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Verdict in schoolboy Islam Badr's case expected Thursday

ALEXANDRIA: Islam Badr's family were left frustrated Monday after the Alexandria Court…

Yasmine Saleh

Saudi religious police says some movies possibly OK

The chief of Saudi Arabia s powerful religious police said some movies…

AFP
AFP

Soaring inflation in the spotlight

Inflation was one of the top newsmakers of year, and rightly so.…

Sherine El Madany

The invasion of Turkish soap operas

They have continuously been slammed as corny, unrealistic and unreligious. But despite…

Safaa Abdoun

Health ministry tackles a handful of controversies as year wraps up

During the last two months of 2008, hospitals around Egypt were paid…

Yasmine Saleh

Two 4,300-year-old tombs unveiled near Cairo

SAKKARA: A pair of 4,300-year-old Pharaonic tombs discovered at Sakkara indicate that…

Daily News Egypt

Scandals of 2008: Monopoly, murder and mayhem

Top cement company executives found guilty of price-fixing, a real estate magnate…

Sherine El Madany

Top 10 films of 2008

Without a doubt, 2008 has been the year of American films. The…

Joseph Fahim

Experts debate correlation between economic and political reform

Up until the onset of the global economic crisis, Egypt had embarked…

Theodore May

Regional turbulence is the name of the game in 2008

If ever a region encapsulated the phrase "never a dull moment it…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein