Ahmed Beltagy: Meet the man behind the country's biggest musical concerts
It was an occasion that created a lot of buzz last September: Could Beyoncé Knowles, the multi-platinum selling American singer, really be coming to Egypt to perform, in Port…
Bahais demand inclusion in unified personal status law
CAIRO: Egypt’s Bahais are demanding they be included in the unified personal status law for non-Muslims or the formation of a new legislation that includes them altogether. Bahais, whose numbers…
Mixed feelings define Mubarak's children in Egypt
CAIRO: To the millions of Egyptians who have known no other president, Hosni Mubarak is the "Father of the Nation." But as with many fathers, they also have deeply mixed…
Muslim Brotherhood MP recounts his experience on freedom flotilla
CAIRO: “Feeling that only a few steps separate you from death, witnessing innocent people being randomly shot and dropping dead right in front of you, is very painful, but I…
Somalia's gov't orders probe into child soldiers
NAIROBI: Somalia's president has ordered an investigation into reports that the Somali army is recruiting children in its fight against powerful Islamic insurgents, a decision welcomed by rights groups. The…
100,000 Iraqi refugees approved for resettlement: UNHCR
DAMASCUS: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) chief Antonio Guterres announced on Friday the body has referred 100,000 Iraqi refugees in the Middle East for resettlement in third countries since…
Switzerland looking to take Libya to court over 'kidnapping'
GENEVA: Switzerland is examining if it can prosecute Libya in an international court over the "kidnapping" of two Swiss nationals, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said in remarks published Friday. "We…
Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims deadly central bank attack
BAGHDAD: An Al-Qaeda in Iraq front group claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on the Central Bank in which suicide bombers wearing military uniforms stormed the country's most important financial…
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews in jail after mass demo
JERUSALEM: Dozens of Israeli men were in jail on Friday a day after ultra-Orthodox Jews staged their largest protest in 10 years in support of parents who defied a supreme…
World Cup inaction
It's much too early to start comparing the 2010 World Cup with World Cups of the past. Where South Africa 2010 will ultimately rest among the pantheon of WCs…