Egypt must foster private investment, report suggests
CAIRO: Egypt must focus on economic reform and foster private investment, according to a July 20 report released by a team of foreign experts. The Legatum Institute, an international investment…
Google tells Arab youth to ‘get their hands dirty’
CAIRO: An enthusiastic Wael Fakhrany, Google’s regional manager of Egypt and North Africa, had one message for what he calls the “brilliant” youth of the Arab world: “Push yourself.” “The…
Workers, military police clash in Egypt canal city
By AFP CAIRO: Clashes broke out on Tuesday between workers at an industrial free zone in the Egyptian canal city of Ismailia and military police in which 38 people were…
Protesters blame SCAF for Abbasiya clashes
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Political forces and coalitions protesting in Tahrir Square blamed in a press conference Monday the ruling military council for the clashes in Abbasiya that marred a…
Man killed in Ismailia as crowd tries to free prisoner
By AFP ISMAILIA: An Egyptian man was killed on Sunday when police and soldiers traded fire with armed men who attacked a police station in the port of Ismailia to…
Questions loom over impending complaints against military council members
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: The recently announced intention of two political movements to file complaints against a ruling army council member has raised questions as to whether it is possible to…
Ex-PM Nazif quizzed by military prosecutors
By AFP CAIRO: Former prime minister Ahmed Nazif is being questioned by military prosecutors on charges of corruption, a military source told AFP on Monday. Nazif is accused of seizing…
Al-Adly to be tried with Mubarak on Aug 3
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The New Cairo Court decided on Monday to try former interior minister Habib Al-Adly and six of his assistants, along side ousted president Hosni Mubarak on Aug.…
Rebels repel Qaddafi forces, slowed by mines
TRIPOLI: Rebels have repulsed a counter-offensive by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi southwest of Tripoli, after NATO warplanes blitzed his war machine in the capital. Qaddafi's forces attacked…
Syria endorses law to allow political parties
BEIRUT: Syria's government has endorsed a draft law that it says will allow the formation of political parties alongside President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath Party, part of a series of…
