A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidized baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt (...)
A few years ago Imad would not have imagined himself queuing in the Cairo sun for a weekly ration of subsidised baby milk. But rising prices mean his civil servant's salary barely lasts the month and the government is tightening its belt (...)
DJERBA: Thirteen months of unrest in Syria have hurt tourism in neighboring Turkey, which expects visitor numbers to remain stable in 2012 at more than 30 million, Turkish Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay said on Monday.
Speaking to Reuters on the (...)
CAIRO: A few dozen activists huddle around tents on a grubby traffic island in Cairo's Tahrir Square, a forlorn reminder of the revolutionary ardor that ended Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
A year on, the revolution that youth activists (...)
CAIRO: The head of the Muslim Brotherhood, the biggest party in Egypt's new freely elected parliament, said on Friday interim military rulers would be held accountable after handing power to civilians for any mistakes made during their time at the (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it had won at least 41 percent of the seats in Egypt's lower house of parliament, with Islamists of various stripes occupying almost two thirds of the assembly so far.
Banned under deposed President (...)
TARHUNAH: The man squats down and fires. A rocket-propelled grenade shoots into the desert to calls of "Allahu Akbar", God is Greatest. Another man takes his place.
These are members of the volunteer army being trained by Libyan leader Muammar (...)
MANAMA: Small protests broke out in Bahrain's capital for a planned "Day of Rage" on Friday despite a ban under martial law imposed last week, but were quickly crushed by security forces fanned out across Manama.
Helicopters buzzing overhead, (...)
MANAMA: Shouting "down with King Hamad", thousands of Bahrainis buried an activist killed in a crackdown on mainly Shia protesters that has angered Iran and raised tension in the world's largest oil-exporting region.
Mourners carrying pictures of (...)
DUBAI: Egypt's EFG-Hermes said on Tuesday it was planning a "special situations fund worth some $500 million to take advantage of low equities prices amid the global financial turmoil.
Hazem Shawki, a managing partner, also told Reuters Middle (...)
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said on Monday Egypt would hold a referendum next summer on constitutional changes that should pave the way for ending a quarter century of emergency law within 18 months. Nazif said work was under way to amend the (...)
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BEIRUT: Arab commentators welcomed the fragile calm between Israel and Hezbollah militants on Tuesday but said they feared a UN-brokered truce would not keep the guns silent for long. The war in Lebanon may stop, but I doubt it, for never (...)