Latest Cairo Stories
CAPE CORAL, Fla., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- While the world is focused on President Obama's historic trip to Egypt, author Mr. Pat offers a different point of view in his new nonfiction book, "Project Egypt: A Politically Incorrect View" (published by AuthorHouse). Mr. Pat argues that Egypt is a brutal dictatorship, not the republic our politically correct politicians would like us to believe. Religious insurrection and political challenges to the men in power is routinely put down by military...
People and skills availability, financial attractiveness and business environment establish Egypt as world's 6th most attractive offshoring location CAIRO, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt has emerged as the 6th most attractive offshoring destination according to the 2009 A.T. Kearney Global Services Location Index(TM) entering the top 10 for the first time. The report analyzes and ranks countries for locating outsourcing activities including IT services, contact centers and back office...
CAIRO, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix Intelligence Support Services, Inc. - Anti Piracy Unit, Managing Director Mr. William "Bo" Fielding, announced today that the new solutions, that will be presented by Experts and Participants are "immediate short term solutions", as well as long term policy models that will combat the growing scourge of criminal piracy in the world's most vital trade routes and waterways using new operative models which will mark the Beginning of the End to Piracy in...
Egypt's rating drops a further 1% as it continues to combat software piracy CAIRO, May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Egypt continues to make progress in combating software piracy as highlighted by its reduced software piracy rating in the sixth annual Business Software Alliance (BSA), IDC Global Software Piracy Study. The report sees Egypt's 2008 rating drop a further one percent on the previous year, with levels reducing to 59 percent, and a total fall of 10 percent since 2003. This is the fifth...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- As a child of a Coptic orthodox family growing up in Cairo, Egypt, during the late '30s and '40s, Aziz Anis did not grasp the significance of the blue-painted and taped windows and the searchlights lighting the dark night sky, nor could he relate the dull thumping sounds he heard to anti-aircraft artillery. Streets full of British soldiers and yellow signs forbidding Allied troops from entering certain areas were images of downtown Cairo from his...
BOSTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Stream Global Services, Inc., (AMEX: OOO), is pleased to announce the opening of its newest solution center in Cairo, Egypt. Our newest facility, with a capacity for more than 700 seats, enables Stream to expand its multilingual support offerings to accommodate our strong business growth. As a recognized top outsourcing destination, businesses are attracted to Egypt because of its central location between EMEA and North America and its economic and...
Authorities in Egypt are following through with the nationwide slaughter of thousands of pigs in order to protect citizens against the swine flu virus despite criticism from the UN, which claims there is no need for the massive slaughter since the virus cannot be spread by pork consumption.On Saturday, Dr Souad Al-Khouli said there had been no reported cases of the H1N1 virus in humans or pigs in Egypt.The call to slaughter Egypt's entire pig population has been met with disruption among pig...
CAIRO, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Phoenix Intelligence Support Services, Inc. - Anti Piracy Unit, Managing Director Mr. William "Bo" Fielding, announced today that due to the recent spiking violent piracy in the Gulf of Aden and surrounding areas with over 20 ships and more than 200 people currently being held by pirates, an emergency summit has been organized through contacts with the government of Egypt, Somalia, Djibouti, Yemen, Jordan, Panama, Malaysia, International Agencies and Industry...
First Ladies and Royalty from Seven Nations Collaborate on the Global Problems of Missing and Sexually Exploited Children CAIRO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, First Lady of the Arab Republic of Egypt and President of the Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement (SMWIPM) in partnership with the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) convened an historic child protection conference today in Cairo. The theme of...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- "Project Egypt: A Politically Incorrect View" (published by AuthorHouse), a new book by Patrick Roelle, offers a no-holds-barred account of his time working and living in Cairo as a construction project director. From a building project that is plagued with difficulties to the eye-opening realities of life for the city's citizens, Project Egypt is a straightforward account of a country that Roelle believes is both modern and of the Third World....
