Youngsters repair guitars for Brazil’s favelas
Daniel Carvalho patiently polished a guitar neck, replaced the frets and repaired the bridge, learning the craft of a luthier to refurbish old, donated instruments to give to kids in…
Credit Agricole to close MidEast M&A operations, says exec
DUBAI: French bank Credit Agricole will close its regional mergers and acquisitions business and move the operations back to its Paris office, an executive at the bank said on Tuesday.…
AmCham expresses a voice of confidence to businesses wary of investment
CAIRO: As CEO of the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Hisham Fahmy reassured American investors that the revolution’s effects on economic stability will prove minimal as political stability…
Messages from the revolution
By Aida Nasr “I used to be afraid. Then I became Egyptian,” read a sign a man seen holding in Tahrir Square. “It completely took my breath away. What a powerful…
Egypt court adjourns to Oct. 22 review of demand to drop Mubarak judge
CAIRO: An Egyptian court said on Tuesday it would review proceedings of the trial of Hosni Mubarak to rule on a request to change the panel presiding over the case…
Egypt gas pipeline to Jordan, Israel sabotaged for sixth time
CAIRO/AL-ARISH: An explosion of a gas pipeline at the Egyptian National Grid in Sinai early Tuesday halted the supply of natural gas to Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Sinai consumers,…
Military ruler’s ‘casual’ appearance raises eyebrows
CAIRO: A walkabout in central Cairo by Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawy donning civilian clothes has unleashed a torrent of questions about his political intentions. Tantawy took a…
Watchdog wants Egypt to free hunger-striking blogger
CAIRO: Amnesty International urged Egypt on Monday to immediately release a detained blogger who has been on hunger strike for more than a month. Maikel Nabil, 25, is serving a…
Three killed by waste water in Gaza tunnels: medics
GAZA CITY: Three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday as waste water flooded a tunnel beneath the border between Gaza and Egypt, medical sources and witnesses told AFP. Medical sources said…
UAE’s Dana Gas ‘optimistic’ on Egypt gas payment: CEO
MANAMA: UAE energy firm Dana Gas said on Monday that its overdue receivables from Egypt for the gas delivered there has risen to around $200 million from $180 million previously…