Israel not pushing for peace, Egypt tells UN
CAIRO: Egypt has accused Israel of lacking the political will to achieve peace with the Palestinians during Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit's speech to the UN General Assembly Saturday on…
PA to discuss three contentious draft laws in November
CAIRO: The upcoming parliamentary session is expected to discuss three main draft laws pertaining to the Ministry of Justice's legal specialists' demands, the plight of Egyptian expats and organ transplants.…
Jerusalem tense after Al-Aqsa clashes
JERUSALEM: Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem s Old City on Sunday at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a site revered by Muslims and Jews that has been a…
12 MB members arrested in Beheira
CAIRO: Security forces arrested 12 Muslim Brotherhood deputy leaders in the governorate of Beheira late Saturday, including a former member of parliament. The group was meeting at the house of…
Cutting rice cultivation unlikely to reduce water consumption, says analyst
CAIRO: Egypt has decided to cut domestic rice cultivation by one third, Mostafa El-Naggari, a representative of Egypt's Agricultural Export Council, told Reuters. The council cited water conservation as the…
Egypt lifts tariff on sugar imports
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced this week that Egypt would temporarily suspend the tariffs it had imposed on sugar imports, a move likely to boost supply locally.Up until Nazif…
China's 'City of Life and Death' wins San Sebastian film prize
Chinese director Lu Chuan s account of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing in 1937, City of Life and Death, won the top award Saturday at the San Sebastian film festival.A…
American and Muslim, band of Sufi mystics aims to go global
With a discombobulating mix of blonde hair and ecstatic cries of "Allah, Allah! , the members of Islamic band Debu sway on stage at a strip mall on the edge…
Atlanta's Day of Dignity
ATLANTA, Georgia: The warm atmosphere in downtown Atlanta had less to do with the southern sunshine than it did with the sea of friendly faces serving their local community. Muslim…
Treating Al-Qaeda
PRINCETON: Although Al-Qaeda's leadership, beliefs, and ideology are rooted in Saudi Arabia, the organization has been all but crushed in the Kingdom by a government policy that combines a big…