The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest. Researchers made this discovery at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt whose burials date back around 1,800 years. The oasis is loc

The U.S. is seeing a spike in al Qaeda-related terror plots and threats against its embassies in Libya, Yemen and Egypt, say current and former U.S. officials citing domestic and foreign intelligence reports.

* Limits fund investments to only 2 pct of a bank's capital

CAIRO, May 16 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank sold $38.5 million to banks in a foreign exchange auction on Thursday at a cut-off price of 6.9660 Egyptian pounds to the dollar. The cut-off price at...

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CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's CIB, that country's biggest listed bank, said on Wednesday its first-quarter consolidated net income rose 30 percent year-on-year to 658 million Egyptian pounds ($94.4 million).

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt said on Wednesday it hadsettled disputes with the Dubai-based developer DAMAC involvingprojects dating back to the Mubarak era - an agreement thegovernment hopes will reassure prospective investors.

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt said on Wednesday it had settled disputes with the Dubai-based developer DAMAC involving projects dating back to the Mubarak era - an agreement the government hopes...

DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Telecom (OT) helped lift Cairo's bourse on Wednesday after the company's management urged shareholders to reject a buyout offer, raising investor hopes the bidder might propose improved terms.

CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank sold $38.3 million to banks in a foreign exchange auction on Wednesday at a cut-off price of 6.9591 Egyptian pounds to the dollar. The cut-off price at...

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CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egyptian mobile phone operator Orascom Telecom Holding said on Wednesday it made a net loss before minority interests of $204 million in the first quarter of 2013.

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Egyptian group Orascom Telecom Holding's management has recommended shareholders reject an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Altimo to buy the company for $0.70 a share.

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Egyptian group Orascom Telecom Holding's management has recommended shareholders reject an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Altimo to buy the...

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding said its board of directors had recommended rejecting an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Altimo to buy out the mobile company for $0.70 a share.

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding said its board of directors had recommended rejecting an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Altimo to buy out the mobile company for $0.70 a share.

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding said its board of directors had recommended rejecting an offer by a subsidiary of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman's Altimo to buy out the...

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Landline monopoly Telecom Egypt said it expects three to four percent growth in its revenues in 2013, the company's managing director and chief executive told Reuters in an email on Tuesday.

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Landline monopoly Telecom Egypt said it expects three to four percent growth in its revenues in 2013, the company's managing director and chief executive told Reuters in an email on Tuesday.

* OCI's Cairo-listed shares down 2 percent (Adds analyst comment, detail, background, shares)

* OCI's Cairo-listed shares down 2 percent (Adds analyst comment, detail, background, shares)

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - EFG Hermes, Egypt's biggest investment bank, is seeking to raise its capital to 2.87 billion Egyptian pounds ($412.1 million) from 2.39 billion by issuing bonus shares, the bank said in a statement to the bourse on Tuesday.

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Telecom Egypt (TE) reported first-quarter revenue of 2.72 billion Egyptian pounds ($390.1 million), up 1.4 percent from the same period last year and beating an average forecast of 2.59 billion based on five analysts' foreca

CAIRO, May 14 (Reuters) - Telecom Egypt on Tuesday reported first-quarter revenue of 2.717 billion Egyptian pounds ($390.12 million), up 1.4 percent from same period last year.

Fight between Muslim Brotherhood, Salafis and al-Azhar to control institutions and country’s religious identity has political consequences

CAIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - A cousin of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi went on trial in Egypt on Monday on charges of attempted murder in a case that has blocked his extradition to Libya.

CAIRO, May 13 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank sold $38.5 million to banks in a foreign exchange auction on Monday at a cut-off price of 6.9545 Egyptian pounds to the dollar. The cut-off price at the...

CAIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Egypt received a $3 billion deposit from Qatar on Thursday, a central bank official said on Sunday, shoring up finances hit by economic turmoil since a popular uprising that...

CAIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Egypt received a $3 billion deposit from Qatar on Thursday, a central bank official said on Sunday, shoring up finances hit by economic turmoil since a popular uprising that...

CAIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Egypt received a $3 billion deposit from Qatar on Thursday at 3.5 percent interest, a central bank official said on Sunday.

CAIRO, May 12 (Reuters) - Egypt received a $3 billion deposit from Qatar on Thursday at 3.5 percent interest, a central bank official said on Sunday.

CAIRO, May 11 (Reuters) - Former Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said it was too early to judge President Mohamed Mursi, saying the Islamist politician faced a difficult job, in comments billed as his...

* Prosecution says to draw on fact-finding committee report

ISTANBUL, May 11 (Reuters) - Egypt's new planning minister said on Saturday he was confident the country would reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $4.8 billion loan programme, although the timing of its next visit to Cairo wa

ISTANBUL, May 11 (Reuters) - Egypt's budget deficit will be around 200 billion Egyptian pounds ($28.75 billion), equivalent to 11.5 percent of national output, in the 2012/13 year to the end of June, newly-appointed Investment Minister Yehya Hamed sa

* Company says commissioner's office report "not positive"

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut Egypt's credit rating further into junk territory on Thursday, saying Cairo had yet to come up with a plan to control its finances, leaving the country...

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is not currently planning a new visit to Egypt to discuss the country's $4.8 billion loan program as it awaits new economic data and...

WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund is not currently planning a new visit to Egypt to discuss the country's $4.8 billion loan program as it awaits new economic data and...

Downgrade deals another blow to President Mohamed Morsi’s government and his Muslim Brotherhood-heavy cabinet, and a rebuke to recent economic efforts

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank said on Thursday it would offer $1.25 billion in one-year dollar-denominated treasury bills at auction on May 13.

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut Egypt's credit rating further into junk territory on Thursday, saying Cairo had yet to come up with a plan to control its finances, leaving the country vulnerable to a balance of payments crisis.

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut Egypt's credit rating further into junk territory on Thursday, saying Cairo had yet to come up with a plan to control its finances, leaving the country...

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut Egypt's credit rating further into junk territory on Thursday, saying Cairo had yet to come up with a plan to control its finances, leaving the country...

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's said on Thursday it lowered Egypt's sovereign credit rating to 'C' from 'B' with a stable outlook.

(The following statement was released by the rating agency)

CAIRO, May 9 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank sold $38.6 million to banks in a foreign exchange auction on Thursday at a cut-off price of 6.9463 Egyptian pounds to the dollar.

CAIRO, May 8 (Reuters) - Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi has approved a law allowing the state to issue Islamic bonds, the official gazette said on Wednesday, ending a troubled passage for a bill the...

Without a cash injection from abroad, Egypt’s foreign currency reserves would have fallen to $12.42bn in April, suggesting deteriorating fiscal health

CAIRO, May 7 (Reuters) - Egypt said it expected crude oilimports to start arriving next month after Libya and Iraq agreedto make shipments to help Cairo weather an economic crisis.