Oil falls below $69 after US employment data
LONDON: Oil fell more than 3 percent to below $69 a barrel on Friday after worse-than-expected US employment figures raised doubts about the strength of the economic recovery in the…
Egypt to invite Palestinians for final talks
CAIRO: Egypt said Thursday that it will invite rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to Cairo in late October for a final round of talks that it believes will result…
UN rights body approves US-Egypt free speech text
GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council approved a US-backed resolution Friday deploring attacks on religions while insisting that freedom of expression remains a basic right.The inaugural resolution sponsored by the…
Speculation grows over Gamal Mubarak succession, says report
CAIRO: The summer of 2009 saw a "boom in Egyptian and foreign speculation as to the regime's plans for Gamal's succession, a US report said.In his report, Michael Wahid Hanna,…
Protest at Azhar over Aqsa Mosque raid
CAIRO: Protestors gathered at Al-Azhar Mosque after the Friday noon prayers to denounce the events at Al-Aqsa Mosque last Sunday when Israeli protestors attempted to storm it on Yom Kippur.Security…
Beauty bug bites Beirut's littlest
Mia may be only seven years old but the Lebanese youngster knows what she wants: a manicure and pedicure in purple, a golden star stenciled onto her hair, and a…
Sony's PSP go delivers tighter handheld gaming
Sony s PlayStation Portable is the most high-powered handheld video-game machine on the market, but it s usually my third choice when it comes to on-the-road action.It s all a…
Wild Guanabana offers an alternative philosophy on travel
At the peak of the current economic meltdown, the worst the world has seen in decades, famed Egyptian mountaineer Omar Samra s heart was racing as he prepared to break…