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PA to discuss three contentious draft laws in November

CAIRO: The upcoming parliamentary session is expected to discuss three main draft…

Yasmine Saleh

Jerusalem tense after Al-Aqsa clashes

JERUSALEM: Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem s Old City…

AFP
AFP

12 MB members arrested in Beheira

CAIRO: Security forces arrested 12 Muslim Brotherhood deputy leaders in the governorate…

Yasmine Saleh

Cutting rice cultivation unlikely to reduce water consumption, says analyst

CAIRO: Egypt has decided to cut domestic rice cultivation by one third,…

Annelle Sheline

Egypt lifts tariff on sugar imports

CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced this week that Egypt would temporarily…

Theodore May

China's 'City of Life and Death' wins San Sebastian film prize

Chinese director Lu Chuan s account of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing…

AFP
AFP

American and Muslim, band of Sufi mystics aims to go global

With a discombobulating mix of blonde hair and ecstatic cries of "Allah,…

AFP
AFP

Atlanta's Day of Dignity

ATLANTA, Georgia: The warm atmosphere in downtown Atlanta had less to do…

Daily News Egypt

Hamas says Meshaal to go to Cairo on Sunday

GAZA CITY: Khaled Meshaal, exiled leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, will…

AFP
AFP

Blatter concerned about Argentina's football teams

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt: Diego Maradona s struggle to get Argentina to next year…

Daily News Egypt