Mubarak heads to Paris to meet old friend Chirac
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak goes to Paris on Sunday to bid farewell to his long-time friend, outgoing President Jacques Chirac, and sound out potential successors on the future of…
MGM becomes the latest major studio to list films with iTunes
Associated Press MGM has become the latest major film studio to offer downloadable movies on Apple s iTunes Store.The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. deal, announced Wednesday, builds the iTunes catalog to…
Fueling the flames
Master a few simple techniques for great grillingSpring is here. The flowers are blooming, the dust storms are brewing, and the men are firing up their grills. While the grilling…
Willa Ford plays Anna Nicole
Singer, dancer and one-time Playboy magazine model Willa Ford will star as the late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith in a biographical film about the billionaire s widow that starts…
Coffee talk; remedy in eavesdropping
Desperate measures sent me to the other side of the continent in coffee conversation refuge. Choosing to go to the same coffee shop out of habit, I took out my…
Food for thought; salmon safety
If you relish eating salmon sushi and filets, and think you are being healthy in doing so, you will disappointed to learn of some nasty truths about this luscious fish.…
Curing that Cairo insomnia
Tips for sound sleepingCairo might be boisterous by day but there's no slouching at night either. Distractions are a plenty at all hours, and night owls can always find something…
No sex please, we're daddy's little girls
Agence France PresseIt has all the ingredients of a wedding. The proud tuxedo-clad father, the frosted white cake, the limousines and an exchange of vows. But there is no groom…
BUSINESS RECAP: Report: bird culling bill reached LE 1 billion
Report: bird culling bill reached LE 1 billion CAIRO: The culling of more than 34 million birds since February 2006 to contain the spread of the Avian Flu virus has…
Monument X: just try to fill in the blanks
CAIRO: According to the American Heritage Dictionary, monuments are "a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial. Another definition is "any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and…