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Dow Jones launches Egyptian index

CAIRO: A new blue-chip index for top-performing Egyptian stocks has been established…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Al-Sadr: Comments serve the enemy

BAGHDAD: The Egyptian president s claim that Shiite Muslims in Iraq and…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt frees 950 former militants

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have released some 950 detained former members of the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Activists accuse government of fabricating cases against opposition

CAIRO: Activists accused the state of fabricating evidence to support criminal charges…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Iraqi delegation absent as Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers began meeting Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Twelfth case of bird flu in humans reported

CAIRO: Egypt has found its 12th case of human bird flu, Health…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Leading Italian designers consider producing in Egypt

CAIRO: Executives of the four prominent Italian fashion houses Valentino, Marzotto, Ferragamo…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Piraeus Bank dismisses rights issue report

ATHENS: Piraeus Bank, Greece s fifth largest lender, on Tuesday dismissed a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Administration scolds Mubarak, says Iraq is not in a civil war

WASHINGTON: The Bush administration rejected Monday assertions by President Hosni Mubarak, a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

UAE court cancels flogging sentence for Estonian soldier for alleged attempt to rape Egyptian woman

TALLINN: A court in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has cancelled a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff