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CAIRO: Sharqiya Attorney General Ahmed De’bes referred Wednesday a Coptic girl rumored to have converted to Islam, to a care center where a committee from the Egyptian Center for Motherhood and Childhood will be formed to monitor her case, judicial sources told Daily News Egypt. The brief disappearance of Rania Khalil Ibrahim, 15, led to …
WASHINGTON: US nonprofit organizations under investigation in Egypt say an old ally of deposed President Hosni Mubarak is behind an Egyptian campaign against pro-democracy groups. They want Washington to end relations with International Cooperation Minister Fayza Aboul Naga, or cut off military aid to Egypt entirely. Aboul Naga claims the US sought chaos in Egypt …
DAMASCUS: Syria’s opposition on Thursday urged voters to boycott a referendum for a new constitution, as monitors said government armor moved on protest hubs Homs and Daraa, cradle of an 11-month uprising. As regime forces pummeled the central city of Homs for a 13th consecutive day, four people were killed in the southern town of …
TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday expressed hopes of reviving moribund talks with world powers, a day after the Islamic republic unveiled what it described as major progress in its controversial nuclear program. "We have always welcomed the principle of negotiations and we believe that, with a positive approach and spirit of cooperation, there can be a …
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Hamid Karzai is expected to press Pakistan during a visit that began Thursday on specific steps Islamabad can take to facilitate peace talks with the Afghan Taliban. Pakistan is seen as key to the peace process because of its historical ties with the Taliban and their feared ally, the Haqqani network. The …
BANGKOK: Three Iranians detained after accidentally setting off explosives in Bangkok were planning to attack Israeli diplomats, Thailand’s top policeman said Thursday in the first confirmation by local officials that the group was plotting attacks in Thailand. The allegation came after days of strong accusations by Israel that Iran was behind the botched plot as …
DUBAI: A sharp rise in trading turnover shows money is pouring back into Middle Eastern stock markets, after a year in which the global financial crisis and political turmoil in the Arab world kept most markets depressed. Analysts believe the bulk of the recent buying is by local investors seeking short-term profits, rather than by …
CAIRO: Egyptian ceramics maker Lecico said on Thursday it made a LE 35.4 million ($5.87 million) net loss in the fourth quarter, reversing its net profit from a year earlier. The audited consolidated figure compares to a net profit of LE 11.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. Lecico said the loss came after …
CAIRO: Egypt’s benchmark index slipped 0.7 percent as a rally in telecom shares triggered by a France Telecom deal to buy Mobinil shares lost some of its steam. Mobinil had been rising by the maximum 10 percent allowed under exchange rules since France Telecom announced on Monday it was prepared to buy most of its …
CAIRO: Lawyers defending ousted President Hosni Mubarak will make their final statements in court next Wednesday when the presiding judge will set a date to announce his verdict on charges which include killing protestors and abusing power. The 83-year-old former president, his former interior minister and senior police officers are facing a number of charges …
CAIRO: National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB), Egypt’s second-biggest private bank by market capitalization, boosted its net profit in the fourth quarter, partly due to ending of a charge for a 2005 acquisition, it said on Thursday. Fourth quarter net income rose 18 percent to LE 349 million ($246.9 million), bolstered by the ending of a …
CAIRO: As Egypt strives to regain the confidence of foreign investors, members of the Turkish business community will convene with the Federation of Egyptian Chambers (FEC) on Saturday to discuss how the state can help facilitate their business. Hussein Avni Botsali, Turkey’s ambassador to Egypt, will also attend the discussions, set to take place in …
If Romania taught us anything, it’s that not every Romanian film should be a masterpiece. Same goes for Morocco, the newly-proclaimed leader of Arab cinema. Having produced some of the most accomplished Arab films of last year — Leila Kilani’s “On the Edge,” Hisham Lasri’s “The End” and Mohamed Asli’s “Rough Hands” — …
UNITED NATIONS: Arab delegations have dismissed as unacceptable Russian amendments aimed at weakening a draft UN General Assembly resolution that backs an Arab plan for Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad to step aside, diplomats said on Wednesday. "The Arabs have rejected them and they’re pushing ahead," a senior Western diplomat said about the Russian amendments to …
EDINBURGH: Modern technology reveals the secrets kept for thousands of years by Egyptian mummies in a major exhibition at Scotland’s National Museum. Scientists used advanced scanning techniques on the mummified corpses of a young woman and a girl child laid over her feet to reveal jewelry in the binding and also have plans to tap …
