Hemingway leaves indelible mark on Pamplona
Room 217 in the Gran Hotel La Perla, swankiest hotel in northern Spain's bull-running city Pamplona, has barely changed since Ernest Hemingway last slept here. There are a few alterations…
Folk singer Facundo Cabral killed in Guatemala
One of Latin America's most admired folk singers, Facundo Cabral, was killed Saturday when three carloads of gunmen ambushed the vehicle in which he was riding, prompting expressions of anguish…
What’s in a name? That which we call Meetphool
By Maha ElNabawi What’s in a name? That which we call Meetphool.net – potentially the most revolutionary website to hit the performing arts sector in Egypt and likely the entire Mediterranean…
Egypt’s Suez Canal June revenue up at $445.2 mln
CAIRO: Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal rose 16 percent year on year to $445.2 million in June, up 2 percent from a month earlier, a government portal showed on Sunday.…
Egypt recognizes new state of South Sudan
JUBA: Egypt recognized the state of South Sudan on Saturday after its split from the north, Foreign Minister Mohamed El-Orabi said. Egypt has watched the split warily. It depends on…
FM says no Gulf pressure to halt Mubarak trial
By Shaimaa Fayed / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's foreign minister dismissed talk of any pressure on Cairo from Gulf Arab states to prevent the trial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, according to…
Detention of alleged Israeli spy renewed in Egypt
By AP CAIRO: Egyptian state media say authorities have extended the detention of a US-born Israeli whom Egypt is holding on allegations of spying. Ilan Grapel, 27, will spend 15…
Orders to arrest 12 Alex police officers for murder
By AFP CAIRO: The prosecutor in Egypt's second city Alexandria ordered on Saturday the arrest of 12 police officers accused of torturing to death a suspect in a deadly New…
Egypt imposes visa requirements on Libyans
CAIRO: Egypt has ended unrestricted entry for Libyan nationals and has imposed visa requirements for Libyan travelers. The new regulation went into effect Saturday, causing confusion at Cairo's international airport…
Egypt appoints new information minister
CAIRO: Egypt on Saturday appointed a new information minister, a controversial post that had been abolished after the uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak. Osama Heikal, former editor-in-chief of the…
