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New UN coordinator asks: What would the situation in Lebanon be like without UN assistance?

CAIRO: The commotion stirred up by Hussein Fahmy's resignation from his post…

Sarah El Sirgany

Summer wedding

 ŠΘ###The venue was the garden of his villa in Cairo, here, Sherif…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt warns against any military strike on Iran

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned against any military strike on Iran in…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Seventeen members of Muslim Brotherhood detained

CAIRO: Security forces detained 17 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Hundreds of Palestinians wait to cross into Gaza as border passage opens

Associated PressRAFAH: The Egypt-Gaza border crossing opened Saturday, giving hundreds of stranded…

Daily News Egypt

New Consumer Protection Law in effect today

Raising awareness the first major challenge for NGOsCAIRO: More than 60 consumer…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

New investors join investment wing of CIB

CAIRO: Investors including businessman Naguib Sawiris are pooling their investment banking and…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Arab nations want UN Security Council to join in launching new initiative to end the Arab-Israeli conflict

Associated PressUNITED NATIONS: Arab nations want the UN Security Council to join…

Daily News Egypt

Why French women don’t get fat while Egyptians do

Life style and food draw a line between the cultures of the…

Najla Moussa

They will never take our broadband

Microsoft and Google are vying for your futuresCAIRO: This year has seen…

Wael Elazab