Should the music industry have tried to save Amy?
By Nekesa Mumbi Moody/ AP Most entertainers prepare for a concert tour with rehearsals. For Amy Winehouse, it was rehab. Just before her disastrous European tour last month, the infamously addicted…
Buttered Up: Everyday chocolate cake for the future
It is still widely agreed upon that ladies should be wed, alongside a package consisting of a baby with rattles and such, to be delivered to their homes shortly after…
Spain favorites in U20 World Cup
By Stephen Wade / AP MEDELLIN, Colombia: Spain will be the favorite to add another World Cup to its trophy case — this time the Under-20 version — when the tournament…
Egypt media gains reversed by military rulers
CAIRO: Hafez Al Mirazi spent weeks preparing for his new primetime talk show on state television. But one week before "Cairo Local Time" was scheduled to start, an army general…
IFC to invest, provide loan to Egypt’s OCI
CAIRO: The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's private-sector lending arm, said on Friday it would make a $50 million equity investment in Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) to…
New governors not named yet, says cabinet
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: The names of new governors of Egypt’s 27 provinces have yet to be announced as negotiations the continue, a Cabinet statement said on Friday as its…
Egypt lays plans for venue of Mubarak trial
By Ben Hubbard / AP CAIRO: Hosni Mubarak's trial will be set at the Cairo Exhibition Grounds with hundreds of seats for an audience, heavy security and a metal defendants' cage…
EgyptAir plane catches fire at Cairo airport
CAIRO: Airport officials say some 300 passengers were rushed off an EgyptAir plane that caught fire before takeoff from Cairo. The officials say an electrical short in the cockpit caused…
Islamists lead Cairo ‘unity’ rally
By Samer Al-Atrush /AFP CAIRO: Tens of thousands packed Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, with Islamist groups dominating the protest meant to show unity during a fragile transition from ousted president…
Egyptian Diaspora get involved in Tahrir Square Foundation
By Charlie Cabot CAIRO: As foreign aid becomes an increasingly sensitive issue post-revolution, one philanthropic foundation looks to muster the resources of the Egyptian Diaspora. Fittingly named the Tahrir Square Foundation,…