Enel says no change to Weather Investments stake
MILAN: Italian power company Enel said on Friday it is not in talks to end its 26 percent stake in Weather Investments, in response to a newspaper report that it…
An Egyptian intellectual's unlikely quest for religious change
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Gamal Al-Banna is a Muslim scholar and younger sibling of the Muslim Brotherhood s founder, but his controversial vision of Islamic reform puts him at odds with the…
CRIME SCENE: Fire and revenge provide a fiery mix this week
Man murders wife over a cup of tea; the poorer steal from the poorCAIRO: This week's crime pages were on fire.A housewife and a child met their deaths in a…
African Nations Cup champions Egypt held in Botswana
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Defending champions Egypt were held 0-0 away to Botswana Saturday as the second round of 2008 African Nations Cup qualifiers kicked off. The result lifted the Pharaohs…
Primetime hate mail
The stupor induced by Ramadan programming wraps its inescapable tentacles around viewersCAIRO: Ramadan primetime TV warrants hate mail, but I m too lethargic to write it. I take my prozac…
Students unite for Lebanon at film screening
CAIRO: Students poured into the screening of Lebanese film "West Beirut at the American University (AUC) in Cairo on Wednesday night. Organized by the student body "33 Days for Lebanon.…
Violence against children
A veil of silence covers violence against children, yet abuses are so pervasive that no country can ignore them, and no society can claim to be immune from them. Despite…
The Assyrians: ignored among fears of an Iraqi civil war
The world is consumed by fears that Iraq is degenerating into a civil war between Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. But in this looming war of all against all, it is…
Celebrity sohour
ŠΘ###Many actors attended the joyous event and enjoyed the night until sunrise, here is Tarek El Erian, Asala and Nabila Ebeid##Warda, Lucy and Nadia El Gindy
New décor but less enjoyable
Sequoia is an old favorite, but change isn't always for the betterCAIRO: In a month when Ramadan tents fill the night, it's hard to know where to start. Last night…
