Egypt

BIZ BRIEF: Toyo Engineering to construct...
Toyo Engineering Corp. announced April 2 that it has been jointly awarded a contract to build the largest polyethylene plant in Egypt.
BIZ BRIEF: Yokogawa to provide control systems for...
Yokogawa Electric Corp. announced March 22 that its subsidiary in the Middle East has received orders to supply the control systems for two large combined cycle power plants...
Freeze-drying to the rescue for moldy,...
This vacuum freeze dryer was originally designed to dry large wooden artifacts excavated from the earth. "This is the most we've ever used the machine in one year," says researcher Yosei Kozuma. (Photo: Atsuo Hirata)
The Heijokyo palace site in Nara has a history dating back 1,300 years to the time when it stood at the center of Japan's ancient capital of Heijokyo.
BIZ BRIEF: JT acquires leading Egyptian water pipe...
Japan Tobacco Inc. announced March 4 that the JT Group has completed the acquisition of Egypt's Al Nakhla Tobacco Co.
Witnesses recount horror of balloon crash in Egypt; ...
The hot-air balloon plummets to the ground in Luxor, Egypt, with a trail of smoke on Feb. 26. (Provided by Magic Horizon)
LUXOR, Egypt--The terror lasted less than two minutes.
UPDATE: Egypt balloon crash kills 18 foreign...
A victim of a ballon accident is seen in a body bag lying on a dirt road near the scene of a crash outside al-Dhabaa village just west of the city of Luxor, 510 kilometers (320 miles) south of Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 26. (AP Photo)
LUXOR, Egypt--A hot air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field on Feb. 26, killing at least 18 Asian and European...
Street art by the Nile: Egypt’s young make their...
The mural of “the man with two faces.” One side shows the deposed president, Hosni Mubarak, while the other depicts the army chief Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. (Photo: Atsuo Hirata)
As its makes its languid way northward through Egypt, the Nile river splits into two as it passes through the nation’s capital, Cairo. Within this fork sits an island, Gezira,...
Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president
CAIRO-- The Muslim Brotherhood said May 25 its candidate in Egypt's first free presidential vote would fight a run-off next month with ex-air force chief Ahmed Shafiq, the last ...
BIZ BRIEF: Toyo awarded contract for ethylene plant ...
Toyo Engineering Corp. has been jointly awarded with ENPPI, an engineering company under the Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum, a contract to build a 460,000 tons-a-year ethylene...
EDITORIAL: In Egypt, young people hold the key to...
The latest bloody clash between Egyptian security forces and protesters in Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the revolution that led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak as...
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