Majority of Israelis unhappy with leaders, says poll
JERUSALEM: More than three-quarters of Israelis are unhappy with their leaders after a series of scandals embroiling Prime Minister Ehud Olmert s government, according to a poll released on Sunday.…
Libya won't attend upcoming Arab summit in Saudi, says FM
Associated Press CAIRO: Libya won t attend the upcoming Arab summit in Saudi Arabia, the Libyan foreign minister said Sunday, adding that the Arab world is not serious and that…
"Shakid Soul" revives 1967's war pains
CAIRO: The new documentary "Shakid Soul, which aired on Israel's Channel One last week and showed the massacre of 250 Egyptian prisoners of war in Sinai in 1967, drove Egyptian…
European Union awards LE 4.2 billion in aid package to Egyptian government
Cash to support "Egypt's own political reform agenda, says EUCAIRO: In the name of promoting democratic reforms in Egypt, the European Union is providing the Mubarak government with a massive…
Hooked on Cricket
Fans in Egypt prepare for the Cricket World CupCairo's cosmopolitan nature is to be on show again next week, when thousands of cricket fans descended from the former dominions of…
Engage Iran through the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
North Korea's agreement to give up its military nuclear program was a huge success for the international community. Admittedly, the country's dire economic condition and its urgent need for energy…
Turkey replaces the EU with a return to the Middle East
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave the cue for Turkey's foreign policy priorities in this dual election year (first presidential then general elections) when he declared that Iraq had replaced…
Mai Ghoussoub returns to Beirut
I first met Mai Ghoussoub 10 years ago when she gave a lecture to my creative writing students. They were enthralled by this elegant, "cool and "awesome lady who was…
Jury to hear Diana inquest in victory for Fayed
LONDON: A British court ruled Friday that the inquest into the 1997 death of princess Diana will be heard by a jury, in a victory for her boyfriend s father,…
Egypt police lawyers claim sodomy video faked
CAIRO: Lawyers for two Egyptian police officers accused of sodomizing a detainee in torture shown on a widely distributed video told a court on Saturday that the film was a…