Egypt's core inflation up, annual inflation steady
CAIRO: Although the annual headline inflation rate has remained at 13.3 percent for the third consecutive month, Egypt's core annual inflation rose from 6.59 percent to 6.85 percent from November…
'Must you go?' Antonia Fraser remembers Harold Pinter
On the first evening the acclaimed British playwright Harold Pinter met his future wife Lady Antonia Fraser, he asked her: "Must you go? Fraser, a glamorous historical biographer, said she…
60th Berlinale: First films debut in Panorama section
Works of old and new masters as well as newcomers comprise the program of the Panorama section of the 60th edition of the Berlin Film Festival. Back with new works…
NBC ending Leno's nightly prime-time show
NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to…
Spanish leadership for Europe's Roma
NEW YORK: Continued discrimination against Roma in Europe not only violates human dignity, but is a major social problem crippling the development of Eastern European countries with large Roma populations.…
Lisbon: The first step in solving Europe's identity crisis
BRUSSELS: On December 1, 2009 the Treaty of Lisbon - the agreement reforming European Union institutions -was ratified, making the European Charter of Fundamental Rights (ECFR), a document that lays…
Violence is putting the future of the Islamic Republic in doubt
Since the presidential elections in June 2009, the ship of the Islamic Republic has been cruising in uncharted waters. The repercussions of the elections have not only proven to be…
Campaign gathers signatures to support ElBaradei for president
CAIRO: Gamila Ismail, political activist and ex-wife of opposition leader Ayman Nour, signed a proxy supporting Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, calling on him to…
Doctors renew protests for higher salaries
CAIRO: Protest group Doctors Without Rights (DWR) continued their long-running campaign for better wages for Ministry of Health-employed doctors on Monday with a protest outside the Doctors' Syndicate.DWR's Mona Mina…
Egypt's swine flu cases top 14,000; death toll reaches 195
CAIRO: Egypt said that the total number of swine flu cases in the country has reached 14,087 since the H1N1 virus first appeared this past June, according to the health…