Anti-human trafficking law long overdue, says EOHR
CAIRO: The new anti-human trafficking law is an important step but it is overdue, head of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) Hafez Abu Saeda told Daily News Egypt…
Shoura Council approves 2010/2011 draft budget
CAIRO: The Shoura Council, Egypt’s Upper House of Parliament, approved a draft of the national state budget for the fiscal year 2010/2011. “The state budget has to work on creating…
Law giving rights to people with disabilities to be discussed
CAIRO: A draft law concerning the rights of people with disabilities is slated for discussion during the upcoming Cabinet meeting this month before submitting it to the People’s Assembly and…
Archaeologists in Egypt find Ptolemaic king statue
CAIRO: Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered a headless granite statue more than 2,000 years old belonging to an unidentified Ptolemaic-era king. Tuesday's statement by the Supreme Council of…
US, Iran clash at UN nuclear meet
UNITED NATIONS: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blasted the United States at a UN conference here Monday for threatening to use nuclear arms, triggering a sharp American response and a walkout…
US report on religious freedom puts Egypt on 'watch list'
CAIRO: A newly released report by a United States government panel says Egypt continues to be a country whose actions reflect a troubling lack of religious freedom. The United States…
Actress Lynn Redgrave has died at age 67
Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty who became a 1960s sensation as the unconventional title character of "Georgy Girl" and later dramatized her troubled…
In your face: Cuba's underground rappers test free speech
Cuba's underground hip hop duo "Los Aldeanos" are boldly grooving where no Cuban has gone in five decades: criticizing the communist government loud and proud for the first time to…
INTERVIEW: Orascom Development to boost Swiss, Moroccan unit sales
CAIRO: Swiss-based developer Orascom Development Holding, which has lifted profits despite a world downturn, said on Monday it planned to expand home sales in major resort towns and build up…
Obama presses Mideast peace push
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: US President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday on the urgent need for new talks with the Palestinians after the Jewish state's leader met…