Egypt says Lebanon crisis revealed UN weakness
Egyptian efforts to release captured Israeli soldier in Gaza gain speedCAIRO/GAZA CITY: President Hosni Mubarak on Sunday said the response to Israel s aggression against Lebanon revealed the weakness of…
Egypt says it warned Israel against "foolish" war
CAIRO: Egypt warned Israel that its foolish war in Lebanon against Hezbollah threatened Egypt-Israeli ties, Egypt s foreign minister said in a television interview broadcast on Friday. In a rebuttal…
El-Gamaa El-Islamiyya denounces assassination attempt
Group recognizes the important place Mahfouz held in the literary worldCAIRO: El-Gamaa El-Islamiyya (The Islamic Group), the same group that attempted to assassinate Naguib Mahfouz, has issued a statement regarding…
Egypt seeks 'special relationship' with trade giant China, says minister
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Egypt is striving to become an integral part of China s trade strategy and seal a special relationship with the Asian giant that could surpass its partnership…
Merger creates Crédit Agricole Egypt
Management expects to double bank size in next few yearsCAIRO: Egyptian American Bank (EAB) and Calyon Bank announced their merger yesterday into Crédit Agricole Egypt (CAE)."From a business perspective, Egyptian…
Kieslowski retrospect high point of festival
Cairo Caravan fails to draw audiences similar to Alexandria'sCAIRO: After two weeks of purely intellectual festivities, the Fourth Caravan of the Euro-Arab Cinema finally came to an end last Tuesday…
The limits of victory
Who won the 33-day war in Lebanon, Israel or Hezbollah? Both sides have claimed victory, though Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has done so in the kind of understated, eloquent and…
Bird flu back in the spotlight
CAIRO: The H5N1 strain of bird flu was reported in a domestic poultry farm in southern Egypt, the first time the highly pathogenic virus was detected in the country in…
Summer swing
ŠΘ###The party was a success and many celebrities attended and were dancing the night away, here are Hind, Mohammed, Nermine and Mahmoud Abdulla with Farouk El Hilany and Tatu Sultan##Khaled…
Police hunt suspected militants in Sinai
CAIRO: Egyptian police are searching for five suspected militants in Sinai, focusing on areas surrounding popular tourist resorts in the region and nearby Bedouin camps, security sources said. The sources…