Polanski victim calls to dismiss case
The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed and urged the media to leave her alone, court…
'Paranormal Activity' scares up box-office gold
Fueled by rave word-of-mouth reviews and clever marketing, mini-budget horror film "Paranormal Activity has taken the box office by storm to become the year's most unlikely number one hit.Following in…
The politics of protest
CHICAGO: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been called many unflattering things. Yet from his recent talk at the University of Chicago, he can now add "fu**ing snake! , "piece of…
Our other drug problem
MILAN: With all the official and media attention given to the worldwide trade in illicit drugs, the public has at most a dim awareness of the serious problems affecting the…
Memories of a graduate of the Israeli mainstream school system
TEL-AVIV: In the year 2000, when I was in the ninth-grade, we studied our history from a large and expansive book. Because history teachers in the junior high school are…
In Focus: The Brotherhood Crisis
CAIRO: Since its inception in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has never experienced a crisis like the one it was subjected to last week. The announced reason for the current…
Widower testifies at start of Al-Sherbini's murder trial
DRESDEN: Elwy Okaz told a German court Monday how his pregnant wife was murdered before his eyes in a frenzied Islamophobic attack, in a case that has inflamed tempers in…
Arafa's work with Sharqeya village earns him development award
CAIRO: The Society of Writers on Environment and Development in Egypt granted the award of Man of the Year for Environment and Development to physics professor Dr Salah Arafa. He…
Minister of Transportation steps down following train accident
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak accepted the resignation of Transportation Minister Mohamed Lotfy Mansour on Monday, a representative from the President's office said.Mansour took full responsibility for the Al-Ayyat train crash…
Expert: Slain Egyptian woman had no chance
DRESDEN, Germany: A medical expert testified Tuesday that a knife attack on a 31-year-old Marwa Al-Sherbini in a German court room caused serious injuries and left her with just minutes…
