Analysts cautious on Mideast peace following Mubarak-Obama summit
CAIRO: A week after their historic summit President Hosni Mubarak returned to Egypt and US President Barack Obama is vacationing on a small island in New England. The world is…
Hezbollah defense team to strategize after seeing case files
CAIRO: The defense team for the 26 accused of forming a terrorist cell affiliated to Hezbollah has announced that it will formulate a defense strategy after perusing the case files,…
Egypt economy to grow 5.3-5.5 pct in fiscal year 09/10, says minister
CAIRO: Egypt is expected to see an economic growth rate ranging between 5.3 and 5.5 percent in the 2009/2010 fiscal year, Minister of Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman said Tuesday.The…
Jackson killed by drugs cocktail
Lethal levels of a powerful anesthetic killed Michael Jackson, according to court documents that placed the pop star s personal physician under mounting police scrutiny.The documents, which shed light on…
Quentin Tarantino spins new ending to WWII
Quentin Tarantino has unleashed the ultimate Hollywood rewrite job. He s changed the ending of World War II.Without giving away details, Tarantino s Inglorious Bastards - which topped the American…
Taher celebrates 'Oasis' translation in England
Internationally acclaimed Egyptian writer Bahaa Taher is currently in England celebrating the release of the English translation of his novel, "Sunset Oasis. The current bestseller, "Oasis is the recipient of…
Programming peace
TEL AVIV: The MEET project has launched its sixth annual summer program aimed at bringing Israeli and Palestinian high school students together through business and IT classes. Some 120 students…
Drawing borders is the first step
JERUSALEM: We still have no real idea of when or what President Obama will present as an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. In the meantime, the Prime Minister s special emissary, Yitzhak…
Central Europe's misguided war on drugs
WARSAW: It was two decades ago this summer that communist rule began to implode from Tallinn in the Baltic to Tirana in the Adriatic, ushering in free elections, market reforms,…
Sewage leaks in irrigation water discovered in Banha
CAIRO: The Banha local council discovered on Monday that sewage water has leaked into lakes used to irrigate agricultural land in the city, which is the capital of Qaliyubia governorate.According…