Eight church attack protesters referred to misdemeanor court
By Essam Fadl CAIRO: The Prosecutor General referred on Wednesday eight protesters arrested earlier this week in Shubra to the Rod El-Farag Misdemeanor Court for an urgent trial to start Jan.…
Bombing opens vein of Christian anger in Egypt
By Paul Schemm / AP CAIRO: The New Year's Day suicide bombing of a church that killed 21 people has opened up a vein of fury among Egypt's Christians, built up…
Zamalek hitman apologizes for angry SMS
CAIRO: Zamalek striker Ahmed Gaafar apologized to manager Hossam Hassan after informing the latter that he wanted to leave the club via a mobile message. Gaafar was obviously angry after…
Preview: Egypt begin preparation for South Africa
CAIRO: The friendly Nile Basin tournament began on Wednesday with hosts Egypt aiming to warm up for a crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers campaign this year. Hassan Shehata’s…
Officer sentenced to 5 months in prison for beating and insulting professor
CAIRO: The Zagazig Misdemeanors Court on Tuesday sentenced officer Ahmed Abdel Latif to five months in prison and ordered him to pay LE 5000 in compensation for insulting and beating…
Court deems limp cigarette photo on cigarette packs ‘inappropriate’
CAIRO: An Egyptian court deemed the photograph of a limp cigarette that was placed on cigarette packs to be “inappropriate,” ruling that the Ministry of Health stop using it in…
What next for Egypt?
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: National unity, citizenship, democracy, rule of law, social fabric… the list can go on ad nauseam. Indeed nausea is what many in Egypt are feeling right…
An insider’s reflections on Israeli-Palestinian dialogue
By Carol Daniel Kasbari JERUSALEM: Why are we meeting? What is our goal? And if we achieve it, will it have any impact on the reality outside? These are a few…
Does Pakistan need an Assange of its own?
By Huma Yusuf KARACHI/WASHINGTON, DC: A week after the recent WikiLeaks disclosures, two local non-profit organizations held a seminar in Karachi called, “Freedom of Information: Access to Information, Using Freedom of…
The official pursuit of happiness
By Derek Bok CAMBRIDGE: In a time of tight budgets and financial crisis, politicians nowadays look to economic growth as the centerpiece of their domestic policy programs. Gross domestic product is…