Egypt up for second day on OCI gains
CAIRO: Heavyweight Orascom firms make strong gains to lead the benchmark Egyptian index EGX30 2.8 percent higher for a second session of gains as traders see a return of foreign…
Guns, wars and chadors: the art of Ghada Amer
Considered the most important art show in the United States, this year's Art Basel Miami Beach will feature a panel discussion presented by Canvas, a magazine dedicated to art and…
Pop king Michael Jackson ruled Internet in 2009
The late King of Pop Michael Jackson ruled the Internet this year, with his name crowned the most popular search term at Google, Yahoo! and Bing.Jackson dethroned pop princess Britney…
Precious,' Last Station' lead Spirit Award noms
The urban drama Precious and the Leo Tolstoy period piece The Last Station each earned a leading five nominations Tuesday for the Spirit Awards honoring independent film.The two acclaimed movies…
Decoding Egypt: Do Algerians Hate Us?
CAIRO: The football-mania that preceded and followed the Egypt-Algeria match in Sudan for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers started with hostile internet and media campaigns, and developed into rioting and…
Africa at risk
ADDIS ABABA: Climate change will hit Africa - a continent that has contributed virtually nothing to bring it about - first and hardest.Aside from Antarctica, Africa is the only continent…
The velvet delusion
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the relatively non-violent overthrow of communism throughout Central and Eastern Europe, optimists predicted a new golden age…
Shifting the Afghan 'Great Game'
TEL AVIV: So President Barack Obama has decided to "stay the course. The obstinate battle cry of the Bush administration in Iraq has now won out in Obama's planned surge…
Human rights groups present bleak picture ahead of UN Feb. review
CAIRO: Human rights organizations have painted a bleak picture of the state of human rights in Egypt in reports submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC).The reports were…
Princess Ferial buried in Cairo
CAIRO: Princess Ferial, the daughter of Egypt s last king, was buried in a Cairo mosque on Tuesday after a low-key funeral attended by her relatives.The princess died in a…