Search for justice continues
By Ghassan Khatib Several important dates have been observed in recent weeks. In one, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians became refugees when Israel was created, their lives and futures altered in…
Over 100 pro-Mubarak demonstrators call for his release
By Ahmed Hazem CAIRO: Over 100 supporters of ousted president Hosni Mubarak gathered in Mostafa Mahmoud Square in Mohendessin demanding the cancellation of his trial and honoring of his legacy, with…
Poultry traders join Maspero sit-in, martyrs’ families in Friday demos
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: Hundreds of vendors, drivers and workers in the wholesale poultry industry briefly blocked the road leading to the State TV building Maspero as well as Sixth of…
Government managed to halt economic drain, says PM
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said in a speech broadcast on state TV Thursday evening that the caretaker government managed to control the economic drain the country has been going…
Tens demonstrate at Spanish embassy for Hussein Salem extradition
CAIRO: Tens of Egyptians gathered by the Spanish embassy on Friday to demand the extradition of businessman Hussein Salem and the return of Egyptian funds he holds there. Salem’s trial…
AUC professor among dead in Baghdad blasts
CAIRO: A Cairo-based American finance professor was among some 20 people killed in a series of explosions in Baghdad Thursday. Stephen Everhart, a 52 year-old professor and associate dean in…
Vague agenda fuels doubts over Egypt’s Brotherhood
CAIRO: Few things better sum up Egypt's uncharted future than the vague policy platform of the Muslim Brotherhood, a long-repressed Islamist movement poised to become a decisive force in mainstream…
Buttered Up: Chocolate chip cookies & dangerously sweetened TV
Running around the hotels that Daddy bossed in allowed me to delve superficially into the world of waiters. Waiter World was different than the world we lived in — they…
Harry Potter goes digital with e-books
Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling on Thursday took her lucrative boy wizard into the digital age, revealing that his adventures will now be sold as e-books through a website that…
ANALYSIS: Egypt army may pull strings from barracks in future
By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: Hossam El-Hamalawy is used to being in trouble with the authorities. State security hauled him in three times for his activism when Hosni Mubarak was…
