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Women seek to establish themselves during transitional period

CAIRO: Six months on, women say they are yet to reap the…

DNE
DNE

Supra-constitutional principles bring nothing new, say experts

By Marwa Al-A'sar and Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Cabinet’s draft of supra-constitutional…

DNE
DNE

Egypt to try Jordanian, Israeli for spying

Egypt's chief prosecutor has ordered a Jordanian and an Israeli to be…

DNE
DNE

Liberals, leftists form new coalition; to contest elections under a unified roster

CAIRO: Fifteen liberal and leftist political parties and groups announced the formation…

DNE
DNE

Subway expansion digs up Roman city under Sofia

Cars zoom by on the boulevards overhead as work progresses on expanding…

AFP
AFP

The Russians are coming! (To reality TV)

After celebrating the fake tans and drunken antics of Italian-American youths, America's…

AFP
AFP

Bikya Book Café: A book pub for geeks

“It’s the living room one aspires for but never has,” said one…

Heba Elkayal

Libyan interior minister arrives with family in Egypt

CAIRO: Libyan Interior Minister Nasser Al-Mabrouk Abdullah flew to Egypt with members…

DNE
DNE

Mubarak trial adjourned to Sept. 5; no longer televised

CAIRO: In the second hearing of the trial of ousted president Hosni…

DNE
DNE

Israel ‘approved extra 1,000 Egyptian troops in Sinai’

JERUSALEM: Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu approved an Egyptian request to increase its…

DNE
DNE