Egypt seeks methods to provide funding to Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan will press Middle East peace brokers to find ways to get funds to the Palestinian Authority despite a U.S.-led ban on aid for Hamas…
Foreign minister calls for setting new dates for Mideast peace plan
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul-Gheit said Saturday that new dates should be set for the U.S.-backed roadmap peace plan, which envisions a cessation of violence and the creation of an…
Opposition says reform moving in the wrong direction
CAIRO: In this era of Middle Eastern politics, the Egyptian populace has responded in a flurry to last week's decision to extend the Emergency Law, now in effect for a…
Mubarak welcomes Darfur peace agreement
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday welcomed the signing of the Darfur peace agreement by Khartoum and the region s main rebel faction but urged the other parties to sign.…
Activists protest pre-trial treatment of detainees
CAIRO: Around 30 rights activists and Kefaya movement (Enough) leaders protested Sunday in support of Kefaya members, political activists and two journalists, temporarily detained at Tora Mazraa Prison near Cairo.The…
Egypt still lags behind in ease of doing business
CAIRO: In 2004, 99 countries, two thirds of those featured in the World Bank's prominent Doing Business report measuring the relative ease or difficulty of doing business in countries, introduced…
DNA law on the move
CAIRO: A draft law that would make DNA testing mandatory and applicable in court cases for proving parenthood is now under final revision before parliament members cast their votes on…
The best is yet to come
Lance Armstrong s recent announcement that he is planning to compete in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5 has got people talking again about whether he is the…
Coptic language undergoing resurgence
CAIRO: Considering the recent upheaval in Egypt between Muslim and Coptic communities it is not surprising that the Coptic language is experiencing a resurgence throughout the globe. In the United…
Orascom Telecom seeks arbitration in Tunisia telecom row
CAIRO: Egypt-based multinational Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Thursday it was asking the International Chamber of Commerce to arbitrate in its dispute with Kuwait s Wataniya Telecom over their joint…