Hilton Taba bounces back after 2004 blasts
CAIRO: Nearly three years after bomb blasts hit Taba, the Hilton Taba is now fully renovated, sporting a new multi-million dollar look and reclaiming its position as Sinai s hottest…
Olmert should forget about Saudi meeting, says Mubarak
CAIRO: Egypt s President Hosni Mubarak has said that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who called in April for a regional conference with Arab leaders, should forget about holding talks…
Israel president to quit in plea bargain to drop rape charge
Associated Press JERUSALEM: Israeli President Moshe Katsav agreed to resign Thursday in a plea bargain that drops rape allegations and the threat of jail time in return for pleading guilty…
Pulitzer winner Lawrence Wright: "Islam is a religion that exists in civilizations all over the world"
Lawrence Wright arrived in Egypt in 1969 to study linguistics and Arabic and teach English at the American University in Cairo. A conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, Wright lived…
Sarkozy to direct attention to mideast
CAIRO: Nicolas Sarkozy's spokesman announced Thursday that the new French president may turn his hand to the Mideast, just one day after ally British ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair was appointed…
Adel Hammouda: Ashraf Marwan was most likely murdered
LONDON: It is hard to conclude right now whether Ashraf Marwan s was murdered or died of natural causes, yet the most likely scenario is that he was murdered and…
Mystery shrouds identity of alleged foreign spies
CAIRO: After being sentenced, in absentia, to life imprisonment by the Egyptian state security court, the identities of the Irish and Japanese nationals charged with spying for Israel remains a…
Tall, dark and handsome
Getting to know Egypt's beauty kingIn April, Amr Samaha was crowned Mr. Egypt, at the pageant's second year -organized by Face to Face agency, which ran the Miss Egypt pageants…
A special something for the one you love
Ever thought of buying your wife or girlfriend a piece of jewelry just to show how much you care? For no reason in particular - no birthday, Valentine's Day or…