Oil spill threatens Suez Canal
ISMAILIA: Clean up crews on Thursday worked to stop the spread of 5,000 tons of crude oil which leaked into Egypt s Suez Canal from an oil tanker, officials said.…
Bush and Mubarak back UN force in Darfur
WASHINGTON: U.S. President George W. Bush and President Hosni Mubarak on Wednesday discussed the need to deploy a UN force in Sudan s Darfur region, a White House official said.…
Egypt resumes diplomatic relations with El Salvador
CAIRO: Egypt has resumed its diplomatic relations with El Salvador after the Central American country s decision last month to move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv,…
Prosecutor in Egyptian cleric case testifies before committee
ROME: A prosecutor leading the investigation of the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan testified Wednesday before parliament s secret services committee.The proceeding was closed to the…
Trade Holding Co. finalizes Omar Effendi negotiations with Anwal
Pending general assembly approval: early retirement for 1,200, elimination of up to 24 branchesCAIRO: A negotiation committee appointed by the Trade Holding Company (THC) to finalize the sale of Omar…
CRIME SCENE
Murders top crime pages throughout the weekCAIRO: Crime pages in local newspapers this week read like a thriller. While other crimes took place, murders overshadowed most other news.A carpenter killed…
For top quality go for a "Nasrallah" date, but you may want to avoid the "Olmert"
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: Cairo fruit-sellers have a tradition of giving nicknames to their selections of dates before Ramadan and this year the leader of Lebanon s Hezbollah militia topped the unofficial…
Islamophobia and racism discussed at the UN Human Rights Council
Report cites international incidents confirming existence of Islamophobia and its alarming implicationsCAIRO: Many dismiss Islamophobia as the product of a conspiracy theory blown out of proportion or simply as unreal.…
The Landscape of Civilization
Chinese artist uses calligraphy to convey his messageCAIRO: Documenting the development of civilizations can be achieved in various ways, but Chinese artist Qin Feng has chosen to accomplish this end…
