Only renewed multilateralism can save America
The realization in the United States that the war in Iraq has been lost is perhaps the most momentous fact of international politics in 2006. The time of American unilateralism…
The reality show of George W. Bush's struggle
Watching US President George W. Bush in recent weeks has become a grim kind of reality TV show. In almost every news conference, speech and photo opportunity, the topic is…
The Chinese are coming . and soon we'll understand them
CAIRO: The latest local addition to what the Chinese Xinhua news service calls China fever, will be the opening of an Egyptian-Chinese university as well as the Middle East s…
2006 belonged to Al Ahly
CAIRO: The stars of Cairo football club Al-Ahly conquered Africa twice this year to emerge as continental kings. Last February, an Ahly-dominated Egypt team won the African Nations Cup a…
Late Meteb goal hands Ahly victory over ENPPI
CAIRO: Emad Meteb struck deep in stoppage time to give 10-man Ahly a stunning 2-1 win over ENPPI in the Egyptian league on Tuesday.Meteb chested down Flavio Amado s header…
Bad weather hits Egyptian ports, Suez Canal
CAIRO: Authorities closed five ports on Wednesday and prevented some oil tankers and ships from passing through the Suez Canal because of bad weather, officials said. The Suez Canal Authority…
Egypt marks 50th anniversary of end of Suez war
PORT SAID: Egypt marked Saturday the 50th anniversary of the end of the Suez crisis that began saw a British and French airborne invasion of the canal zone shortly after…
Women bear the brunt of bird flu
CAIRO: Judging from the gender ratio of infections in Egypt, women are most at risk of avian influenza contagion than men, said Hamdi Abdel Wahed, media official at the health…
