CAIRO: Omar Suleiman, the former spy chief now trying to run for the Egyptian presidency, says he wants the job to stop it going to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood – but sees the Brotherhood playing a vital role in Egyptian politics.
A powerful (...)
LUXOR: Scrambling down the tunnel of a 3,000-year-old tomb decorated with exquisite reliefs and hieroglyphics, watchman Abdel Rahman Sherif accosted a group of Cairo youths to berate them.
"Why did you do it? You threw Hosni Mubarak in prison, (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's SODIC, the country's third-biggest listed developer, said on Tuesday a court ruling that fined and sentenced its former chairman to prison over graft charges would have no impact on its shareholders or its assets.
A court on (...)
CAIRO: Adel Abdeen says he is the secret son of Farouk, the last king of Egypt, who was overthrown in a 1952 coup and succeeded by military leaders who, he says, don't have a clue.
Secure in the belief that he can do a better job, Adel aims to (...)
CAIRO: In the final moments of Hosni Mubarak's presidency, Mohamed Elshahawy made a call to the man he thought should replace him.
"We need to talk about the future," he told Abdel Moneim Abol Fotoh, then a senior Muslim Brotherhood (...)
CAIRO: Revolutionaries who forced Hosni Mubarak out of office last year are struggling to find a voice to represent them in the presidential race that will name his successor. But a young labor activist and rights lawyer hopes he may fit the (...)
CAIRO: SODIC, the country's third-biggest listed developer, has agreed with the authorities to develop projects on its land bank in West Cairo within three years, in a move that protects the assets from possible legal challenge.
SODIC, a luxury (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's military rulers invited parliament's two houses to convene on Saturday to elect an assembly tasked with writing the country's first constitution since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.
A tug-of-war has already begun over the shape of (...)
CAIRO: The High Administrative Court has ruled that the voting system that elected the new parliament was unconstitutional, creating a fresh source of uncertainty as Egypt tries to set up a governing system a year after Hosni Mubarak was (...)
CAIRO: Mohamed Moustafa Morsy had to sneak out of his home to join the protests against Hosni Mubarak last year, afraid his parents would stop him if they knew where he was going.
Hours later, the 22-year-old was dead, shot on his way to Tahrir (...)
CAIRO: A lawyer acting for the families of those killed in Egypt's uprising against Hosni Mubarak on Monday told the court trying him that there had been a "conspiracy of silence" by those seeking to shield the former president.
The prosecution (...)
CAIRO: The head of Egypt's influential seat of Islamic learning, Al-Azhar, called on Tuesday for bold Arab action to stop the Syrian government's "hellish killing machine" while scolding China and Russia for blocking a peace plan in the UN Security (...)
CAIRO: Some of the Egyptian soccer fans who had a front-line role in toppling Hosni Mubarak have a new target – the man who replaced him at Egypt's helm, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
"We want your head, you traitor Tantawi. You could (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian group Orascom Development and local real estate firm Madinet Nasr Housing scrapped an agreement to cooperate in developing the Tigan real estate project, Orascom said on Monday.
Swiss-based Orascom Development Holding through its (...)
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Monday ordered a second retrial of property tycoon and ex-politician Hesham Talaat Moustafa, who is serving a 15-year sentence for his role in the murder of a Lebanese singer.
The former member of parliament and former (...)
CAIRO: Ezz Steel, Egypt's biggest steelmaker, posted a 79 percent drop in first-half net profit as it set aside a potential tax liability to cover measures introduced by the government in the wake of Egypt's uprising.
The group has been rocked by (...)
Egyptians voted on Wednesday in the second round of a parliamentary election, part of a lengthy transition to civilian rule after generals took charge following Hosni Mubarak's removal from office in February.
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CAIRO: Egypt's liberals are working on a fight back in a parliamentary race that has left them trailing Islamists, and could try to regain the initiative by exploiting sharp divisions in their opponents' camp.
Islamists may have borne the brunt (...)
CAIRO: "Baltagia, baltagia," were words that once struck fear into the hearts of Egyptians trying to vote in elections under Hosni Mubarak, as they heralded the arrival of hired thugs with sticks, swords and sometimes guns, bent on (...)
CAIRO: Developer Talaat Mostafa Group's land contract for its Madinaty project is valid, an Egyptian court ruled on Tuesday, signaling an end to a long-running legal battle over the $3 billion scheme.
The development of shops, homes, hotels and a (...)
CAIRO: Swiss-listed Egyptian property and hotels group Orascom Development reported a third-quarter net loss of 2.98 million Swiss francs ($3.23 million) on Wednesday, hit by political and economic upheaval in Egypt and other parts of the Arab (...)
CAIRO: Real estate firm Egyptian Resorts narrowed its losses in the third quarter of 2011 as revenue grew from its utilities business, the firm said on Tuesday.
Egyptian Resorts, which makes most of its money selling land to developers, reported (...)
CAIRO: Saboteurs blew up the gas pipeline between Egypt, Israel and Jordan on Thursday in Northern Sinai using remote controlled bombs, forcing it to shut down, Egyptian security sources said.
The first blast, the sixth since the uprising that (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's judiciary has emerged from the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak as one of the few institutions retaining some credibility, but the weight of public expectations may have forced it to take on too much, far too fast.
Dozens of (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian real estate group Palm Hills, the country's second-biggest listed developer, reported a third-quarter net loss on Thursday, hit by weaker revenues and what analysts suspect was a high rate of cancellations.
The firm, battered by (...)