WORD ON THE STREET
Cairenes speak out on the Israeli violation of Al-Aqsa Mosque"It's the end of the world. But as long as we remain silent nothing will ever change. The Quran said that…
Man allegedly abused in video phone footage still in jail
CAIRO: Ihab Magdy Farouq, a 19-year-old Imbaba resident, is currently incarcerated at the Al-Qata prison in Qalyoubia province, north of Cairo. According to the North Giza prosecutor's office, his crime…
January was the world's hottest month on record, scientists
TOKYO: Last month was the world s hottest January on record, in further evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are causing global warming, Japanese scientists said Friday. Temperatures across the planet…
Sports Talk: A poll result based on passports
When they asked Amitabh Bachchan why he thought he had been selected the greatest star of the millennium in a BBC online poll, beating the likes of Marlon Brando, Lawrence…
Lippi to conduct workshops for Egyptian coaches
CAIRO: World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi is scheduled to arrive in Cairo on Thursday at the request of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to conduct a series of workshops…
General Assembly president urges Arabs to invest in quality education
NEW YORK: The only way for the status of women in the Arab world to improve is for the governments there to invest in quality education, the United Nations General…
Is a kiss still just a kiss?
LOS ANGELES: There s the flicking kiss, the ice-cream kiss, the vacuum kiss, the Hollywood kiss and another 50 or so smoochy variations.Who said a kiss was just a kiss?For…
Kamel expects mobile phone subscribers to grow 100 percent in 3 years
CAIRO: Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tarek Kamel said that growth rates in mobile phone services will surge to records of nearly 100 percent over the next three years.During…