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Thai film 'Boonmee' wins top honor at Cannes fest

The hypnotic Thai film "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"…

Agencies

Cannes winner Apichatpong: an outspoken Thai outsider

Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the surprise winner of the top prize at Cannes,…

AFP
AFP

Kefaya freezes ex-general coordinator's membership

CAIRO: The Kefaya Movement for Change froze the membership of its former…

Marwa Al-A’sar

Air Arabia Egypt flights to begin in June

CAIRO: UAE-based low cost airline Air Arabia will begin flights on its…

Daily News Egypt

Mubarak wades into Nile water issue

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak waded into the Nile water sharing issue Sunday…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

World Cup draw lends Africa no favors

JOHANNESBURG: Boasts that Africa would finally deliver World Cup champions this July…

AFP
AFP

Security clash with Amonsito workers, disperse parliament sit-ins

CAIRO: Security bodies forced protesters to break-up their sit-ins outside parliament on…

Sarah Carr

57 ancient tombs with mummies unearthed in Egypt

CAIRO: Archeologists have unearthed 57 ancient Egyptian tombs, most of which hold…

AP
AP

The end of fiscal sovereignty in Europe

MILAN: The late Milton Friedman said that a common currency — that…

Daily News Egypt

A farewell to nuclear arms?

BERLIN: As the recent UN and Washington summits have demonstrated, nuclear arms…

Daily News Egypt