California students light candles for peace
CALIFORNIA: A group of high school students called Youth for Hope organized a massive luminary lighting on New Year s Eve in Davis, California. The event was supported by peacemakers…
Student blogger moved to solitary confinement awaiting postponed trial
Cairo: The trial of Abdel Karim Soliman Amer, a student blogger accused of "incitement to hate Islam because of his controversial online writings on religion, was postponed Thursday due to…
Supreme Court denies women's right to join prosecution after initial approval
CAIRO: The Supreme Court Council rejected several female applicants who wished to join the judiciary through a position in prosecution, despite the primary approval of the court to appoint female…
Man beats wife for losing job
Cairo: A family court in Maadi ruled that a wife could be divorced from her husband in one of the oddest cases judged by such courts. Madiha. M.A., 37, had…
Blair, Merkel to focus on Mideast
GENEVA: British Prime Minister Tony Blair and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who holds the presidency of the G8 group of industrialized countries, will head the line-up at the World Economic…
Investors fear losing government incentives
CAIRO: Fourteen international companies have expressed interest in operating new industrial zones and renovating others according to new government policy, General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (Gafi) Chairman Ziad…
Brotherhood finances targeted in latest crackdown
Government acts as Brotherhood attempts to create new political partyCAIRO: The latest crackdown on members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) aims to deal a blow to the outlawed organization's financial…
The mole. Or, was Saddam really hanged?
Cairo: "Saddam Was Not Hanged; Neither Were Uday and Qusai Killed: American Lies and Secrets Relating to the Game of Saddam's Body Doubles. This is not a news headline or…
Egyptian satellite not for spying
Cairo: The satellite Israeli intelligence officials said Egypt is launching to "spy on the region is not for that purpose, analysts have told The Daily Star Egypt.Israeli intelligence officials had…
Saudi to host Arab summit to 'heal Arab rifts'
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia s ambassador to the Arab League announced Tuesday that Riyadh will host the organization's next summit on March 28 and 29 in a bid to heal divisions…