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Al Khan 2 February 2009

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A star-studded celebration

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EU extends rules for supporting film industry

he European Commission extended last week rules allowing member states to support film-makers with public money.With current arrangements due to expire at the end of the year, the European Union's executive arm decided to extend the rules until the end of 2012."For European creators to express them...


Foreign stars light up French comics fest

rom Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian creator of “Persepolis,” to cutting-edge artists from Seoul or South Africa, star authors joined some 200,000 fans in southern France this week for the world’s biggest comic book showcase.Once a year the sleepy south-western town of Angouleme turns into the cap...

A KHAWAGA’S TALE: Avoiding travel plague

HE HAGUE: I was struck down with gastroenteritis last week, not that surprising in Egypt you may think, except I wasn’t scoffing down fuul and tameya in Embaba, but contemporary delights in sanitized Europe.Europe may be considered low risk for diarrhea, but the dreadful bug, strikes travelers any...


Moral Manoeuvring a.k.a the game of chess that never ends

’ve always loathed chess, the way you hate anything you’ve never been particularly good at. I’m not good at it is because I don’t have a brain suited to making moves that are five steps ahead of my intentions, or a drive to deliberately calculate the gains of every action I take nor a predil...

How Michell should deal with Hamas

he recent appointment of George Mitchell as special envoy to the Middle East isno doubt a positive sign of President Obama's commitment to the region, signaling that there will be immediate and direct American involvement in the Arab-Israeli peace negotiations. Mitchell, who was the architect of Ir...


Barack Obama’s missing freedom agenda

n his second full day in office, President Barack Obama made a major gesture toward restoring the Constitution and the rule of law by signing two executive orders: one closed the prison at Guantánamo Bay, and the other restored America to the company of civilized nations by closing so-called “bla...

News in brief

obinil says Q4 profit up 25 percent Mobinil, Egypt's largest mobile operator by subscribers, said on Sunday its fourth-quarter profit grew 25 percent to LE 551 ($99 million), beating analysts' forecasts. Investment bank EFG-Hermes had forecast a profit of LE 526 million, Beltone Financial estimated...


Egypt shares fall on local selling, OCI weighs

AIRO: Egypt's main stock index recoiled on Sunday, with heavyweight Orascom Construction (OCI) providing selling impetus by shedding more than 5 percent in low-volume trade dominated by local investors. "OCI is the leader, and everyone is following it," said Teymour El-Derini from Beltone Financial...

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The will to win

Alaa Abdel-Ghani and Dena Rashed identify the tried and trusted formula that presented Egypt with a third consecutive victory...

A nation rejoices

Across the country, Egyptians from all walks of life celebrated as the national football team won the Africa Cup of Nations. Dina Ezzat joined the festivities...

Hell and high water

While relief efforts continue to help rebuild the lives of the victims of the floods accusations of negligence emerged, reports Mohamed El-Sayed...


Changing Brotherhood faces

In his second week of office the Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Badei appointed three hardline conservatives to leading positions, reports Gamal Essam El-Din...

No more trafficking

Parliament is about to endorse a comprehensive new antiquities law that will incorporate all the requirements suggested by the Ministry of Culture, reports Nevine El-Aref...


The woes of Suleiman

A judicial ruling has forced former minister of housing Ibrahim Suleiman to resign both from parliament and as chairman of the Maritime Petroleum Services Company (MPSC), Gamal Essam El-Din reports...

Electrically attractive

The government is allowing the private sector to own, not only operate, power plants, reports Sherine Nasr...


Abbas at a loss

His political credibility wagered on the peace process, Palestinian President Abbas is not coping well with Israel's perpetual intransigence, writes Khaled Amayreh in Ramallah...

Several birds, one stone

Israel's assassination of a top Hamas official is clearly aimed at forcing the resistance group into a military response, writes Saleh Al-Naami...


The return of Goldstone

Israel's vicious counter-campaign against the UN fact-based report on its war on Gaza continues as the time approaches when further action will be considered, writes Amira Howeidy...

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Govt may hike natural gas price by 30%

he government may in 'weeks' decide on raising price of natural gas produced by state-owned ONGC and Oil India by 30 per cent, Petroleum Secretary S Sundareshan said....

Aviation sector revival by 2011: Patel

viation sector will be revived by 2011, Union Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said....

Govt may decide on freeing oil pricing this week

he Govt may decide on freeing petrol and diesel prices after an expert committee on fuel pricing....


ONGC to spend Rs 26,000-cr on capex

NGC will spend Rs 26,000-crore on capital expenditure in the next financial....

Exports up 9.3 pct to $ 14.60 bn in Dec

ndia's exports grew for the second straight month in by 9.3 pct to USD 14.60 billion....


Sensex dips on Asian cues; techs drop

ensex was trading 0.7 pct lower, weighed down by losses in tech firms such as Infosys....

Maruti posts record Jan sales of 95,649 units

aruti Suzuki India reported its highest monthly sales for January, a jump of 33.3 pct over the same month last year....


IMF call for global support on financial reforms

MF has urged major countries to cooperate to bring about reforms and new policies in the global finance sector...

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