Al-Qaeda sympathizers vent against Al-Jazeera over airing of bin Laden's critical message
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden s latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes…
SCI TECH SCENE: Mind your language
Online meeting place Facebook is cleaning up its act. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced last week an agreement with social networking website Facebook to enforce safeguards against obscene…
HEALTH MATTERS: New hearing loss warnings set for Viagra, Levitra, Cialis
The US Food and Drug Administration has decided to put more prominent warnings of potential hearing loss on impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.An FDA statement said the goal was…
Study reveals how lack of sleep can cause grumpiness
Anything short of an uninterrupted seven hours of sleep, and I'm a force to be reckoned with in the morning. The children have to tiptoe around me so as not…
A dazzling opening night for Sofitel El Gezirah
CAIRO: Literally glittering with lights, the Sofitel El Gezirah was officially inaugurated on Oct. 24. Accor CEO Gilles Pelisson along with the CEO of Sofitel Worldwide Yann Caillere, Chairman of…
What makes a hotel 'hip'?
It s not just the feeling of wow, because you can get wow from anything. You can get wow from a 100-foot-atrium in a corporate hotel, Herbert Ypma, author of…
Desert mounts and monuments
It is 7 am in Giza and you can smell the dawn. For a short while the Cairene pollution is bathed the color of peaches. Beyond the garish papyrus emporia…
Fitness, plus body and soul equals wellness
Safe, known as the fitness convention of the Middle East, was launched at a press conference in Cairo on Thursday evening, promising to be bigger and better than ever.Under the…
Intel celebrates training 100,000 teachers in Egypt
CAIRO: Intel held a special event on Thursday to celebrate the training of 100,000 teachers in Egypt through its "Teach program, which was launched in Egypt three years ago with…
New cement companies encouraged to increase domestic component use
CAIRO: All new cement companies who will receive licenses after Sunday's tender will be encouraged to increase the domestic component used to establish their cement factories, the Ministry of Trade…