Bush and Mubarak back UN force in Darfur
WASHINGTON: U.S. President George W. Bush and President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday discussed the need to deploy a UN force in Sudan s Darfur region, a White House official said.…
Egypt resumes diplomatic relations with El Salvador
CAIRO: Egypt has resumed its diplomatic relations with El Salvador after the Central American country s decision last month to move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv,…
Prosecutor in Egyptian cleric case testifies before committee
ROME: A prosecutor leading the investigation of the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan testified Wednesday before parliament s secret services committee.The proceeding was closed to the…
Trade Holding Co. finalizes Omar Effendi negotiations with Anwal
Pending general assembly approval: early retirement for 1,200, elimination of up to 24 branchesCAIRO: A negotiation committee appointed by the Trade Holding Company (THC) to finalize the sale of Omar…
CRIME SCENE
Murders top crime pages throughout the weekCAIRO: Crime pages in local newspapers this week read like a thriller. While other crimes took place, murders overshadowed most other news.A carpenter killed…
For top quality go for a "Nasrallah" date, but you may want to avoid the "Olmert"
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Cairo fruit-sellers have a tradition of giving nicknames to their selections of dates before Ramadan and this year the leader of Lebanon s Hezbollah militia topped the unofficial…
Islamophobia and racism discussed at the UN Human Rights Council
Report cites international incidents confirming existence of Islamophobia and its alarming implicationsCAIRO: Many dismiss Islamophobia as the product of a conspiracy theory blown out of proportion or simply as unreal.…
The Landscape of Civilization
Chinese artist uses calligraphy to convey his messageCAIRO: Documenting the development of civilizations can be achieved in various ways, but Chinese artist Qin Feng has chosen to accomplish this end…
Guardians of the source of the Blue Nile
Mireia Cano's photographs capture daily life on the Ethiopian riverbankCAIRO: When the Fables of the Nile expedition set out to follow the Blue Nile from its source in Ethiopia through…
