Parties welcome electoral commission measures, demand more
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Several political parties welcomed Tuesday the measures announced by the Supreme Electoral Commission concerning the next parliamentary polls, but demanded more steps. On Monday, the ruling…
Collapsed protester on hunger strike demands treatment in Sharm hospital ‘like Mubarak’
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: A Tahrir Square protester on hunger strike has asked to be transferred to the International Sharm El-Sheikh Hospital to be treated there like ousted President Hosni Mubarak,…
Further delays to cabinet reshuffle as PM rests
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf, who was hospitalized overnight for exhaustion, will spend the day resting and then finalize a new cabinet, the government said on Tuesday.…
Finance minister-designate commits to market economy
By Edmund Blair / Reuters CAIRO: Egypt's finance minister-designate told Reuters on Tuesday that the government was committed to a market economy and to creating an environment in which investors could…
Egypt gives desk jobs to officers charged with murder
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's interior minister ordered on Tuesday that 54 police officers on trial for killing protesters be transferred to desk jobs in the ministry, security sources said, rather…
12 years for Algerian musician’s alleged killers
A judge on Monday handed 12-year jail terms to two men convicted of killing popular Algerian singer Lounes Matoub, an avid Berber campaigner. Matoub, who was known for promoting Berber…
‘Baguette gunman’ keeps new Tunisia in Facebook crosshairs
Tunisia's dictator fell to an uprising touched off by a tragic young fruit vendor, but post-revolution leaders are kept in check by a comics superhero armed with a French baguette.…
Campaign to beautify Cairo says tree slaughter a ‘remedy’
By Hanan Solayman CAIRO: A month-long campaign by the Cairo Cleaning and Beautification Agency (CCBA) in Heliopolis resulted in cutting dozens of trees depriving pedestrians of the cooling shade. However, local…
31 pct of women in MENA say they are paid less than men, shows poll
By Reem Khedr CAIRO: Thirty-one percent of women in the MENA region feel they receive less pay than their male colleagues despite working the same amount of hours, a recent poll…
Summer 2011: The great escape
The following week marks the official end of the strangest and shortest summer season in Egypt in recent history. The first post-Jan. 25 film season was bound to suffer from…
