Egypt to host regional energy conference
CAIRO: In attempts to assume a leading role in the international petroleum domain and to foster global cooperation about common concerns, Egypt will host the EU-African-Middle East Regional Energy Conference…
Avaya launches one-X Portal
DUBAI: Complementing its one-X range of communication solutions, Avaya launched the web-based one-X Portal - an integrated browser-based interface to Avaya telephony, messaging, conferencing and mobility services. One-X brings the…
Gov't moves forward with Banque Du Caire sale
CAIRO: The financial advisor for the sale of Banque Du Caire will be announced by the end of this month, said Mohamed Barakat, head of Banque Misr.He also announced the…
Screen queen
Jordan s Queen Rania is fronting a televised fundraising campaign for the UN children s agency Unicef that is airing on pan-Arab television stations through the holy month of Ramadan.The…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: Ramadan is contagious, catch it!
I've got a lot of time on my hands at the moment, since I am now living in the dog house. I supported South Africa against England in the Rugby…
Soccer unites children
On the first day of Camp Coexistence, kids tended to stick with the friends whom they already knew (Jews with Jews and Arabs with Arabs). But new friendships were already…
What I saw in Darfur
We speak often and easily about Darfur. But what can we say with surety? By conventional short-hand, it is a society at war with itself. Rebels battle the government, the…
The empty core in Al-Qaeda's vision for Iraq
The June 7, 2006 US air strike that killed Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi had a far more profound impact on the status and prospects for Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) than might…
Heaven and earth: Science college grants PhD on miracles in the Quran
CAIRO: For the first time, Al Azhar University s faculty of science granted a doctorate degree to a dissertation on the scientific miracles in the holy Quran.Dr Karam El Zawahri…
As state closes prominent human rights group, activists fear further crackdown
CAIRO: Human rights activists from an array of civil society groups took to the streets of downtown on Sunday to protest what they call the politically motivated shut down of…