Egypt’s Lamia Hassan wins CNN African Journalist Award
CAIRO: A sensitive probe into the struggles of Egypt’s fishermen in Lake Manzala earned Egyptian journalist Lamia Hassan the CNN MultiChoice African Journalists’ Award last week in Johannesburg. The second…
UAE pledges $3 billion in assistance to Egypt
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has pledged $3 billion in financial assistance to Egypt during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf state by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, state media…
Egypt cbank takes fewer repos from cash-flush banks
CAIRO: Egypt's central bank on Tuesday accepted far fewer seven-day repurchase agreements than it had asked for in the money market, as banks sat on a surfeit of cash following…
African Bank: Unrest in north has hit growth
JOHANNESBURG: The turmoil in North Africa is hampering economic growth across the continent but is also inspiring democratic change elsewhere, the chief economist of the Africa Development Bank said Monday.…
Kuraymat solar plant to boost Egypt’s power production
CAIRO: As the summer months usher in heat from the sun above making this region unique to the world, Egypt is taking a new step forward in harnessing this untapped…
Super 8’ message: Technology not our friend
By Ted Anthony/ AP It's convenient to assign J.J. Abrams' "Super 8," one of this summer's biggest movies, an easy, modular genre: Intrepid small-town kids encounter the unknown, engage it,…
3-D helps lift ‘Transformers’ to $400 mln global haul
The "Transformers" robots have put their 3-D ticket-price advantage to good use. Distributor Paramount Pictures estimated Monday that "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" pulled in $116.4 million domestically over the…
‘Elliot’ writer’s opera dropped over gay character
A community opera involving hundreds of children and written by the author of "Billy Elliot" has been canceled after the writer refused to remove lines spoken by a gay character…
From Fukushima to disarmament
By Malcolm Fraser SYDNEY: Months after the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the ongoing nuclear disaster at Fukushima compounds the humanitarian tragedy and impedes recovery. The damaged…
Turning privacy “threats” into opportunities
By Esther Dyson NEW YORK: It is a well-known — though questionable — truth in the online community that consumers won’t pay for privacy. Accordingly, most companies regard the entire…
