Saudi, Egypt discuss Mideast peace initiative
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah opened talks Wednesday in Sharm El-Sheikh on efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, the official news agency MENA said. The talks in…
French plot to kidnap Abu Hamza in '98
LONDON: The French secret service discussed kidnapping firebrand Muslim preacher Abu Hamza from London to prevent a terrorist attack on the 1998 World Cup, a new book serialized in The…
U.S. government and rights group speak out against alleged abuse
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch (HRW) said yesterday that President Hosni Mubarak should immediately order an independent judicial investigation into last Thursday's alleged torture and sexual assault by security agents of…
Catching the world's eye
CAIRO: An Egyptian delegation is currently in Bahrain marketing investments in Egypt worth $2.54 billion in diverse sectors, with an emphasis on the tourism and industrial sectors such as petrochemicals…
Egypt has to do its share
CAIRO: Egypt and Germany could expand the horizons of their bilateral development cooperation provided that the Egyptian government makes available the conditions enabling such cooperation, said representatives of Germany in…
Elissa walks the line between repetition and monotony
CAIRO: There is a thin line between having a trademark style and being repetitive and monotonous. In her new album Bastanak (Waiting for You), Elissa walks this thin line, sometimes…
Radical cleric faked fatherhood claim to stay in Britain
Head: LONDON: Abu Hamza Al-Masri, the radical Egyptian Muslim cleric who was jailed here for seven years in February, falsely claimed to have fathered a child after moving to Britain,…
Orascom Hotels & Development sign agreements for Oman development
CAIRO: Orascom Hotels & Development (OHD) signed a series of agreements with the Omani government for the construction of tourism destinations in four locations in Oman, one in Muscat, another…
Median o/n interbank rate unchanged at 8.125 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound was unchanged at 8.125 percent on Tuesday compared to Monday s close, as the market awaited the result of an auction.…