2 Egyptians and Polish tourist killed, 19 hurt in Egypt bus crash
A Polish woman was killed and 19 other Poles injured when a tourist bus collided with a truck in Egypt s Sinai peninsula, police said.Two Egyptians were also killed. The…
Cornerstone laid for education campus in El-Marg
EL MARG, Egypt: In this shanty northern Cairo town, children can be seen at all hours of the day running barefoot through the dusty streets playing football. Alongside one match,…
Bargain plastic surgery flourishes in Egypt, but at a price
CAIRO: Had Cleopatra s nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed, French philosopher Blaise Pascal famously said three and half centuries ago. Today, it would…
Better sanitation for Upper Egypt schools
CAIRO: "I am a toothbrush! yells a 10-year old girl role-playing before her classmates in the Upper Egypt village of Farshout. "I protect my teeth from cavities and I keep…
The place I call home
CAIRO: Tamer Ezzat suddenly realized that most of his family and friends have immigrated or are thinking about leaving the country. An uncle in New Zealand; a cousin in the…
New tax laws sees more Egyptians filing
CAIRO: Thanks to a national campaign launched to garner awareness of the new tax law, Egyptians are beginning to pay their taxes, according to Minister of Finance Yousef Boutrous Ghali.…
Iraqi delegation absent as Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo
CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers began meeting Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo to discuss Iraq, without the presence of their Iraqi counterpart, an AFP photographer reported. Earlier, Saudi…
Activists accuse government of fabricating cases against opposition
CAIRO: Activists accused the state of fabricating evidence to support criminal charges against members of the political opposition. In spite of their relative infrequency, these operations have wide and long…
Egypt frees 950 former militants
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have released some 950 detained former members of the militant Gamaa Al-Islamiya (Islamic Group) in the past six weeks, including 300 on Tuesday, police sources said on…
Al-Sadr: Comments serve the enemy
BAGHDAD: The Egyptian president s claim that Shiite Muslims in Iraq and the Middle East are more loyal to Iran than their own countries serve only the enemy, Iraq s…
