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Emergency Law stifling any hope for change

CAIRO: An interior ministry spokesman and deputy to the ministry claimed in…

Pakinam Amer

Fifth death from bird flu reported

GENEVA: An Egyptian woman died Thursday of the H5N1 strain of avian…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Reforms to slash budget deficit level

CAIRO: More tax revenues and economic reforms will help Egypt s government…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Telenor has no Africa growth plan after Egypt

OSLO: Norway s largest telecoms group Telenor is not looking to expand…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

AMOC net profit up 28 percent

CAIRO: Alexandria Mineral Oils Co (AMOC) reported net profit of LE 509.2…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt and Cyprus sign five cooperation deals

CAIRO: Egypt and Cyprus signed five cooperation deals on Thursday, including an…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

CIB Q1 2006 net profit up 31 percent

CAIRO: Egypt s biggest private bank, Commercial International Bank, increased its first-quarter…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Interbank rate up at 8.35 percent

CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the pound rose to 8.35…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Mubarak says Palestinians need to close ranks

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak urged Palestinian factions to unite in a common…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Thousands protest on highway against lack of traffic regulations

CAIRO: Thousands of angry Egyptians blocked a highway north of Cairo Wednesday,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff