Hamas says it identifies kidnappers of BBC TV reporter
Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: The Hamas-led Palestinian government on Tuesday said it has identified the kidnappers of a BBC journalist and hopes to free him soon.Palestinian security services…
Egypt's foreign minister demands Israel investigate alleged 1967 killings of Egyptian POWs
Associated Press CAIRO: Egypt s foreign minister said on Tuesday he has demanded Israel investigate the alleged killings of Egyptian prisoners of war in 1967. His comments appeared to be…
Shura passes package of 34 constitutional amendments, 4 reject, 4 abstain
CAIRO: After two days of debating the articulation of constitutional amendments, the Shura Council (SC, the Upper House of Parliament) gave them the green lights with four members opposing, and…
Power struggle over Al Ghad's top position hinges on 'majority'
CAIRO: The interpretation of the word majority promises to solve a dispute over who will be the next president of Al Ghad opposition party.During the party's elections earlier this month,…
Egypt's hotel industry booming, says Hilton's regional VP
CAIRO: Simon Hasdell, Hilton Hotel's vice president of operations for Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, believes in Egypt s huge potential when it comes to the tourism and hotel industry.Hasdell…
Ministry of Transportation partially unveils LE 8.5 bln railroad renovation plan
Ministry to spend LE 3 billion to upgrade signaling system CAIRO: The Ministry of Transportation (MoT) will spend LE 3 billion in the next 24 months to upgrade the railway…
A captivating fusion of musical traditions
Flamenco masters join Egyptian band MawawilThe makeshift small theater at Makan was intimate. The crammed space blurred the line between the flamenco musicians and their eager audience, who didn't seem…
Use traditional values more in rebuilding broken states
I began my career as a Foreign Service officer in Indonesia. There, journalists, diplomats and aid workers emphasized that local government was "incompetent, inefficient and corrupt. I heard the same…
Brzezinski gets a second chance, offering Obama his first
Zbigniew Brzezinski has written a new book that might be a foreign-policy manifesto for Barack Obama. Its message is that America can recover from what Brzezinski calls the "catastrophic mistakes…