49 percent of Egyptians reject property tax
CAIRO: A poll conducted by the Public Opinion Poll Center on the new property tax, revealed that the majority of Egyptians have heard of the new tax, but that almost…
Al-Qaeda in Iraq confirms deaths of top two commanders, says SITE
BAGHDAD: Al-Qaeda has confirmed the deaths of its top two Iraq commanders in a joint US-Iraqi military raid, a US monitoring group said, days after a wave of apparent revenge…
Experts see Polanski extradition in coming months
Roman Polanski's loss of a crucial California court decision sets up his return to the United States more than three decades after he fled a statutory rape charge, Swiss legal…
Love in a gift bag
The first striking thing about British artist Julie Oxenforth’s video installation at Artellewa art space is its simplicity. In contrast to the long title, “A Moving Sea between the Shores…
Egypt police arrest Israeli dirt biker
RAFAH: Egyptian police arrested an Israeli dirt biker who illegally crossed the border on Saturday, a security official said. The 36-year-old man, who led police on a chase after he…
Egypt dismisses Israel's Hezbollah Scud warning
BEIRUT: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit dismissed as "laughable" on Saturday US and Israeli fears that Syria has been supplying Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with Scud missiles. "These allegations…
Divers find rocket debris off Israeli resort
JERUSALEM: Sappers on Saturday recovered debris from a rocket that hit the water off Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat two days earlier, after being alerted by civilian divers, the…
10-nation board okays funds to fight Somalia piracy
UNITED NATIONS: A 10-nation board approved Friday 2.1 million dollars in UN funding for five projects to help Somalia and neighboring countries prosecute suspected pirates. "Piracy off Somalia is a…
Lebanese march for 'civil marriage, not civil war'
BEIRUT: Thousands of Lebanese marched to parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a peaceful rally demanding the secularization of a state long built on sectarianism. The rally, organized by independent…
Why China is right on the renminbi
BERKELEY: After a period of high tension between the United States and China, culminating earlier this month in rumblings of an all-out trade war, it is now evident that a…