Youth Views: What Iraq needs
CAIRO, RABAT and WASHINGTON, DC: Few would argue that the American-led invasion of Iraq has not had devastating consequences for both countries. According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the…
UN celebrates the International Day for Mine Awareness
CAIRO: In an attempt to raise awareness about landmines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and progress toward their eradication the United Nations celebrated the International Day for Mine Awareness yesterday.…
Devon in talks with buyer for its Egyptian assets
ReutersNEW ORLEANS: The chief executive of oil and gas producer Devon Energy Corp. on Monday said it is in talks with a buyer for its Egyptian assets and said it…
Government borrowing to raise capital of state banks
CAIRO: The Egyptian government will use $1 billion in loans from the World Bank and the African Development Bank to raise the capital of the country s two biggest state…
Iran releases 15 British captives
CAIRO: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday handed over 15 British sailors and marines to the British embassy in Iran. The captives were held for 12 days for sailing in disputed…
The high cost of freedom: the life of street children
CAIRO: "It will disturb people and it will awake them up, says photographer Hesham Labib about his newest exhibition illustrating a group of children from the streets of Cairo. "People…
When a dilettante takes on Hezbollah
We can thank the US speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for having informed Syrian President Bashar Assad, from Beirut, that "the road to solving Lebanon's problems passes through Damascus.…
Congress and the White House are on a collision course
Lee Hamilton, the former Indiana congressman who is a one-man bipartisan commission, recently suggested a simple test for evaluating political leaders. The best choice, he told a Washington gathering, is…
Commentary: A Nuclear-free Middle East: Amen
Just because Iran and Israel are endangering the planet by pursuing nuclear energy, doesn t give Egypt and its neighbors the right to pursue these curse of the universe nuclear…
Egyptian-Iranian relations, where to?
CAIRO: A seminar organized last week at the Supreme Council of Culture called for streamlining relations between Egypt and Iran in a bid to contain the current political conflicts in…