Pro-Bahrain, Algeria, Libya solidarity march sees low turnout
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Nearly a dozen protesters gathered Thursday afternoon outside the Algerian embassy in Zamalek in a show of solidarity with the uprisings of the people of Libya, Bahrain…
Activists call for ‘Friday of Victory’ to reiterate revolution demands
CAIRO: Activists are calling for a protest dubbed “Friday of Victory” on Feb. 18 in Tahrir Square, marking a week after president Hosni Mubarak stepped down and to reiterate…
Experts call for immediate wage reforms, CBE to meet with protesters
CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank published a statement in newspapers Thursday calling on bank employees to cease striking and resume working in order to preserve the stability of the national economy,…
Egypt’s witty revolution caught on film
By Rania Khalil In the days and weeks that have just passed, art here in Cairo, and indeed throughout the country, has found an inextricable link with a larger cause of…
Risky Austrian Nazi comedy applauded at Berlin fest
An Austrian "Nazi satire" about a Jewish art dealer who dons the uniform of an SS officer to save himself and his mother from the Holocaust was surprisingly well-received Wednesday…
Borders decline means big changes for industry
By Hillel Italie/ AP Whether or not Borders survives closing some 200 stores, the "superstore" boom of the past two decades has busted, authors and publishers face a market minus millions…
Four dead ahead of Libya ‘Day of Anger’ opponents
TRIPOLI: At least four people were killed in clashes with Libyan security forces, opposition websites and NGOs said on Thursday, as the country faced a nationwide "Day of Anger" called…
Bahrain unrest seen as warning Gulf States not immune
DUBAI: Deadly protests in Bahrain in which some demonstrators have called for the overthrow of the pro-Western monarchy show that the oil-rich Gulf is not immune to the Arab wind…
Iran to block opposition chiefs’ statements
TEHRAN: Iran will block the ability of opposition leaders to make statements to their supporters, the chief of judiciary said Thursday, on the eve of a "hatred" rally in Tehran…
Yemen protesters flee armed government loyalists
SANAA: Hundreds of Yemen government loyalists wielding batons and daggers chased off a small group of protesters trying to kick off a seventh day of rallies on Wednesday to demand…