Libya to honor all Gaddafi oil deals: Jehani
DUBAI: A Libyan rebel government would honor all the oil contracts granted during the Muammar Gaddafi era, including those of Chinese companies, Ahmed Jehani, a senior rebel representative for reconstruction…
Sinai Cement H1 net profit falls 27 pct
CAIRO: Egypt's Sinai Cement posted a 27 percent fall in 2011 first-half net profit to LE 269.9 million ($45.1 million), the stock exchange said on Tuesday. The firm made consolidated…
Egyptian Resorts to start marina build in Q4: paper
CAIRO: Egyptian Resorts in its joint venture with Orascom Development will start construction of their Sahl Hasheesh marina in the fourth quarter of 2011, newspaper Al-Mal reported on Wednesday. The…
Egypt’s unfinished revolution
By Dr. Ronald Meinardus CAIRO: Egypt’s revolutionaries of the first hour are looking back at the early days of the uprising with a sense of nostalgia, when Cairo’s Tahrir Square had…
Ex-IAEA official warns of Libya ‘dirty bomb’ material
VIENNA: A research center near Tripoli stocks uranium and other material that could be used to make a nuclear "dirty bomb" and Libya's rebels will need to secure it, a…
Beyond NATO’s Libyan redemption
By Christopher R. Hill SINGAPORE: While NATO probably will not want to replicate its Libya intervention anywhere else anytime soon, it appears that the alliance, with a little help from its…
Three keys to Christian-Muslim rapprochement in the United States
By Michael Bos NEW YORK, New York: In September, attention will turn to the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and pundits will have their say about the significance of this tragic event.…
Gaza rocket lands in Egypt, border tension simmers
CAIRO: A woman was injured by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian town of Rafah on Wednesday, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported, as tension simmered…
September can still produce something useful
By Yossi Alpher September 20 is the day the PLO has targeted for submitting to the United Nations its request for state recognition. It is still not clear how that request…
Rebuilding Libya
By Barak Barfi BENGHAZI: Six months after Libyan rebels took up arms against the country’s leader, Col. Muammar El-Qaddafi, they have finally toppled him. But, while victorious on the battlefield, they…