Arab leaders reluctant to enthuse about new Iraq
Reuters CAIRO: After watching a bewildering array of Iraqi politicians try their hand at government, Arab leaders are reluctant to pin much hope on new Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, analysts…
Case against interior minister postponed
Right-to-protest lawsuit delayedCAIRO: A Cairo court postponed a verdict in a case brought by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) against the interior minister for a decision the latter…
Microsoft opens technology center to train youth, women
Company s visiting female delegation notes the importance of engaging womenCAIRO: Fifteen computers are now available at the Dar El Tarbia Center, to be made use of by the youths…
Refreshingly simplistic
Mohammed Sharkawy finds untapped potential while at the Townhouse GalleryCAIRO: El Daba, a term used to describe a four-legged animal that carries objects on its back, also happens to be…
New treatment puts children's diarrhea on the run
PARIS: Researchers in the United States say they have identified a drug that is effective against rotavirus, a diarrhea-inducing bug that kills around half a million children a year. They…
ECHEM allocates $82 million for investments in Fiscal year 2006-2007
CAIRO: The Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) has allocated LE 472.5 million (about $82 million) for investments in its new budget for fiscal year 2006-2007, valued at about LE 556.5…
Stocks fall as investors focus on charts
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks slipped for a third session in a row on Monday, with selling by pessimistic small investors concerned more with charts than fundamentals weighing across the market, traders…
Interbank rate steady at 8.2 percent
CAIRO: The median overnight rate on the pound was 8.2 percent on Monday, little changed from Sunday s 8.186 percent, bankers said. Three of nine banks contacted by Reuters had…
Previous Italian government involved in CIA kidnapping, says head of investigation
ROME: The previous Italian government, led by former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, played an important role in the alleged CIA kidnapping in 2003 of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, the head…