Heritage dumped in favor of the fat cats
A Supreme Council Court decision taken in January has thrust greedy developers into a fever. Without notice, the country s beautiful historic buildings, as well as turn-of-the century villas and…
Viagra for the young
CAIRO: Initially advertised by pharmaceutical companies as the drug to rev-up the love life of mature adults, Viagra has recently become the drug of choice for youth, who buy it…
Egypt close to eradicating curse of elephantiasis
LONDON: Egypt is close to eliminating elephantiasis. This is one of the world s most disfiguring diseases and has plagued the country since the time of the pharaohs, scientists said…
National Book Program brings libraries to Egyptian public schools
CAIRO: The statistics are harrowing. In Egypt, some 35 percent of the population cannot read and write, placing Egypt among the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest illiteracy rates,…
Shares up as investors bargain hunt OCI, OT
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark Hermes index ticked up on Thursday as foreign institutional investors bought big-cap stocks that have fallen in previous sessions to levels considered cheap, traders said. The…
Xceed receives call center performance certification
CAIRO: Xceed, a call center owned by Telecom Egypt, celebrated the achievement of a performance certification from the leading authority on call center operations this week, while a company official…
Egypt to lift 25-year-old emergency laws
CAIRO: Egypt plans to lift 25-year-old emergency laws granting security forces sweeping powers of arrest and detention that critics have long claimed are used against opponents of the government. Prime…
Muslim Brotherhood urges Arab leaders to pledge financial support for Hamas
CAIRO: Arab leaders meeting in Sudan next week should commit to giving Hamas financial support, the head of Egypt s largest Islamic group, the MuslimBrotherhood, said in a statement Thursday.Brotherhood…
President in bid to ease Syrian-Lebanese tensions
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak held talks with leaders from Syria and Lebanon on Thursday in what a presidential source said was an effort to repair strained relations between…
Breathing space
CAIRO: With freedom of speech more an idea floated around rather than a reality in Egypt, with journalists sentenced to prison and fined for writing, some of Egypt's journalists have…