Workers aspire for a better future after ETUF disbandment
CAIRO: As security trucks stand guard in front of the Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) fearing retaliation from its disbanded board, members of the temporary committee assigned to run it…
Church suspends priest, hotel files defamation complaint
CAIRO: Senior Coptic Bishop Basanti has suspended a priest following an incident where the latter took off his robes after allegedly being asked to do so by the security staff…
July inflation slows to 3-mth low on housing costs
DUBAI: Inflation in the United Arab Emirates eased to a three-month low of 1.3 percent on an annual basis in July helped by a weak housing market, data showed on…
EFG-Hermes says Q2 net profit LE 79 mln
CAIRO: EFG-Hermes, Egypt's biggest investment bank, said on Sunday its net profit for the second quarter of 2011 fell 19 percent year on year as operating costs outstripped revenue growth.…
Industrial, small business projects on the rise in Alexandria
CAIRO: With a strategic location in the Mediterranean, Alexandria is seen as a city “hooked” up to everything. “You are next to ports in the Mediterranean, two airports, it also…
Money woes could shutter Edgar Allan Poe house
The house where American writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe lived in poverty for several years in the 1800s, and which now serves as a museum, could soon be forced…
Bollywood actor Shammi Kapoor: India’s Elvis
Shammi Kapoor, who died on Sunday aged 79, was India's Elvis Presley, a gyrating, swivel-hipped actor who revitalized Bollywood's song-and-dance sequences with a modern, racy style. As one of the…
A little bit of Spanish love
By Maha ElNabawi Outfitted in funky-ethnic jewelry, dreadlocks, and a bohemian aura — Spanish singer Araceli Muñoz and her band, Ara Musa Honra, entertained Cairenes with musical messages of love and…
Syria navy shells port city of Latakia: rights groups
AMMAN: The Syrian navy shelled the main Mediterranean port city of Latakia on Sunday, residents said, as President Bashar Al-Assad broadened a military offensive to crush street protests against his…
Hamas criticizes Fatah over election plan
GAZA: Hamas on Sunday accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement of violating a reconciliation agreement by opening voter registration for local elections due to be held in October in…