The sun will rise again
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: In Japan, memorial services for the dead are normally held 49 days after their passing. The bereaved mourn throughout this period. The number of victims of the…
Bhatti’s legacy for Pakistan
By Qurat ul Ain Siddiqui KARACHI, Pakistan: Last month, Pakistan's Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, was assassinated outside his Islamabad home. The so-called Tehrik-i-Taliban (Student Movement) of Punjab claimed responsibility for…
Buttered Up: An alternate route to fast food
When we look back at our history, can we claim to have our own Julia Child? And if we found her, would we allow ourselves to expand on her work,…
Eklego engages local artists, gives back, with Design for Egypt initiative
Like many on the local creative scene, the team at Eklego, an innovative Cairo-based interior design, furniture and architecture firm best-known for their work on the SODIC sales center, has…
Kidnapped Italian activist found dead in Gaza
GAZA CITY: The body of an Italian activist was found hanged in a Gaza apartment just hours after he was abducted by an Al-Qaeda-inspired group, Hamas said early Friday, in…
Mubarak to be taken to military hospital, says agency
CAIRO: Egypt's prosecutor general has decided to transfer ousted president Hosni Mubarak to a military hospital, where he will remain under guard pending interrogation, the state news agency MENA reported…
Brotherhood denies backing ElBaradei’s candidacy
CAIRO: Leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Sobhi Saleh denied Thursday press reports quoting him as saying that the group would support presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei in the next…
Al-Nasr Automotive workers protest against company, investment ministry
CAIRO: Tens of Al-Nasr Automotive company workers protested Thursday in front of Cabinet demanding the implementation of PM Essam Sharaf’s decision to pay them the remainder of their early retirement…
PM responds to people’s demands, sacks eight governors
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf sacked the eight governors on Thursday, according to State TV. The governors of Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Qena, Suez, Menoufia, Assuit and Sharqia were removed in…
Elite detainees in Cairo prison after tables turn
CAIRO: Egypt's former ruling elite is having a taste of what they meted out to their enemies. The pillars of former president Hosni Mubarak's regime and his two sons are…