Iran crisis overshadows Israeli-Palestinian dispute as Rice visits Mideast
Agence-France PresseWASHINGTON: The looming nuclear crisis with Iran is likely to overshadow timid efforts to rekindle the Israeli-Palestinian peace process when United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the…
Seven dead in building collapse
Seven people were killed and nine injured when a four-storey building collapsed in the Nile Delta town of Mansoura on Saturday, police said on Sunday. Rescue workers are lifting the…
Fourteen dead in yet another traffic accident
CAIRO: A truck and a minibus collided head-on south of Cairo in the early hours of Sunday, killing 14 people and injuring seven others, security officials said. They said the…
Beirut festival out to "make films, not war"
The Yacoubian Building to screen as festival finaleAgence-France PresseBEIRUT: The Beirut international film festival opens Wednesday under the slogan Make Films, Not War, aiming to revive the Lebanese capital s…
Switzerland suspects CIA used its air space in Egyptian mam kidnapping
GENEVA: Switzerland suspects the CIA of using Swiss air space while transporting Abu Omar, an Egyptian imam allegedly abducted by the U.S. spy agency in 2003, the Swiss justice ministry…
Egyptian students learn tough lesson in U.S. immigration law
Associated PressNEW YORK: Seventeen students from Egypt arrived at New York s Kennedy airport in late July for what was supposed to be an exciting month in America. Their destination…
Government extends deadline for Bank of Alexandria offers
Bank to be sold via closed-envelope auctionCAIRO: The deadline for the financial bids for an 80 percent stake in the Bank of Alexandria (BA) has been extended to Oct. 16,…
Taking the initiative
Egyptian students have stopped relying solely on traditional education Can we? asks the first part of Zedny s slogan. The answer amongst Egyptian youth today seems to be yes .…
Charity time
ŠΘ###The event was well attended with many ambassadors, business people and socialites, here is Laila Delaware, Nera Nour El Din and Yosy Mohi El Din##Mr. and Mrs. Anis Iklimodis and…
"The Yacoubian Building" to be screened at international film competition
ReutersNEW YORK: Actor Robert De Niro and the growing Tribeca Film Festival he founded gave support on Thursday to Rome s new international film competition ahead of its debut in…
