Mubarak says Israel could free many Palestinians
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said the number of Palestinian prisoners Israel is ready to release in exchange for a captured soldier is higher than expected, the official MENA news agency…
Deck stacked against visually disabled
IBM and PAVI program graduate seven instructors for visually impaired in computer applicationCAIRO: IBM and the Parents Association of People with Visual Impairments (PAVI) celebrated the graduation of seven certified…
Vodafone to bid for international gateway license
Licensing fee still not set by NTRA; license to be offered by end of yearCAIRO: Vodafone Egypt (VFE) has unofficially announced its decision to bid for one of the two…
The weather is beautiful
Bring your imagination alongCAIRO: "An absurd play composed of split second disjointed scenes that bring out the circus in the streets and the street in the circus, says the synopsis…
Magical night
ŠΘ###Mr. and Mrs. Abdel Moneim Kamel, Ms. Sylvie Fernandez Delmau the wife of Cuban Ambassador to Egypt and Mr. Vladimir Ganzales Charger D'affaires for the Cuban Embassy, Jean Michel Casse…
Crime scene: Explosives theft warrants swift action
Avian flu back in the news; woman tries to sneak gun into Egyptian MuseumCAIRO: Crime journalists, over the past week, have had their work cut out for them. The crime…
Pioneering Egyptian comedian Fouad El-Mohandes dies at 82
CAIRO: Fouad El-Mohandes, one of Egypt s most beloved comedians whose plays and movies made over a half century brought him fans across the Arab world, has died.He was 82.El-Mohandes…
Sudanese family enters Israel through Egypt looking for asylum
EL ARISH, Egypt: Five members of a Sudanese family from war-torn Darfur were arrested early Saturday before illegally crossing from Egypt to Israel, where they sought asylum, police said.The refugees…
Leaders warn of looming Darfur crisis
CAIRO: As the Sept. 30 deadline for the withdrawal of African Union troops from Sudan's Darfur region looms, world leaders and humanitarian organizations have begun to sound the alarm about…
