Polling stations to remain open beyond 9 pm if necessary, says Judicial Commission
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: The Supreme Judicial Commission overseeing voting on a public referendum on constitutional amendments has extended polling until all voters inside and waiting outside polling stations have cast…
Egyptians vote in Shoubra in smooth process
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: In Shoubra, Egyptians headed to the polling stations on Saturday to vote in a public referendum on constitutional amendments, amid a process described by many as “smooth”…
Referendum polling extended till 9 pm amid high turnout, judges on alert
CAIRO: The Supreme Judicial Commission overseeing voting on a public referendum on constitutional amendments announced that polling time will be extended for one hour till 9 pm and demanded that…
Disbanded security agency a potential threat
By Hamza Hendawi /AP CAIRO: The country’s dreaded State Security agency has been dissolved, but many doubt the power of the secret police has really been broken after decades of using…
Egypt stops flights to Libya
CAIRO: Egypt suspended all flights to Libya in compliance with a UN Security Council resolution that imposed a no-fly zone over the restive country, an aviation official said on Friday.…
The science behind the supermoon and the tsunami
By Troy Carter CAIRO: On Saturday evening, the moon will be 356,577km away from Earth, the closest it’s been in 18.6 years – a phenomenon called supermoon that results in a…
Dead parrot trade talks
By Jagdish Bhagwati NEW YORK:The Doha Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN) is the first negotiation to take place under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO), founded in 1995.…
Arab and Jewish women in Israel should join forces
By Maram Masrawi WAHAT Al SALAM/NEVE SHALOM, Israel: There are those who argue that the representation of Arab Israeli women in recent years in various television “reality” programs testifies to a…
Editorial: The referendum: One step forward
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: Regardless of how over 40 million Egyptians will vote in today’s referendum on constitutional amendments, and whichever way the results take us, this referendum marks a…
An American expat’s letter to America: Let the rhetoric end!
By Abdallah Schleifer CAIRO: The UN Security Council has voted for a no-fly zone over Libya. Hours before that vote the embattled Libyan leader Qaddafi threatened to throw everything he had…