Parliament to set 'social raise,' says finance minister
CAIRO: Public sector employees will receive an 11 percent raise this year,…
Israel PM says hopes to resume peace talks in weeks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he wants…
Explosion in car outside Virgin Church
Cairo: An explosion outside one of the Coptic community's holiest churches in…
Court sets May 23 for Lawyers' Syndicate elections
CAIRO: An Administrative Judicial Court ordered the Lawyers' Syndicate elections be held…
Jose set to coach Angola after quitting Ahly
JOHANNESBURG: Highly successful Portuguese coach Manuel Jose is set to take charge…
Kefaya, opposition forces to stage protests during upcoming Obama visit
CAIRO: Opposition forces, including Kefaya, are planning on staging protests during US…
Trade show highlights latest in automation technology
CAIRO: Egypt's annual automation exhibition came to a close Monday after three…
US eyes 25 pct of Mideast wheat market in 2008/9
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: The US expects to capture 25 percent of the wheat…
Pope hails courage of Mideast Christians
AMMAN: Pope Benedict XVI urged Christians at an open-air mass in Jordan…
Egyptian inflation falls to 11.7 pct in April
CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation in Egypt fell to 11.7 percent in the…