Policeman to face trial over killing 30 protesters
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: North Cairo Attorney General Amr Qandil referred a low ranking policeman to a criminal court on charges of the premeditated murder of 30 protesters and the…
Congo artists exhibit work in South Africa
A sculptural bust made of discarded bullet cartridges has a protruding belly with a hole in it. Another bust encased in a large glass case has holes in its heart,…
Libyan diplomat quits Qaddafi regime
CAIRO: Veteran Libyan diplomat Ali Treiki has resigned from official duties, Arab League sources in Cairo said on Sunday, the latest in a string of officials to abandon Moamer Qaddafi's…
Oldest case of clogged arteries in Egypt mummy: study
NEW ORLEANS: The first known case of clogged arteries, or atherosclerosis, has been found in the mummy of an Egyptian princess, said a study presented Sunday at a major US…
Sadat’s grandniece briefly kidnapped in Egypt
CAIRO: Gunmen abducted the 12-year-old grandniece of the late Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat but released her nearly 24 hours later for LE 5 million (about $840,000) in ransom, security officials…
CAF disciplinary board to meet over fan violence
CAIRO: Egyptian football was thrown further into disarray after the African Football Confederation said Monday it will investigate a violent pitch invasion by fans of Cairo club Zamalek in an…
Egypt apologizes to Tunisia for football ‘thuggery,’ postpones league
CAIRO: Prime Minister Essam Sharaf described Saturday’s events, when angry Zamalek fans stormed the pitch of Cairo Stadium during a home game against Tunisian side Africain, as an “act of…
Obama plays long game as crises rage
By Stephen Collinson / AFP WASHINGTON: A crisis-battered presidency has revealed Barack Obama as a sometimes elusive, cards-close-to-the-chest leader, fixed on a political horizon often distant from Washington's daily partisan brawl.…
Arab revolts set to transform Middle East
By Alistair Lyon / Reuters BEIRUT: The astonishing popular protests against Arab autocrats that have churned the region for three months are the authentic birth pangs of a new Middle East.…
The Muslim Brotherhood’s new guard rocks the boat
By Hanan Solayman CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Shoura Council (legislative branch) is soon to vote on the Guidance Bureau’s initiative to establish the Brotherhood’s own political party named Freedom and Justice,…