Keys, Lady Gaga to sign off Twitter for charity
Alicia Keys and Lady Gaga take charity work seriously, and they're going offline to prove it. Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Usher and other celebrities have joined a new campaign called Digital…
Climate activists in Egypt use art to send message
More than 200 students and environmental activists gathered Friday in the desert outside Egypt's capital to form an image of a giant scarab visible from space to raise climate change…
Kuwait Investment Dar’s credit committee threatens to quit
KUWAIT: A committee representing most of the creditors of Kuwait's Investment Dar has threatened to quit if the company doesn't consider its new debt restructuring plan, Dar said on Sunday.…
Dubai’s top financial officials make case for recovery
DUBAI: The emirate of Dubai may consider selling parts of government-owned companies as it continues to restructure those hit hard by the financial crisis, top financial officials said on Sunday.…
Africa lashes Europe on trade at summit eve
TRIPOLI: Africa's leaders, frustrated after almost a decade of failed efforts to seal trade deals with Europe, are heading into a summit with the European Union next week ready to…
Abu Dhabi: Tourism gearing up
The recent Abu Dhabi Formula One (F1) Grand Prix helped the emirate’s policymakers achieve objectives both on a strategic and touristic level, but the government is eager to achieve even…
Court cancels restrictions on SMS news alerts
CAIRO: The Administrative Court overruled on Saturday a decision issued by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) last month to monitor mobile text messages news alerts sent by organizations to…
11 Brotherhood members get 2-year sentence for election campaigning
By AFP CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced 11 Islamists to two years in prison for election campaigning for the banned Muslim Brotherhood, a judicial official said on Saturday, a day before…
Iran criticizes top Aboul Gheit’s remarks on Arab ties
TEHRAN: Iran has criticized Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit for reportedly saying Tehran should keep out of the internal affairs of Arab countries and not meddle in Iraq and…
Egypt bans shooting of BBC program about elections
By Magdy Samaan CAIRO: A TV program on Egyptian parliamentary elections wasn’t aired on BBC Arabic Wednesday after the channel wasn’t allowed to film the talk show in a private studio…
