Egypt
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East
Books
March 18, 2010
9/11 prompts a flood of books on the Middle East
The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 have reshaped the world, not in terms of geography, but rather in terms…
Cairo’s black market meat
Egypt
March 17, 2010
Cairo’s black market meat
Al-Masry Al-Youm's caught large amounts of subsidized meat being smuggled from state cooperative stores in Cairo.Workers say meat smuggling occurs…
Pharmacists threaten strike
Egypt
March 17, 2010
Pharmacists threaten strike
Members of the Pharmacists Syndicate threatened to go on strike to protest what they describe as an illegal agreement and…
Egyptian sources: Israeli reporter may be tried by military tribunal
Egypt
March 16, 2010
Egyptian sources: Israeli reporter may be tried by military tribunal
Arish--Egyptian military prosecutors were interrogating an Israeli journalist on Tuesday after arresting him at the border as he tried to…
Pharmacists protest new agreement with Tax Authority
Business
March 16, 2010
Pharmacists protest new agreement with Tax Authority
The Pharmacists Syndicate crisis escalated on Monday after the syndicate's secretary general, Mahmoud Abdel Maqsoud, signed an agreement with the…
Salemco workers settle, but Amonsito strikers remain on downtown sidewalk
Egypt
March 15, 2010
Salemco workers settle, but Amonsito strikers remain on downtown sidewalk
On Sunday at 4 PM the Salemco workers took down their banners and rolled up their blankets. By 5 PM…
Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border
World
March 15, 2010
Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border
Jerusalem--Egyptian security officials arrested an Israeli journalist as he tried to sneak across the porous Israeli-Egyptian border with African migrants,…
NDP spokesman: No constitutional amendments
Egypt
March 7, 2010
NDP spokesman: No constitutional amendments
President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party (NDP), which controls the majority of seats in parliament, opposes amending the Constitution. Opposition…
Indian tanker fined for polluting Red Sea
Environment
March 4, 2010
Indian tanker fined for polluting Red Sea
The state-run Red Sea Environmental Affairs Agency has fined the owners of an Indian oil tanker LE600,000 for causing damage…