Zawihiri video to have little effect in Egypt, says analyst
CAIRO: A video by Al-Qaeda's ideologue, Egyptian Ayman Al-Zawahiri, calling for regime change in Egypt is not likely to have a major effect on the country's political climate says Nabil…
Human rights organizations and opposition parties open fire on Nazif
CAIRO: Representatives of human rights organizations and opposition parties criticized Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, following Nazif's vociferous attack on both during a talk he gave Thursday at a youth camp…
Arabs to meet Israel while Palestine remains split
Efforts should be focused on Palestinian division, expert saysThe visit to Israel is supposed to come after Aboul Gheit pays a visit to Washington on July 9. Additionally, the EU…
Court of Cassation approves expelled MP El-Sadat's appeal against PA
CAIRO: Mohamed Esmat El-Sadat s appeal against the People's Assembly's decision to revoke his parliamentary membership was not intended to reinstate him but rather to expose how things truly work…
Human rights organizations call for Bedouins' release
CAIRO: Last week saw fierce negotiations between different human rights organizations and the interior ministry, in an attempt to release the large number of Bedouin political detainees. We have been…
Transparency International lists Egypt among countries with corrupt legal systems
CAIRO: Transparency International's 2007 annual report listed Egypt among those countries which suffer from corruption in its legal system.For Egypt to achieve political progress and put an end to the…
Science, medicine, art meet at London's new Wellcome Collection
Associated PressImagine looking at Leonardo da Vinci s heart sketch while listening to Hank Williams Your Cheatin Heart, or viewing a sculpture of an HIV-positive woman in a cast made…
Get ready for the beach catwalk
It's a catwalk out there. Summer is upon us and everyone's been flocking to the North Coast. Whether it's Hacienda, Diplomatic Village or another popular beach resort, girls can be…
SCI TECH SCENE: Curious gadget fans smash, dissect iPhones
ReutersIt took Apple Inc. more than six months to build the iPhone but curious gadget fanatics needed only minutes to tear one apart.Within hours of the first iPhones going on…
Kickbox your way to a healthy lifestyle
It was with a mixture of excitement and trepidation that I waited outside the studio for my first ever kickboxing class.A little more than two months later and I am…