AN Egyptian court will issue a verdict on Wednesday on Orascom Telecom's attempt to block an offer by France Telecom to buy all of Egyptian telecom operator Mobinil's outstanding shares, Reuters reported Saturday.

Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the largest tomb yet discovered in the ancient Saqqara necropolis,

KUWAIT CITY (Reuters) - Global Investment House said on Tuesday it was in initial talks with Cairo-based Arab African International Bank (AAIB), to sell a stake in an investment in Egypt, but not as part of its debt settlement plan.

Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Deputy General Guide Mohamed Habib, who apparently lost in the last elections of the group's Guidance Bureau, threatened with resigning from the bureau and the Shura Council

President Hosni Mubarak Sunday ordered a limited Cabinet reshuffle that introduced two new ministers to the Government of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.

Egyptian Tax Authority President Ashraf el-Arabi said the new real estate tax law is 100 percent in conformity with the constitution.