Sci-tech scene: Big price, high definition, long wait
While riveted into home cinema, multimedia just went portableCAIRO: In Egypt these days, as elsewhere in the world, many people are obsessed with buying plasma screens, assuming they're going to…
Ramadan Recipes 1: Conventional and innovative dishes spice up the Ramadan buffet
CAIRO: No one can tell you how much tastes vary as someone preparing a meal for a Ramadan iftar. With a usually extended list of guests, the person preparing the…
Swiss day
ŠΘ###This casual event was a great success as guests enjoyed food from the grill, salads and deserts, here are Amelia Vinobel and Carolina Held##Photography by Hassan IbrahimThe event started at…
Doha Round could still be a success in 2007 – WTO chief
GENEVA: Frozen talks on reducing barriers to global commerce could be revived and brought to a successful conclusion by the end of 2007, World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy said…
Syria defies US threat, still backs Hamas, Hezbollah
DAMASCUS: Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hezbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threatened…
Turkey accepts pope's efforts to soothe anger over remarks on Islam
ROME: Turkey has accepted Pope Benedict XVI s efforts to make amends for his recent remarks on Islam and violence, a top Turkish official said Thursday in Rome. We thought…
Lebanese president slams Chirac over summit snub
PARIS: Lebanon s pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud Thursday accused his French counterpart Jacques Chirac of barring him from a summit of French-speaking countries, saying it was an interference in Lebanese…
Rice in Israel, Palestinian territories next week; will also visit Egypt
JERUSALEM: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next week during a 24-hour stopover as part of a regional tour, a diplomatic source told…
Unpaid policemen close roads in Gaza, burn tires
ReutersGAZA: Hundreds of Palestinian police and security officers blocked all main roads in Gaza City with garbage containers and burning tires on Thursday in a protest over largely unpaid wages.…
More than 20 killed in series of traffic disasters
CAIRO: A truck ran over a minibus in southern Egypt on Thursday, killing 20 people and seriously wounding one, police said.The accident occurred at 6 a.m. in the town of…
