Egypt opposition groups call for reform
CAIRO: Several Egyptian opposition groups called for political reforms and more freedoms in a statement on Monday at the end of a three-day conference, the official news agency MENA reported.The…
US envoy cancels Mideast trip, Israel feud deepens
JERUSALEM: A US envoy s postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst US-Israeli feuds in memory - even as Israel s foreign minister signaled…
Israeli reporter quizzed by Egyptian military
EL-ARISH: Egyptian military prosecutors were interrogating an Israeli journalist on Tuesday after arresting him at the border as he tried to cross illegally with an African migrant, a security source…
Police arrests Muslim Brotherhood students in anti-Israel protests
CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested on Monday 15 students affiliated with the banned Muslim Brotherhood during a protest at Cairo University against Israeli settlements, a security official said.Hundreds of students staged…
Mubarak appears on state TV at German hospital
BERLIN: Egypt s President Hosni Mubarak was shown on Egyptian state television on Tuesday, sitting and chatting to doctors at the German hospital where he underwent surgery 10 days ago,…
Bahrain youth unemployment
It is without a doubt one of the most pressing issues for the region today, described appropriately by Queen Rania of Jordan as a "ticking time bomb. The region has…
Sawiris on entrepreneurship: No pain no gain
CAIRO: As an entrepreneur, there are a few people you'd be lucky to meet early on. If you're lucky, you would even get their advice on how well the business…
London's Carnaby St marks 50 years since Swinging Sixties
London s Carnaby Street, a potent symbol of the Swinging Sixties where the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix hung out, is marking 50 years as a style icon…
The comfort of dormancy
After tackling hunger in "Gou (Hunger), Egyptian novelist Mohamed Al-Bosaty turns his pen to another predicament troubling the Egyptian poor: housing. In "Ghoraf lil Egaar (Rooms for Rent), he tells…
Letter to the Editor: Apartheid week not 'weakness'
This letter is in regards to an op-ed entitled "Apartheid week or 'weakness'? , recently distributed by CGNews and republished on Monday, March 15 by Daily News Egypt.I have been…