Nazif defends economic policy, plays down threat from Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif played down the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood to his government s economic reform agenda at a gathering of politicians, diplomats, businesspeople and civil society…
Egypt reports fourth human bird flu case
CAIRO: Egypt reported a fourth suspected case of bird flu in humans on Tuesday, in a 17-year-old boy whose father had an outbreak of the disease on his chicken farm…
Charles blasts cartoon violence in appeal for tolerance
CAIRO: Britain s Prince Charles on Tuesday condemned the violence sparked by the Prophet Mohammed cartoons and appealed to religious leaders to foster common values in a speech at a…
Turning Egypt around
CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, will take place this year on April 2, 2006.An intensely…
Popular Islamic preacher draws fire as he tries to bridge Islam and West
CAIRO: Islamic televangelist Amr Khaled is young, smiling, teaches love and mercy and is so popular he s credited with inspiring thousands of women, turned off by the dour and…
Demonstrations on the rise
CAIRO: Holding banners high, chanting slogans protesting local or regional matters and getting attacked on the street is a lifestyle that many Egyptians now gladly adopt.Throughout the past six years,…
Publication of Afaq Arabiya still on hold
CAIRO: The inner conflicts apparent in party newspaper Afaq Arabiya have heightened as journalists continue to protest the halt of the papers publication, endorsed by Managing Director and Editor Mahmoud…
Egypt shares rise on bargain-hunting
Institutional investors buying stocks like Orascom Telecom (OT), which have fallen in recent sessions, pushed up the Egyptian market, traders said. Local and foreign institutions were looking for stocks that…
Businesses race to file taxes by deadline under new law
CAIRO: The end of the current tax season is near. Companies and their auditors are rushing to meet the deadline of Mar. 31 for finalizing their financial statements in accordance…
Emergency food agreed for Gaza through Egypt so U.S. says
JERUSALEM: Emergency shipments of food will be brought into Gaza from Egypt on Monday, a U.S. diplomat announced on Sunday after hosting talks with Israel and the Palestinians on alleviating…