Gunmen kill 7 at memorial service in Qena
QENA: Egyptian police say a group of armed men have opened fire at a memorial service in southern Egypt, killing seven and injuring four others.Gen. Mohammed Badr says the men…
Spain aims to revive Mideast peace talks
PARIS: Spain aims to revive the Middle East peace process, working with France and Egypt in the run-up to a Mediterranean summit in Barcelona in June, the Spanish foreign minister…
Sudan's election marred by delays, boycott
KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir voted on Sunday in the first multi-party polls of his two-decade rule, but the election was marred by an opposition boycott, fraud allegations and logistical…
Women's group protests deportation, arrest of democracy advocates in Kuwait
CAIRO: Egyptian human rights groups and political activists have condemned the arrest of 33 expatriate Egyptians in Kuwait attempting to create a branch of the National Coalition for Change.Elbaradei2010.com, the…
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…
Relax, Scrabble fans: Basic rules aren't changing
Scrabble purists can relax. News of a new version of the classic word game that Mattel plans to sell in the U.K. allowing proper nouns set off waves of dismay…
