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Egypt to offer 20 percent of EgyptAir

CAIRO: Egypt is preparing to offer 20 percent of state-owned airline EgyptAir…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Detained Egypt, Saudi suspects lynched in Iraq second city

BASRA, Iraq: Eleven suspected foreign fighters from Egypt and Saudi Arabia were…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt offered in vain to help Denmark avoid cartoon crisis: FM

COPENHAGEN: The Danish government ignored several offers from Egypt to help it…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Mubarak urged to make good on press law pledge

CAIRO: A media watchdog on Thursday urged President Hosni Mubarak to fulfill…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Government to spend LE 1 billion on bad loans to small and medium businesses

CAIRO: Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros-Ghali announced that the government has earmarked…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Opposition leader seeks nuclear reactors

CAIRO: Imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour asked U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Rice meets with democracy activists, adviser to top Islamic cleric

CAIRO: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with democracy activists Wednesday…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Lebanon's BLOM eyes retail in its new Egypt market

CAIRO: Lebanese bank BLOM plans to double the number of branches at…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Omar Effendi for sale

CAIRO: Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin announced last Monday that the employees…

Najla Moussa

U.S. Middle East policy: Between Iraq and the hard guys

This week's visit to the region by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice…

Daily News Egypt