Cairo crowd urging change camped out for sixth day
CAIRO: Protesters in Cairo lifted their siege of the city's largest government building on Wednesday, allowing business to resume there but stayed camped out at Tahrir Square for a sixth…
Egypt’s long-term tourists may be forced to leave
By Charlie Cabot CAIRO: Tourist visas have long been the easiest way for foreigners to live in Egypt, but with increasing unemployment and fears of unregulated immigrant labor, the age of…
Parliament September polls delayed: state media
By AFP CAIRO: Egyptian parliamentary elections that were scheduled for September have been delayed until October or November, a military official told the MENA state news agency on Wednesday. "It…
Lawyer contests renewal of activist’s detention
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: A Cairo lawyer contested Wednesday before the Prosecutor General what he described as the "illegal renewal of the detention" of his client, activist Wael Aboul-Leil. According to…
A PALESTINIAN VIEW: A question of will, not semantics
By Ghassan Khatib The content of the article "Buying into Palestinian statehood" by a group of prominent Israelis represents a new, mature and responsible level of debate between Israelis and Palestinians…
General Marshall on the Aegean
By Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY: It should now be clear to even the most blinkered observer that the Greek economy is in desperate need of help. Unemployment is 16 percent and rising.…
British women’s jihad against violence
By Sara Khan LONDON: Open any newspaper in the UK today and the two topics which govern any discussion on Muslims are women and extremism. Unsurprisingly, Muslim women feel these topics…
Blogging for change in Palestine
By Ziad Khalil Abu Zayyad JERUSALEM: I was born in Jerusalem in the 1980s into the reality of occupation. My father had been politically active in the 1970s and my uncle…
Media watchdog slams Egypt on info minister appointment
By AP CAIRO: A leading watchdog has slammed Egypt's military rulers for reinstating the Information Ministry, one of the symbols of Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian rule. The Committee to Protect Journalists…
SCAF says will not use violence against peaceful protesters
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) will utilize all available means to deal with the open sit-in at Tahrir Square, except the use of violence,…