Crime scene: Explosives theft warrants swift action
Avian flu back in the news; woman tries to sneak gun into Egyptian MuseumCAIRO: Crime journalists, over the past week, have had their work cut out for them. The crime…
Pioneering Egyptian comedian Fouad El-Mohandes dies at 82
CAIRO: Fouad El-Mohandes, one of Egypt s most beloved comedians whose plays and movies made over a half century brought him fans across the Arab world, has died.He was 82.El-Mohandes…
Sudanese family enters Israel through Egypt looking for asylum
EL ARISH, Egypt: Five members of a Sudanese family from war-torn Darfur were arrested early Saturday before illegally crossing from Egypt to Israel, where they sought asylum, police said.The refugees…
Leaders warn of looming Darfur crisis
CAIRO: As the Sept. 30 deadline for the withdrawal of African Union troops from Sudan's Darfur region looms, world leaders and humanitarian organizations have begun to sound the alarm about…
UN General Assembly urges bigger role for migration in development process
CAIRO: There is a link between migration and development, according to the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Dialogue on international migration. Held Sept 14-15, the meeting discussed the upsides and…
Fourteen charged with negligence in Qalyoub train accident
CAIRO: Egypt s general prosecutor charged 14 railway officials Sunday with gross negligence in last month s train accident that killed 58 people outside of Cairo.The prosecutor s office said…
Gaza's human calamity
While the world's gaze remains focused on Lebanon, less than 200 km south in Gaza, there is a human time bomb is ticking away. Some 1.4 million people in Gaza…
The American mind
Where would you expect conspiracy theories about 9/11 to be disseminated in Cairo? A coffee house in Sayeda Zeinab, Al-Azhar or any of the multitude of so-called "popular quarters of…
Fresh music to suit all tastes
SOS Music Festival a success for all concernedCAIRO: The first ever SOS Music Festival took place on Friday, showcasing a wide variety of new Egyptian music for an enthusiastic crowd…
Reworked Othello falls short
The Temple Independent Theater Company s latest experiment is a lavish production of meek contentCAIRO: In their reworking of the Othello parable, directors Ahmed El-Attar and Nevine El-Ibiary pose an…
