Government launches anti-bird flu training program
CAIRO: The government launched a training program this week to prepare professionals and volunteers involved in combating the spread of the potentially pathogenic H5N1 avian virus. Faced with a deepening…
Dow Jones launches Egyptian index
CAIRO: A new blue-chip index for top-performing Egyptian stocks has been established by Dow Jones Indexes. The creator of the renowned Dow Jones Industrial Average unveiled its latest index yesterday.…
Al-Sadr: Comments serve the enemy
BAGHDAD: The Egyptian president s claim that Shiite Muslims in Iraq and the Middle East are more loyal to Iran than their own countries serve only the enemy, Iraq s…
Egypt frees 950 former militants
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have released some 950 detained former members of the militant Gamaa Al-Islamiya (Islamic Group) in the past six weeks, including 300 on Tuesday, police sources said on…
Activists accuse government of fabricating cases against opposition
CAIRO: Activists accused the state of fabricating evidence to support criminal charges against members of the political opposition. In spite of their relative infrequency, these operations have wide and long…
Iraqi delegation absent as Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo
CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers began meeting Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo to discuss Iraq, without the presence of their Iraqi counterpart, an AFP photographer reported. Earlier, Saudi…
New tax laws sees more Egyptians filing
CAIRO: Thanks to a national campaign launched to garner awareness of the new tax law, Egyptians are beginning to pay their taxes, according to Minister of Finance Yousef Boutrous Ghali.…
The place I call home
CAIRO: Tamer Ezzat suddenly realized that most of his family and friends have immigrated or are thinking about leaving the country. An uncle in New Zealand; a cousin in the…
Better sanitation for Upper Egypt schools
CAIRO: "I am a toothbrush! yells a 10-year old girl role-playing before her classmates in the Upper Egypt village of Farshout. "I protect my teeth from cavities and I keep…
Bargain plastic surgery flourishes in Egypt, but at a price
CAIRO: Had Cleopatra s nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed, French philosopher Blaise Pascal famously said three and half centuries ago. Today, it would…