Cairo - Hollywood star Nicholas Cage will play late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in an Egyptian television series, according to media reports Tuesday.
Cage plans to lose six kilograms before he starts shooting for the series, for which he's getting paid 40 million dollars, al-Arabiya TV reported.
Egyptian writer Anis al-Degheidy, who wrote the series, recently announced that shooting was to start mid-2009. The show is to be directed by Lebanese Youssef Sharaf.
Cairo - Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa on Tuesday renewed his call for an Arab-Iranian dialogue, describing it as "extremely important".
Mussa said Arabs and Iranians should sit together to try to resolve their regional disputes. He said he was amazed that a dialogue between the West and Iran existed, while there was no such dialogue between the Arab states and Iran.
Cairo - For the last two years, the Cairo Investment Forum has been packed with booths, attendees and headline speakers.
What a difference a financial crisis makes.
"Where is the so-called exhibition," one young man asked at the event's opening, clearly unwilling to believe that this year's event was meant to be a continuation of the galas of recent years.
Cairo - France is to provide a 280-million-dollar loan to finance the construction of the second phase of the third metro line in Cairo, Egyptian officials said Tuesday.
The agreement came during a two-visit by French Prime Minister Francois Fillon to Egypt that ended Tuesday. The loan will be given to French companies involved in the metro project.
Fillon said France would also give Egypt 3 million euros (4.2 million dollars) over three years support development projects.
Cairo - At least five tourists were killed Monday night in a bus accident in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near the Red Sea resort of Dahab, security sources said.
Initial reports said that at least 11 were killed in the accident, a security source told the Middle East News Agency (MENA).
Nationalities of the casualties are still unidentified.
The Egyptian Sinai Peninsula is popular for its touristic destinations that attract travellers from around the world.
Cairo, Dec 22: An archeological mission of the Egyptian Higher Council of Antiquities (EHCA) has announced the discovery of two rock-cut tombs at Saqqara that date back to Egypt's 5th Dynasty (2323
Cairo - Hollywood star Nicholas Cage will play late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in an Egyptian television series, according to media reports Tuesday.
Cairo - Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa on Tuesday renewed his call for an Arab-Iranian dialogue, describing it as "extremely important".
Cairo - For the last two years, the Cairo Investment Forum has been packed with booths, attendees and headline speakers.
Cairo - France is to provide a 280-million-dollar loan to finance the construction of the second phase of the third metro line in Cairo, Egyptian officials said Tuesday.
Cairo - At least five tourists were killed Monday night in a bus accident in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula near the Red Sea resort of Dahab, security sources said.
