PA to decide on punishment of MP for proposing to shoot protesters
CAIRO: The People’s Assembly’s legislative committee denounced statements by MP Nashaat El-Qassas calling on security bodies to shoot demonstrators. The legislative committee issued a statement on Wednesday describing El-Qassas’ statement…
Too risky to phone ET? Too late, NASA's tried it
WASHINGTON: Stephen Hawking, a British theoretical physicist, says it is too risky to try to talk to space aliens. Oops. Too late. NASA and others have already beamed several messages…
Facebook's expansion triggers political backlash
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook's plan to spread its online social network to other websites could be detoured by regulators looking into privacy concerns that have raised the ire of federal lawmakers.…
Lopez pigs out for new movie 'The Back-Up Plan'
Hollywood star Jennifer Lopez told Wednesday at the London premiere of her new movie "The Back-Up Plan" how she pigged out and broke wind in the film to show what…
Italian screenwriter Scarpelli dies aged 90
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Furio Scarpelli, who penned cinema classics including "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", has died aged 90, Italian media said Wednesday. Scarpelli died during the night, his…
Oscar winner Bullock divorces husband, adopts a baby
Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock has filed for divorce from husband Jesse James after a string of lurid revelations linking the reality TV star to a stripper, People magazine reported Wednesday. In…
Swiss rankle as scholar hints at Heidi's German origins
The legend of Heidi, the storybook character cherished as a national icon in Switzerland, has been shaken in recent weeks after a German scholar questioned her Swiss origins. Peter Buettner…
SODIC: Transforming Cairo's suburbia
As the population explosion in Cairo has experts worried about a potential meltdown of the megacity, Egyptian real estate developer Sixth of October for Development and Investment (SODIC) has embarked…
Al Ahly's Sabbour sees new real estate boom
A year and a half after the start of the global financial crisis, the Egyptian real estate sector is still one of the strongest industries in the country. “The crisis…
PPPs key to African infrastructure development, says IFC CEO
Infrastructure is the key to development and improved quality of life in Egypt and Africa as a whole, according to Lars Thunell, CEO and executive vice president of the International…