A Japanese metamorphosis?
OSAKA: Yesterday's landslide general-election victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) terminated the one-party-dominated system that the catch-all Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has controlled almost without interruption since 1955.…
The national trap
JERUSALEM: Israel s mainstream theatre, the Cameri, recently staged Ghassan Kanafani s short story "Return to Haifa . Kanafani, a prominent Palestinian writer assassinated in 1972 (most likely by the…
Egypt says no plans to delay academic year
CAIRO: Egypt will not close down schools or postpone the start of the academic year, Reda Abou Sera, deputy minister of education, said. Any school that reports H1N1 cases will…
Syndicate faces the Intl. Football League to make Sept. world youth cup smoke free
CAIRO: Egypt's Doctors' Syndicate has requested permission from the organizing committee of the world youth cup hosted by Egypt next September to make the tournament smoking free.According to the universal…
Dismissed Indorama workers launch hunger strike
CAIRO: Five workers from the Indorama textiles factory in Shibeen El-Kom, Menufiya, launched a hunger strike on Friday after four were fired and one threatened verbally that his employment will…
Bahai relocation in Upper Egypt disputed
CAIRO: A rights group has cast doubt on newspaper reports that Bahai families were to be relocated to a village in Upper Egypt. According to Reuters, Egyptian police made 70…
ENPPI suffer embarrassing defeat
CAIRO: ENPPI s hopes of reaching the Confederation Cup semi-final were dealt a major blow after they slumped to an embarrassing 3-0 defeat at Vita Club on Sunday.The DR Congo…
