Iran’s Mottaki leaves for Kabul conference
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Tehran on Monday for an international conference in Kabul also being attended by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reports said. State television's…
Europe’s vision deficit
PARIS: In the Western part of Europe — the part that former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld maliciously labeled “Old Europe” — almost every government is in deep political…
In finance we distrust
MILAN: Around the world, the debate about financial regulation is coming to a head. A host of arguments and proposals is in play, often competing with one another — and…
Best of both worlds
Vodafone Egypt and Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at The First Residence partnered to provide “Vodafone One” customers with a world-class experience at the hotel with the city’s first redemption package.…
Ayman Nour threatens to boycott politics
CAIRO: The political parties committee in the Shoura Council decided Sunday to recognize Moussa Mostafa Moussa as the President of Al-Ghad Party, denying Ehab El-Khouly, a supporter of the founder…
Political parties committee needs root changes, says Sadat
CAIRO: Legal representative of the founders of Al-Islah Wal Tanmeya (Reform and Development) Party Anwar Essmat El-Sadat said he will only appeal the political parties committee’s decision, which denied his…
61 dead in India train crash
SAINTHIA: A speeding express rammed into the back of a stationary passenger train in eastern India on Monday, killing more than 60 people and leaving 165 injured, many of them…
20 Bedouins released from emergency jails including activist Abu Nusseirah
CAIRO: The Ministry of Interior approved Sunday release orders for 20 Bedouins held under the emergency law, including rights activist Yehia Abu Nusseirah. The latest batch of released detainees has…
50 demonstrate against police brutality at public prosecutor’s office
By Sarah Carr CAIRO: Protestors in Cairo demonstrated against police violence on Sunday, a week before the trial of two policemen accused of brutality begins. About 50 people gathered outside the…
Lawyers’ Syndicate ends strike pending court verdict against lawyers
CAIRO: The Lawyers’ Syndicate ended its nationwide strike until a court verdict is announced next month in the case of two lawyers sent to prison for attacking a prosecutor. No…