City water for all
By Peter Brabeck-Letmathe and Asit K. Biswas VEVEY, SWITZERLAND: How many people in the world’s towns and cities can drink the water in their tap without risking their health? The answer…
Egypt unlikely to hit 2012 investment target
By David French / Reuters ABU DHABI: Egypt is unlikely to lure the foreign investment it hoped for this year as nervous overseas businesses spend small following political unrest there, the…
Egypt T-bills yields dip after new central bank policy
By Mohamed Samir / Reuters CAIRO: The average yield on Egyptian treasury bills dipped on Thursday at the central bank's first auction since it lowered the reserve requirement on local currency…
Egypt central bank seen keeping key rates steady
By Patrick Werr / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's central bank is expected to leave its key interest rates unchanged this week after inflation increased only mildly in February and following a cut…
Forced evictions in African cities major crisis: Amnesty
By Peter Martell / AFP NAIROBI: Forced evictions of people from urban slums across Africa is a "widespread and pernicious problem," rights group Amnesty International said Thursday, warning of a "profound…
Parliament, government disagree on IMF loan
By Aya Batrawy / AP CAIRO: An International Monetary Fund team was due to leave Cairo Wednesday without securing an agreement over a $3.2 billion loan to help boost the nation's…
Egyptians lift blockade of peace force base in Sinai
By Yusri Mohamed / Reuters CAIRO: Egyptians who had surrounded the base of an international peacekeeping force in the Sinai Peninsula lifted their blockade on Wednesday after negotiations with the…
Two detained over alleged Suez Canal attack plot
By Yusri Mohamed /Reuters ISMAILIA: Egypt has detained two men as it investigates allegations that they plotted to attack a foreign ship as it passed through the Suez Canal, the state…
Muslim Brotherhood eyes end to Gaza blockade
By Tom Perry and Nidal Al-Mughrabi / Reuters CAIRO/GAZA: The Muslim Brotherhood aims to open the Egyptian border with Gaza to commerce, a shift that would transform life for Palestinians there…
PA ends session due to government no-show
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: People’s Assembly Speaker Saad El-Katatny ended Wednesday’s session shortly after it started because Cabinet ministers were absent. “I’m telling the government and the Egyptian people that the…