Gaza flotilla makes Internet splash
JERUSALEM: They're all a Twitter about the flotilla. It may still be anyone's guess when a small international convoy of vessels carrying pro-Palestinian activists and aid will set sail from…
Calm returns to downtown Cairo following clashes outside interior ministry
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Calm returned to Cairo’s downtown streets Wednesday following clashes between protesters and central security forces outside the interior ministry, as the army deployed and cordoned the building.…
Clashes continue between protesters and police in Tahrir
CAIRO: Clashes between protesters and central security forces continued early Wednesday morning in and around Tahrir Square with dozens of injuries reported. Tahrir Square, the epicenter of protests that toppled…
Supreme Admin Court dissolves Egypt’s municipal councils
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: A court order obliging the government to dissolve Egypt’s municipal councils should be applied in one month, the ruling judge said Tuesday. However, some analysts are…
Mubarak was first to support revolution, claims his lawyer
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Lawyer Farid El-Deeb representing ousted president Hosni Mubarak claimed in a televised interview Monday that his client was the first to support the January 25 Revolution. “The…
Democratic Alliance to hand SCAF parliament elections draft law
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: A delegation from the Democratic Alliance is set to hand their parliamentary elections draft law to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) for study late…
Court rejects case to reveal Kamelia Shehata’s whereabouts
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: An Administrative Court decided on Tuesday to drop the case filed by Islamist lawyers to reveal the location Kamelia Shehata, 25-year-old wife of a Minya priest, where…
Flotilla activists seek “blood”: Israeli FM
JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday participants in an aid flotilla planning to challenge an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip were seeking "confrontation and blood.” Pro-Palestinian…
Shoes come in all sizes
By Chitra Kalyani “The future of football is female,” proclaims one of the texts that tie the collection of photographs at Sawy Culture Wheel. German photographer Claudia Wiens launched her exhibit,…
Google fears web crackdown after Arab uprisings
DUBLIN: Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Monday warned that the ongoing Arab uprisings could lead to an upsurge in internet censorship and an increased risk of arrest for colleagues working…
