Ethiopian jet crashes in flames off Lebanon coast
BEIRUT: An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff Monday from Beirut, setting off a frantic search as rain lashed the…
Oil steadies below $75, close to one-month low
LONDON: Oil prices steadied below $75 a barrel on Monday, after slipping towards a one-month low on continued market unease over possible tighter Chinese monetary policy and a US proposal…
Nine MB members arrested in Daqahleya
CAIRO: State security detained nine members of the Muslim Brotherhood early Monday in Daqahleya as they were campaigning for a parliamentary run-off election.The nine members are Abdul Mohsen Qamhawi, Saad…
Mubarak and Adly defend Gaza wall on Police Day
CAIRO: Both President Hosni Mubarak and Interior Minister Habib El-Adly defended Egypt's decision to build an underground wall on the border with Gaza Sunday.Mubarak was speaking on the occasion of…
Egypt to construct wind energy farm with UAE
CAIRO: Naeem Holding maintained a 'buy' status on El Sewedy status, reported Arab Finance, which expects to see wind segments contribute 5 percent of the company's total revenues (LE 758.8…
Chinese economy heats up global crisis debate
DAVOS: Global leaders and bankers will be looking for firm signs at the Davos forum this week of China s determination to control the hot money pouring into its economy.A…
'Avatar' tops box office for sixth-straight week
James Cameron s Avatar is on a course to sink Titanic at the box office.No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted…
Few protesters show at Sundance for Prop. 8 movie
Despite rumored anti-gay protests, a Sundance Film Festival documentary about the Mormon church s role in a 2008 California political battle over gay marriage played to a friendly audience on…
Cinema El-Fourn: Cairo's new haven for indie film
Cinema El-Fourn is a very unlikely name for an open-air film theater, but this is exactly what the new initiative from the Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Cultural Center is…