'Obama Talks Democracy, Endorses Dictatorship' - Egyptian officials are lining up to praise U.S. President Barack Obama's address to the Islamic world delivered in Cairo Thursday. But local campaigners for political reform say the speech was disappointingly light on the issues of democracy and human rights. [AA Network - Egypt]

Obama Calls For a New Beginning With the Muslim World - Saying he came to seek a new beginning between the United States and the Muslim world, President Obama told an audience in Cairo June 4 that the cycle of suspicion and discord that has defined the relationship for so long must end. [AA Network - Egypt]

Arab Contractors' New Abuja Office Commissioned - Chairman of Arab Contractors Nigeria (ACN), Engineer Ibrahim Mahlab, last Friday commissioned the new headquarters of ACN in Abuja. [AA Network - Egypt]

Governor Unfolds Plans For Rural Electrification - The Kwara State Government has announced plans to embark on total electrification of rural communities in the state by the year 2010. [AA Network - Egypt]

Investors to Build New Industrial Zone - Spanish firm Consorci de la zona is partnering with Egypt's Pyramids Industry Parks to build an industrial zone worth $250 million. [AA Network - Egypt]

Egyptian President to Open Gaba Landing Site - PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni and the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, are expected to open Gaba Landing Site in June, an official of the Gaba Beach Management Unit has said. [AA Network - Egypt]

Labour Strikes Point to Economic Pain - Egypt has seen a wave of labour strikes in recent weeks by workers in a range of professions from lawyers to truck drivers. [AA Network - Egypt]