Carter takes audience behind scenes of Camp David peace talks in town hall meeting
Associated Press ATHENS, Georgia: Former President Jimmy Carter told a town hall meeting of how he saved the 1978 Camp David peace talks that became the crowning achievement of his…
Pakistan president to discuss terrorism with Egypt
Musharraf contacts Iran prior to Middle East visitCairo: Terrorism will top the agenda during Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf's visit to Egypt, analysts believe. "Musharraf's greatest concern in common with…
Owner of Al Rabea for Car Trade flees with LE 16 million, police say
CAIRO: More than 100 complaints have been filed with the police against Karim Nashaat, the owner of Al Rabea for Car Trade, accusing him of stealing clients' deferment payments and…
Al Gore's "Truth" is hard to stomach
Climatic shifts could change Egypt foreverCairo: In his review of global warming Al Gore-narrated documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Pulitzer Prize winner critic Roger Ebert said In 39 years, I have…
Some women, some dreams, some stories
Forget Freud; how does Om Abdu interpret her dream of seeing a pale blue shirt on her sister's husband? Clearly it means he's cheating on her sister. Far-fetched? Not so…
30 years after bread riots, Egypt reform moves forward
CAIRO: Three decades ago, millions of Egyptians took to the streets across the country to protest the government s removal of subsidies on basic commodities in an explosion of violence…
The Maadi stabber story continues to puzzle
Local press is having a field day with rumors and confusionCAIRO: Stories and rumors about the Maadi stabber are making the rounds in that Cairo suburb andwell as the rest…
Midnight cinema screenings cancelled after 'harassment'
CAIRO: Egypt s morality police have cancelled midnight screenings in Cairo cinemas to prevent women being harassed, a police source and a cinema official told AFP on Saturday. The morality…
Egypt to free Israeli trucker found with bullets
EL-ARISH: The authorities in El-Arish have decided to free an Israeli truck driver found in possession of pistol bullets as he crossed the Israeli-Egyptian border, a judicial source in the…