Beltone says to trade on Egypt bourse by year-end
Egyptian investment bank Beltone Financial said on Sunday its shares listed on the Egyptian stock exchange would start trading before the end of 2010, part of a strategy that was…
Emel Mathlouthi: A taste of rebellious world music
“Bulimique — we say in French,” says Emel Mathlouthi, recalling the years when she would gorge on music. “I was discovering all this stuff at the same time,” she says…
Hollywood blues dampen sex, action at Venice film fest
Steamy sex and blazing action contrasted with the peculiar desolation of the Hollywood lifestyle at the Venice film festival. French director Antony Cordier's "Happy Few" provided enough sex for the…
Tran presents tense ‘Norwegian Wood’ at Venice film festival
The pacing, the blowing wind, the music and other atmospherics all helped create the tension in "Norwegian Wood," says Tran Anh Hung, presenting the haunting movie at the Venice film…
Gaza smugglers dead, missing in Israeli strikes
GAZA CITY: Israeli aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas security officials said Sunday. Two more Palestinians were missing following the late Saturday airstrikes,…
Egypt police probe posters backing spy chief for president
CAIRO: Egyptian police are investigating an anonymous poster campaign backing intelligence chief Omar Suleiman to take over the presidency from veteran incumbent Hosni Mubarak, an officer said on Saturday. The…
Egypt police kill migrant trying to cross into Israel
EL-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian police shot dead a man from sub-Saharan Africa on Friday as he tried to cross the border illegally into Israel, a security official said. "An Egyptian patrol…
God has already spoken
As direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are launched this week, it will be critical that the talks address the religious dimension of the conflict. This has been given…
Me medicine
LONDON: We are in the midst of a revolution in health care — or so some leading scientists tell us. Francis Collins, Director of the United States’ National Institutes of…
Of scandals, censorship and succession
CAIRO: It’s been a turbulent week in Egypt for ministers, dissidents, presidents and their sons. In fact the turbulence had started last week with the shocking theft of Van Gogh's…