Doha Round could still be a success in 2007 – WTO chief
GENEVA: Frozen talks on reducing barriers to global commerce could be revived and brought to a successful conclusion by the end of 2007, World Trade Organization chief Pascal Lamy said…
Syria defies US threat, still backs Hamas, Hezbollah
DAMASCUS: Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hezbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threatened…
Turkey accepts pope's efforts to soothe anger over remarks on Islam
ROME: Turkey has accepted Pope Benedict XVI s efforts to make amends for his recent remarks on Islam and violence, a top Turkish official said Thursday in Rome. We thought…
Lebanese president slams Chirac over summit snub
PARIS: Lebanon s pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud Thursday accused his French counterpart Jacques Chirac of barring him from a summit of French-speaking countries, saying it was an interference in Lebanese…
Rice in Israel, Palestinian territories next week; will also visit Egypt
JERUSALEM: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories next week during a 24-hour stopover as part of a regional tour, a diplomatic source told…
Unpaid policemen close roads in Gaza, burn tires
ReutersGAZA: Hundreds of Palestinian police and security officers blocked all main roads in Gaza City with garbage containers and burning tires on Thursday in a protest over largely unpaid wages.…
More than 20 killed in series of traffic disasters
CAIRO: A truck ran over a minibus in southern Egypt on Thursday, killing 20 people and seriously wounding one, police said.The accident occurred at 6 a.m. in the town of…
Egyptians relish Ramadan nightlife on the Nile
CAIRO: Ramadan is a holy month where people fast, feel at one with the poor and are very charitable. It is also a month where people go out late, smoke…
Celebrating Ramadan around the world
National Geographic, as part of its series Holidays Around the World, has published a book Celebrate Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr with Praying, Fasting and Charity. Bound by one religion, Muslims…
Restorative Ramadan evenings
Restored Beit Al-Harawi has helped restore Cairo's cultural sceneEven before entering the house, the oud music greeted us. Inside the courtyard a group of young musicians, led by Iraqi oud…
