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Quran sells for record price at London auction

LONDON: A Quran dated to the middle of the seventh century was…

AFP
AFP

Court sentences 4 HIV-positive men to 3 years in prison for 'debauchery'

CAIRO: A judicial official says four HIV-positive men have been convicted of…

Daily News Egypt

EU unveils aid action plan as funding tapers off

BRUSSELS: The European Commission unveiled Wednesday an action plan to help combat…

AFP
AFP

New dispute settlement offices to provide free legal aid

CAIRO: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed an agreement with the…

Yasmine Saleh

Pound falls to historic low against euro

LONDON: The pound fell to a historic low point against the euro…

AFP
AFP

Abd-Rabou's Rayan offer rejected

ISMAILIA: Ismaili have rejected an offer from Qatar s Al-Rayan to sign…

Omar AbdelAziz

THE REEL ESTATE: No country for righteous men

The Coen Brothers' latest cinematic opus opens with an establishing shot of…

Joseph Fahim

Tony Blair's Palestine

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has many positive attributes, including great…

Chris Patten

The last of the Tibetans

Are the Tibetans doomed to go the way of the American Indians?…

Ian Buruma

In their shoes

My life in the West Bank during the summer of 2006 was…

Daily News Egypt