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…
Muslim scholars gather to defend Prophet after cartoon row
MANAMA: Some 300 Muslim religious figures opened a two-day conference in Bahrain Wednesday in support of the Prophet Mohammed following the row over his depiction in cartoons in European papers.…
Bird flu, talks regarding corruption take the lead
CAIRO: With bird flu making continuous headlines due to the four cases detected in humans, one being fatal, talks concerned with "government-protected corruption and Prince Charles' visit to the country…
Oldest wooden statues found in Egypt
CAIRO: Archeologists in Egypt have unearthed two 5,000-year-old wooden statues, complete with gold wrapping paper, believed to be the oldest such artifacts ever found, the team said Wednesday. The statues,…
Egyptian killed, 27 German tourists and eight others hurt when cruise boat on Nile hits bridge
CAIRO: An Egyptian was killed and 35 others, including German tourists, were hurt Tuesday when their cruise boat struck a bridge over the Nile as it tried to pass underneath,…
Egypt sends food to Gaza via Israeli crossing
GAZA: Egypt sent food shipments to Gaza on Wednesday to help alleviate a shortage of flour and other basic goods suffered by Palestinians due to Israel s frequent closure of…
U.S. remains committed to reform in Arab World despite Islamist gains, such as Brotherhood in Egypt
CAIRO: The United States remains committed to pressing for more democracy in the Middle East despite victories by Islamic fundamentalists in recent elections in Egypt and the Palestinian Authority, top…
Banks short-listed for Eastern Tobacco privatization
CAIRO: Rumors of the sale of Egypt s sole tobacco producer have been rampant for months. Citing unnamed sources, Britain s Sunday Times reported last December that several multinational cigarette…