Present and Tense: A blow to justice
I was offered the job of a justice minister in a hurry and almost took it. But Sophie, my therapist in Vienna, advised me against it. "With your design firm…
Opening the North Coast to foreign tourism
CAIRO: Travco Group, an Egyptian travel leisure group, in partnership with TUI AG, the largest integrated German travel and leisure group, announced the inauguration of the Almaza Beach Resort on…
White leads summer colors
CAIRO: In the fashion world colors come and go, but although every season has its hits, some are recycled and some never leave. So which colors do we bring out…
Kefaya presents reform initiative to parliamentIntro: Fighting the battle for a peaceful shift of power in a historic tradition
CAIRO: Kefaya (Enough) movement leaders and members have decided demonstrations are not sufficient opposition to the government, and the movement is presenting what they call a "new reform initiative, and…
Activists around the world speak out for judges and detained pro-reform activists
CAIRO: Activists around the world are picketing Egyptian embassies under the slogan "The Egyptian judges are not alone! We are not alone, marking May 25 as a day of support…
Claims of sexual abuse, torture surround Thursday's protests
CAIRO: Thursday's protests began right, went smoothly, but ended in disarray as plainclothes police surrounded a BBC correspondent's vehicle and dragged away Karim Al Shaer. In the process of arresting…
Six arrested attempting to cross into Israel from Egypt
Associated PressEL ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian police captured six Sudanese, including a one-year-old boy, who were trying to cross into Israel early Friday to seek asylum, a security official said.The six…
Egypt to host oil and gas talks in November
CAIRO: Egypt has invited the world s major oil and gas producers and consumers to a roundtable in November to discuss supply security, Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmi told AFP Thursday.…
Egypt reaps benefits of gas intifada
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Egypt has unexpectedly reaped huge economic and strategic benefits as a result of an acrimonious battle between Israel, the Palestinians and British Gas over the Gaza Strip…
The proof of the pudding
CAIRO: Some may accuse it of being an excessive bureaucracy, others may say that its stringent product standards are a barrier to trade, but the European Union s extensive experience…
