Forget a UN force in Gaza absent a political horizon
The deployment of a beefed-up United Nations force in Lebanon to bolster the cease-fire led Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Massimo d'Alema to suggest in late August that a similar…
NDP conference and new moon sighting top news of the week
Ramadan TV programming and escalating food prices receive attentionCAIRO: The fourth annual conference of the National Democratic Party was assessed this week by national and independent newspapers. On its front…
Club campaigners
ŠΘ###Loud and colorful, the competition was on as every nominee featured a team handing out fliers and telling people what the candidate will do to benefit the club and members,…
The differences between the Arabic and Egyptian languages
CAIRO: Learning Arabic is not the easiest task, and although it will allow you to be able to read newspapers and novels, you will probably need to learn spoken Egyptian…
Stocks trend down at start of Ramadan
CAIRO: Stocks trended downwards in mixed trade on Sunday in a session truncated to three hours because of Ramadan. The two main indexes fell about 1 percent, dragged down by…
U.S. denies entry to Egyptian Muslim clerics
CAIRO: The United States has denied entry to four Egyptian Muslim clerics sent to Florida to officiate at religious events during the month of Ramadan, Cairo airport officials said on…
Democratic Front Party launches activities
Party asks all political persuasions to contribute to a new constitution for EgyptCAIRO: The Democratic Front party, which is still under construction, held its first public meeting under the slogan…
West, Saudi Arabia unable to confirm bin Laden death
ReutersWASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it had no evidence that Osama bin Laden had died, shedding further doubt on a secret document leaked in France that said Saudi secret…
Egypt criticizes West on Israeli nuclear arsenal
CAIRO: Egypt criticized Western powers on Saturday for blocking efforts to declare Israel s reputed nuclear arsenal a threat. The United States and other Western states combined on Friday to…
Abbas to resume unity government talks with Hamas
President meets with Mubarak in Cairo, discusses obstacles facing governmentCAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip as early as Monday to try to…