port terminal
ALEXANDRIA: A consortium of U.S., Egyptian and Turkish companies has submitted the sole offer to operate the passenger terminal in the port of Alexandria, an official at the Alexandria Port…
Telecoms sector pushes shares up
CAIRO: The two main Egyptian share indexes made gains on Tuesday driven by telecoms, which have risen since Telecom Egypt said it would seek a larger stake in Vodafone Egypt,…
Morocco raps Egyptian Islamic scholar for mortgage edict
Reuters RABAT: An Egyptian Islamic scholar has irked Morocco by telling its young people it s okay to take out a mortgage to buy a house, even though Sharia religious…
Egypt destroys tunnel under border into Gaza
GAZA CITY: Egyptian security forces destroyed on Tuesday a tunnel running under the border with the Gaza Strip and used by smugglers, security sources saidPalestinian security forces discovered two underground…