Latest in Tag: DNE Highlight
Latest in Tag: DNE
EGX ignores economic malaise over last week
The benchmark index, EGX 30, started the week at 5.734 points to reach a two month high of 5.867 points, before falling to 5.755 points at the end of the week.
Thuraya: 2013 holds a range of surprises for users of mobile satellite services
Muiz Saad, vice president of distribution of Thuraya for Mobile Satellite Services, talks to Daily News Egypt about the company’s scope of operations and its expansion plan for 2013
ANHRI says presidential reports against journalists “a mockery”
Human rights NGO call on Morsy to comply with revolutionary demands and stop prosecution of media professionals
Seven hurt in Sinai attack on Egypt police patrol
Sinai, a sparsely populated peninsula home to both lucrative tourist resorts in the south and shadowy Islamist militants in the north, is also a major transit point for arms smuggling to the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip.
Two new alleged torture victims in Alexandria
Human rights organisations have filed a complaint against police after two men held on remand were beaten and sexually assaulted
Rebel Economy Wrap
Two former central bank governors on Egypt currency woes
Opposition forces plan demo at constitutional court
Call for people to ‘protect’ SCC to allow the court to review cases regarding the Shura Council
Islamist parties begin drawing coalition lines
Al-Nour Party states intentions to run independently, FJP ‘open’ to creating multiparty coalition
Court temporary bans two Islamist presenters
Administrative Court places 30-day suspension on Islamist programme, refuses to suspend satirical programme
Alaa and Gamal Mubarak case postponed
Corruption case examining alleged illicit gains of Alaa and Gamal Mubarak postponed, as committee requests extension
6 April, latest on presidency’s blacklist
Three members of 6 April youth movement on trial in Minya charged with insulting the president through the use of graffiti
Qandil meets controversial cleric
The prime minister thanked Sheikh Mohamed Abdel Rahman El-Oriefy for asking Arabs to invest in Egypt and help the country through the economic crisis
Egyptian-European Council to hold a conference on investment potential
President of the Egyptian-European Council Mohamed Abou El Enein discussed the need to improve security in Egypt, particularly in touristic regions, in addition to increasing the flow of investment into the country by providing incentives to businessmen.
Army continues dialogue with Sinai residents
Dialogue an attempt to foster relationships with Sinai residents as army continues to crack down on militants
Presidency responds to “fabricated news story”
Presidency denies claims made by a British newspaper and says Iranian spy chief was never in Egypt
Turkey demands France clarify Paris slayings
Hollande had said the murder of Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez was “terrible,” adding that he knew one of the Kurdish women and that she “regularly met us.”
New clashes erupt in Tunisian town near Libya
Ben Guerdane, around 30km from the border, has witnessed sporadic unrest since Sunday, fuelled by Tripoli’s decision to close the Ras Jdir border crossing in early September for security reasons.
Angry Pakistani Shi’as refuse to bury dead
In total 126 people were killed in bombings in what was one of Pakistan’s deadliest days for years, raising concerns about rising violence in the nuclear-armed country ahead of general elections
Obama: US to speed up Afghan troop transition
The US president warned that Karzai, with whom he has had a somewhat testy relationship, would have to accept a security agreement, still under discussion, granting legal immunity to US troops who remain behind.
Damascus hit by clashes after key rebel gain
Capturing Taftanaz, from which regime forces launched deadly helicopter gunship sorties, eases the pressure on rebels who already control vast swathes of Syria’s north and east.
Israel orders Palestinians to quit protest outpost
More than 200 activists erected the 20-tent “outpost” on Friday in the sensitive West Bank corridor east of Jerusalem where Palestinians say Israeli settlement construction would destroy the prospects of territorial contiguity for their promised state.
Hundreds back Maliki amid calls for Iraq PM to quit
Anti-government rallies blocked a key highway linking Baghdad to Jordan and Syria for a third week, while protests were also held in Samarra, Tikrit, Baiji and Mosul, all Sunni-majority areas north of the capital
19 killed in failed French raid to free Somalia hostage
Allex is among nine French hostages in Africa of whom at least six are held by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
Coffee, Islamist-style
Adel Heine’s weekly column
Turkey’s soap operas touch Egypt’s heart
The prevalence of Turkish soap operas on Egyptian television is disproportionate, and especially among women their popularity is startling
Editor’s letter: Egyptian economy: Fixing a mud house in the rainy season
Fixing a mud house in the rainy season
Fighting for inclusion
A few weeks ago I was invited to a UNDP-sponsored forum on “women’s participation in post-revolutionary parliamentary elections.” Policy makers, legislators and opinion leaders from Egypt, Libya and Tunisia had gathered to share their experiences in legislative elections held following the mass uprisings in their countries and discuss ways of ensuring increased participation of women …
Prosecutor General forms Revolution Protection Prosecution
Newly formed body will investigate findings of fact-finding committee
Requests to amend 164 constitution articles in ‘national dialogue’
Head of legal committee says amendment will be limited to articles of ‘consented disagreement’
Protest in objection to Alexandria’s soaked streets
Youth take action against inundated streets in Alexandria