Decades later, Malcolm X’s legacy lives on
By Muqtedar Khan NEWARK, Delaware: In February, Americans celebrate Black History Month. It is also during this month in 1965 that Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and civil rights…
Mubarak trial enters last day before verdict
By Samer Al-Atrush / AFP CAIRO: The landmark murder and corruption trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak entered its final day of hearings on Wednesday, with the judge expected to…
Egypt says to offer citizens abroad $2 bln in CDs
By Patrick Werr / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt will offer its citizens living outside the country $2 billion in three- and five-year certificates of deposit (CDs) within one or two weeks, the…
Egyptian firm in fake Avastin scam proves elusive
By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: The trail of counterfeit copies of the multibillion-dollar cancer drug Avastin leads to an address in a crowded Cairo suburb, with no sign of the…
ANALYSIS: Risk of reversal rises as oil enters ‘danger zone’
LONDON: The chances of a sharp drop in oil prices similar to the record one-day fall on May 5 last year are increasing sharply as the market becomes locked…
Court rules parliament vote system unconstitutional
CAIRO: The High Administrative Court has ruled that the voting system that elected the new parliament was unconstitutional, creating a fresh source of uncertainty as Egypt tries to set up…
Brotherhood wants ‘Islamic’ president
CAIRO: The influential Muslim Brotherhood wants an Egyptian president with an "Islamic background", its leader said, comments that would appear to rule out its support for a leading liberal like…
MPs storm out of meeting in objection to presidential elections law
CAIRO: Two MPs withdrew from the parliament’s constitutional and legislative committee Tuesday in objection to the committee’s insistence on maintaining the current version of a law regulating presidential elections. Article…
Israel troops find bomb along Egyptian border
JERUSALEM: Israeli security forces discovered on Tuesday a potentially lethal bomb on the border with Egypt during an operation to foil smuggling from the Sinai desert, the army said. "A…
World reluctant to purchase Egyptian cotton, says agriculture minister
CAIRO: Minister of Agriculture told parliament Tuesday he suspects that a plot against Egypt is behind the lack of foreign demand for Egyptian cotton. Minister Mohamed Reda Ismail said that…