US undecided on new Middle East plan
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday promised not to surprise key Middle Eastern players with a dramatic change in strategy, following reports President Barack Obama was readying a new peace…
Ten injured in Beheira train collision
CAIRO: Ten people were injured when two trains collided near the village of Hagnaya in the government of Beheira in the early hours of Friday, according to local news reports.…
Iraq Al-Qaeda group claims Baghdad embassy bombs
BAGHDAD: A group linked to Al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility for suicide car bombings aimed at embassies in Iraq which killed 41 people, a group that monitors insurgent communications said. Islamic…
Doctors' Syndicate head says losing 'patience' with wage saga
CAIRO: Doctors' Syndicate head Hamdy El-Sayyed said that he has "lost patience as a result of young Ministry of Health doctors' financial situation, in a letter sent to the minister.El-Sayyed…
Three ElBaradei supporters detained in Kuwait: reports
CAIRO: Three Egyptian supporters of Mohamed ElBaradei's National Coalition for Change were reportedly arrested in Kuwait on Thursday, according to members of the coalition quoted in the local press.The Egyptian…
Egypt among five countries where bird flu persists
CAIRO: Egypt is listed as one of five countries where the H5N1 virus, or avian influenza, still persists, said a statement by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United…
Career conference preps students for working world
CAIRO: The office of Career Advising and Placement Services (CAPS) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) held its third annual Career Conference offering senior students the opportunity to network…
Editorial: Unjustified violence on April 6
CAIRO: "April is the cruelest month. With those words, T.S. Eliot famously began "The Wasteland, a poem about universal despair and futility dubbed one of the most important in the…
Fighting extremism in a suit and tie
BONN: Less than two weeks after the death of Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar University, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appointed Tantaw's successor to the most senior post…
