Political prisoners file lawsuit demanding conjugal visits
CAIRO: A number of political prisoners initiated legal action demanding khulwa shareya - short reunions with their wives during their jail term - stirring up an issue that has been…
SPORTS TALK: Movie star with a message
We don't usually give much thought to handicapped athletes but fortunately some people are not like us, like film star Hussein Fahmi, just selected as ambassador of the Middle East…
Truck diver stabbed by couple and dumped in Giza
CAIRO: The body of a man found dumped in a Giza plantation unraveled a crime committed by two thieves who posed as a couple. One frosty night Saed Abdel Salam,…
Woman awakens after 6 years, slips back
COLORADO, US: A woman who went into a vegetative state more than six years ago awoke this week for three days and spoke with her family and a local television…
Authorities seize a million fake Viagra pills in Nuweiba port
CAIRO: Egyptian customs officers at the port of Nuweiba seized a million imitation Viagra pills and aphrodisiacs on Wednesday in a refrigerated truck registered in Syria, a customs source told…
Former US hostage in Iraq Jill Carroll returns to reporting in Middle East
BOSTON: Jill Carroll, the journalist held hostage for nearly three months in Iraq last year, has returned to the Middle East to report for the Christian Science Monitor, a newspaper…
The Missing Masterpieces
The most valuable pieces of art that have disappeared in the last 50 yearsThe Art Loss Register lists these as the world s most valuable stolen or missing art works,…
Jihan Holding accuses MoI of obstructing production in Alex complex
CAIRO: Chairman of Saudi Jihan Holding Group Ahmad Badib has blamed the Egyptian Ministry of Investment for delaying production from the polyester industrial complex that the Saudi group has established…