Film futures market plan irks Hollywood
Could you have predicted the record-shattering success of James Cameron s blockbuster film Avatar? Two US financial firms want to allow investors to bet on the commercial success of a…
Real life 'Hurt Locker' teams face real Afghan bombs
It s not quite an Oscar-winning performance but Johnny Five gets the job done, scrambling down a rocky Afghan slope to plant explosives around a propane tank wired to blow.The…
Pakistani literary festival uses words to heal
KARACHI: To generations of young Pakistanis before the tragic events of 9/11 the British Council meant books: great books, pages and pages of both historical and contemporary literature that could…
Obama's policy of nuclear balance
WASHINGTON, DC: Perhaps never in history have nuclear security, non-proliferation, and arms control received the prominence that they will during this month's strategic trifecta: the April 6 release of 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
