Press Round-up: Cathedral inaugurated, press law rejected
Orthodox Christians open first cathedral, while journalists sit in at the Press SyndicateCAIRO: Egypt has officially inaugurated the first cathedral church for Egyptian Orthodox Christians under the authority of Bishop…
Convening to study hepatitis
International symposium meets in Paris to share findingsPARIS: For over a decade, the world's medical experts on hepatitis have come together to discuss, share and present the causes, effects and…
A summery celebration
ŠΘ###Tahani Halawa and Susan Hassan##The bride and groom danced all night with friends and family and many of Egypt's leading businesspeople and socialites attended the wedding
Switzerland seeks to expel Islamist for anti-Swiss hate campaign
BERN: Switzerland is seeking to expel an Egyptian Islamist accused of publishing race hate material hostile to the country, a federal police spokesman said on Sunday. The Swiss foreign ministry…
Samir Sarhan, writer, critic, Cairo book fair organizer, dies
CAIRO: Samir Sarhan, a writer and literary critic who organized the Cairo International Book Fair for years died Saturday of heart failure. He was 65 years old. Sarhan died three…
Central bank merges three banks into United Bank
CAIRO: Egypt s Central Bank has merged three banks into a new bank called the United Bank, to which it has granted a LE 3 billion ($520 million) loan, the…
More than 4,000 Palestinians stuck at Egypt-Gaza border
Associated Press RAFAH: More than 4,000 Palestinians are stuck in two towns near Egypt s border with Gaza, unable to return home amid an Israeli assault on the coastal strip,…
Egypt struggling to defuse Mideast crisis
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Egypt is trying to defuse a rapidly escalating crisis over the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants but has so far little to show for…
U.S. attorney general defends rendition of terror suspects
CAIRO: In his first visit to Egypt, the U.S. attorney general defended the transfer of terror suspects for incarceration and interrogation in other countries.Human rights groups have raised concerns about…
Israeli aircrafts blast Palestinian premier's office
Hundreds protest in Egypt against Israeli incursionGAZA CITY: Israeli aircrafts blasted the office of the Palestinian prime minister on Sunday, in an unmistakable message to militants from his ruling Hamas…