Mubarak trial prosecution says interior ministry uncooperative
CAIRO: The prosecution said Wednesday during the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak that the interior ministry and the national security agency were uncooperative, refusing investigators’ requests for official documents…
Shoubra El-Kheima voters say elections are completely different
SHOUBRA EL-KHEIMA: Residents of the district of Shoubra El-Khiema in Qailubiya flocked to polling stations Wednesday in the first post-Mubarak polls, some recalling their previous experience of voting in legislative…
Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya, Copts compete in Minya
MINYA: Competition intensified in Minya between the ultra conservative Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya's Building and Development Party (BDP) and Coptic candidates in the Upper Egyptian province that enjoys the second highest Coptic…
North Sinai voters wary of Islamist dominance
NORTH SINAI: As North Sinai’s various tribes compete for seats in parliament, they face one common challenge: Islamist candidates. Voters in North Sinai cast their ballots in the third phase…
Gold jumps after preliminary EU deal on Iran oil ban
LONDON: Gold was set for its strongest two-day rally in 2-1/2 months on Wednesday after an agreement in principle among European leaders to ban Iranian oil imports boosted the crude…
OPEC oil supply hits 3-year high: Reuters survey
LONDON: OPEC oil output rose in December to the highest since October 2008, mainly due to a further recovery in Libya's production, a Reuters survey found on Wednesday. Supply from…
Markets to focus on Saudi Q4 petchem earnings
DUBAI/CAIRO: Gulf stock investors will focus on Saudi Arabia next week as its companies begin posting their 2011 earnings, with heavily weighted petrochemical firms likely to announce strong profit growth.…
Egypt economic measures seen possible benchmarks: IMF
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday it was still discussing with Egyptian authorities the timing of the IMF mission's visit, adding that economic measures the government had…
Prime Minister introduces measures to ‘alleviate’ economic woes
CAIRO: Rejecting the idea that the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) should hand over power to a civilian government at a sooner date, Egypt’s Prime Minister Kamal El-Ganzoury…
Islamists more likely to sweep the polls in rural Daqahleya
MANSOURA: The rural nature of Daqahleya is likely to boost Islamists’ chances of a landslide win in both the party lists and as independent candidates in the third round of…