Whatever happened to GAFTA?
CAIRO: Arab countries have a reputation of cooperating better with the outside world than amongst themselves. The statistics are telling on the trade front; intra-Arab trade accounts for some 8…
Stocks tumble 5 percent, in line with Gulf
CAIRO: The benchmark Hermes index fell nearly 5 percent in the first half hour of trade on Sunday, in line with declining Gulf bourses and amid jitters over sectarian clashes…
Hamas points donors to Cairo bank with French ties
JERUSALEM: Hamas, facing a funding crisis two weeks after taking over the Palestinian Authority, is asking supporters to deposit money into an Egyptian bank linked to one of France s…
Muslim Brotherhood sees no harm in nuclear Iran
CAIRO: A leading member of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood said on Sunday he saw no harm in an Iranian nuclear weapon because it would help restore the balance between Israel…
Mubarak tries to defuse anger over remarks on Shiites
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak has sought to defuse anger over remarks he made about Shiite Muslims being more loyal to Iran than their own countries, saying he was referring only…
Police continue arrests of Brotherhood members
CAIRO: Police on Sunday detained 100 Muslim Brotherhood activists as part of a crackdown on the Islamist opposition group to undermine its campaign against emergency laws, the group s deputy…
All options still on the table regarding Iran
CAIRO: In a brief visit to Egypt last week, U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Robert Joseph further rallied Egypt s support for American efforts to end…
MTC to highlight potential of Egypt's telecom sector at Kuwait in Egypt week
KUWAIT: Under the auspices of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) will sponsor the second Kuwait Week in Egypt conference in Cairo from April 17-19. With Kuwait…
Arab film festival in NY is shouting to be heard
NEW YORK: More than 30 movies from the Arab and Muslim world will be playing at a week-long New York film festival, but will anybody be watching? The Alwan Film…
Setting Alexandria ablaze
ALEXANDRIA: Egyptian police fired live ammunition into the air and lobbed tear gas into rioting crowds of Christians and Muslims Sunday in a third day of sectarian violence in Egypt…