Activists protest pre-trial treatment of detainees
CAIRO: Around 30 rights activists and Kefaya movement (Enough) leaders protested Sunday in support of Kefaya members, political activists and two journalists, temporarily detained at Tora Mazraa Prison near Cairo.The…
Egypt still lags behind in ease of doing business
CAIRO: In 2004, 99 countries, two thirds of those featured in the World Bank's prominent Doing Business report measuring the relative ease or difficulty of doing business in countries, introduced…
DNA law on the move
CAIRO: A draft law that would make DNA testing mandatory and applicable in court cases for proving parenthood is now under final revision before parliament members cast their votes on…
The best is yet to come
Lance Armstrong s recent announcement that he is planning to compete in the New York City Marathon on Nov. 5 has got people talking again about whether he is the…
Coptic language undergoing resurgence
CAIRO: Considering the recent upheaval in Egypt between Muslim and Coptic communities it is not surprising that the Coptic language is experiencing a resurgence throughout the globe. In the United…
Orascom Telecom seeks arbitration in Tunisia telecom row
CAIRO: Egypt-based multinational Orascom Telecom (OT) said on Thursday it was asking the International Chamber of Commerce to arbitrate in its dispute with Kuwait s Wataniya Telecom over their joint…
Eleven candidates vie for third mobile license
CAIRO: Eleven candidates have presented bids for Egypt s third mobile telephone network license, Telecommunications Minister Tarek Kamel said Thursday. Eleven European, African, Arab and Asian groups, along with domestic…
ACG cushions Gulf blow to stock market
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks slipped slightly on Thursday as negative sentiment from falling Gulf stock markets weighed on Egypt s bourse, but positive news from Arabia Cotton Ginning helped minimize the…
U.S. body criticizes religious freedom in allies
WASHINGTON: A U.S. government commission warned on Wednesday of rising religious persecution in Iraq and Afghanistan, two countries invaded by the United States in the past five years to free…
Hamas not interested in "secret ways" to transfer funds, it says in Cairo
CAIRO: The Palestinian Authority will boycott banks that balk at transferring money to its government because Hamas is in charge, Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar said.Speaking after meeting Arab League…