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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 8, 6:57 pm ET
With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home.
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Ventura County Star - Mon Nov 9, 10:04 pm ET
Robert Lamarche has long been fascinated with recreating the art of ancient Egypt, but he adds an unexpected and modern twist to his ceramic work with neon. His pieces also incorporate glass, bronze, steel, 22-karat gold and poetry. Starting Thursday, Lamarche will exhibit about two dozen of his sculptures in a show titled “Ancient Wisdom in Clay”; it will run through Dec. 9 in Gallery 2 at ...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 8:13 am ET
Prosecutors on Monday demanded a life sentence for a man who admitted to fatally stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German court in a case that triggered outrage across the Muslim world.
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OfficialWire - Mon Nov 9, 1:11 pm ET
As elsewhere in the region, the Egyptian auto market was heavily hit by the impact of the global economic recession in the first half of 2009. Sales of vehicles dramatically dropped by just over a third in H109 compared to the same period in 2008.
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Zanesville Times Recorder - Mon Nov 9, 6:58 am ET
Paul Holdsworth, soil and water engineer from the Muskingum County Office, has returned from a tour of duty in Egypt.
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MSNBC - Mon Nov 9, 11:18 am ET
Bones, jewelry and weapons found in Egyptian desert may be the remains of Cambyses' army that vanished 2,500 years ago.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 9, 6:35 am ET
Dresden - A German prosecutor demanded Monday that judges sentence a self-avowed racist to life in prison for stabbing a pregnant Egyptian pharmacist to death in a courtroom earlier this year. In his summation, senior prosecutor Frank Heinrich said A...
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Fox News - Mon Nov 9, 3:55 pm ET
Herodotus wrote of a 50,000-man strong army that set out on foot into the Egyptian desert in 525 B.C. and was never heard from again ... until today
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LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 3:16 pm ET
Recently excavated Mayan murals are giving archaeologists a rare look into the lives of ordinary ancient Maya.
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Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 11:08 am ET
Nov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Pioneers Holding agreed to buy rival Egyptian securities firm Beltone Financial in a share swap, gaining asset-management expertise as it aims to create the Middle East’s biggest investment bank.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 11:59 am ET
Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula said Monday that Nairobi will help the International Criminal Court to probe election violence, but that it was committed to a "local solution."
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The World - Mon Nov 9, 1:39 am ET
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities have prevented a leading political dissident from traveling to the U.S., saying Friday that the conditions of his early release from prison do not permit him to travel abroad.
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The Indiana Gazette - Mon Nov 9, 1:29 am ET
NEW YORK (AP) - Rick Riordan has again summoned the ancient spirits. The author of the million-selling ``Percy Jackson'' series has started ``The Kane Chronicles,'' in which Egyptian gods are revived in modern times.
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CNN - Mon Nov 9, 11:22 am ET
When Barack Obama receives his Nobel Peace Prize next month in Oslo, Norway, one thing seems clear: It won't be in recognition of his skill in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Bloomberg - Sat Nov 7, 1:45 pm ET
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt, the most populous Arab country, is discussing “unfair” trade practices with China, with which it has a trade deficit, Egyptian Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid said today.