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers from both parties stepped up their warnings Wednesday that Egypt’s crackdown on democracy activists will force a review of US aid to the longtime Mideast ally if the crisis is not quickly resolved. "I truly believe we are approaching a precipice beyond which our bilateral relations could suffer permanent damage," said Representative …
CAIRO: Twenty-nine Egyptian NGOs condemned the ongoing “slandering and intimidation” of civil society organizations, particularly human rights groups, saying the referral of the activists to criminal court as politically motivated. "The affected institutions have been operating for several years without being asked to suspend their activities and without their offices being shut down," the NGOs …
Thousands of Ahly fans marched from the club in Zamalek to the High Court in Downtown Cairo on Wednesday. Carrying pictures of more than 70 who were killed in Port Said earlier this month, demonstrators headed to the office of the Prosecutor General to demand retribution and swift justice. On Feb. 1, thousands of Al-Masry …
CAIRO: Political powers were divided over a decision to bring forward the presidential elections to the end of May instead of the end of June. Egypt’s Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Local Development Mohamed Atteya made the announcement in an article published by state owned daily Al-Ahram newspaper on Wednesday. He said that registration for …
CAIRO: Egypt called on Wednesday for change in Syria that met its people’s demands, Cairo’s strongest language yet on the crisis, though it ruled out supporting outside military intervention. Egypt has backed Arab League resolutions demanding President Bashar Al-Assad step aside but diplomats say it is wary of a diplomatic push from Gulf states, whose …
When actor-director Billy Bob Thornton was a boy, his father took him to the scene of car crashes to survey the wreckage. Now he has turned his unconventional childhood into a movie. "Jayne Mansfield’s Car" is a dark family comedy that explores how war affects men and how fathers and sons so often fail to …
CAIRO: Following “the first decision by an international court against the Egyptian government”, authorities have revoked death sentences to three Sinai locals handed down by the State Security Emergency Court in 2006 for their alleged involvement in the 2004 Taba bombings that left 34 dead. The decision was a response to a call by the …
Angelina Jolie this week premiered her film "In the Land of Blood and Honey" in Bosnia, where the fictional tale of a romance between a Bosnian Serb man and a Bosnian Muslim woman has shone a spotlight on the ethnic anger still left over from the country’s brutal conflict. Jolie, who arrived in Sarajevo with …
CAIRO: Calm returned Wednesday to the Meet Bashar village in Sharqiya following police and army intervention, after a group of villagers attempted to burn down a church where they believed a Christian convert to Islam was being held against her will. MP Marianne Kamal filed an urgent request in parliament to investigate the case and …
BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, fighting an 11-month uprising against his rule, has ordered a referendum on a new constitution on Feb. 26, state television reported on Wednesday. The president, under pressure from protests against four decades of Assad family rule and facing a growing armed insurgency, promised reforms last year but has also sent …
TEHRAN: Tensions over Iran rose several notches on Wednesday following a series of suspected bomb plots against Israeli diplomats in different countries, and ahead of an expected announcement on Tehran’s nuclear progress. Iranian officials have denied any involvement in the alleged plots in Thailand, India and Georgia this week, rejecting Israeli accusations that the Islamic …
MISRATA: Hussein Mussa climbs up a ladder and paints the shutter of the large Caterpillar showroom white, stroking the metal door with a firm hand to remove the existing green shade. "The owner of the showroom wants the green paint to be removed, so I am painting the shutter in white," Mussa told AFP as …
MANAMA: Bahraini Shias have marked the one-year anniversary of their uprising against the country’s Sunni rulers as security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers and police fired tear gas at protesters to pre-empt large demonstrations. Authorities on Tuesday sent troop reinforcements and armored vehicles to the predominantly Shia villages around the …
TUNIS: Tunisian rights activists said Wednesday they were taking legal action against a visiting Egyptian Muslim preacher for inciting hatred and advocating polygamy and female circumcision. Wagdy Ghoneim, a radical imam known for his anti-semitic sermons, was invited to Tunisia by Islamist organizations but his presence has angered some groups. "We are in the process …
ZURICH: Egypt plummeted 25 places in the FIFA rankings, as Zambia soared after winning the African Cup of Nations in monthly standings published Wednesday. Egypt dropped to No. 61 in the rankings, which weigh results over a rolling four-year period. The three-time defending African champions failed to qualify for the tournament. Zambia rose 28 places …
