World's oldest Bible digitized
LONDON: The British Library says the surviving pages of the world s oldest Bible have been reunited - digitally.The library says the early Christian work known as the Codex Sinaiticus…
Keeping Africa's turnaround on track
MONROVIA: For more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. But the global financial crisis…
The fight for Pakistan's soul
CAMBRIDGE: As its army confronts, ever more bloodily, the Taliban in the Swat Valley, Pakistan is fighting for its very soul. The army appears to be winning this time around,…
Pollsters find Israeli public less supportive of settlements
JERUSALEM: In previous decades, an American president who pressured Israel to freeze settlement growth, as President Obama has done, would have riled large sections of Israel's Jewish population. But public…
Mass turnout at Islamophobia victim's funeral
CAIRO: Thousands of outraged Egyptians demonstrated after the funeral prayers in Alexandria of 32-year-old Marwa Al-Sherbini, whose remains arrived at Cairo International Airport from Germany Sunday night. Al-Sherbini was the…
Tantawy slips up in international conference
CAIRO: Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawy urged the Iranian government to rename Khaled Eslamboli Street, named after the Egyptian army officer who assassinated Anwar El-Sadat, five years after the…
Recycling culture spreads among university students
CAIRO: Under the slogan "Recycling for Culture, a group of Ain Shams University students kicked off an innovative fund-raising initiative for their activities.Alef, a student group concerned with raising cultural…
Swine flu cases reach 79 in Egypt
CAIRO: On Monday, the Ministry of Health announced a new case of H1N1 raising Egypt's total number of cases to 79.According to Abdel Rahman Shahin, Ministry of Health spokesperson, the…
Journalist slammed LE 15,000 fine in defamation case
CAIRO: A journalist has been fined LE 15,000 after being found guilty of defaming an Egyptian steel magnate. Al-Dostour journalist Mohamed Barakat was convicted on Sunday by the Giza Misdemeanors…
Pirates demand $5 mln for kidnapped Egyptian fishermen
CAIRO: The owner of two boats carrying Egyptian fishermen kidnapped by pirates in Somali waters has said that he can pay no more than $100,000 for their release.Pirates are demanding…