Democracy can't be an imposition, says Negroponte
CAIRO: John D. Negroponte is an American diplomat whose career has been dogged by controversy for almost three decades dating back to his tenure as US ambassador to Honduras when…
Mohieldin inaugurates new financial supervision authority
CAIRO: Three major supervisory authorities were merged into one new General Authority for Financial Supervision (GAFS), Minister of Finance Mahmoud Mohieldin minister of Finance announced Sunday in a conference. On…
Dancing Gods grace Cairo Opera's Music Library
The Music Library at the Cairo Opera House is currently hosting a silent tribute to an Indian form of devotion - namely the traditional dance practices of "Kathakali and the…
Decoding Egypt: Investing in Tragedies
Following the failed assassination attempt on President Mubarak s life in Addis Ababa in 1995, the Egyptian regime quickly used the occasion to serve its own interests. the Egyptian regime…
The price of Netanyahu
TEL AVIV: Israel has very real reasons to be afraid. But the Netanyahu-Lieberman politics of fear that is supposed to justify occupation of the West Bank has catastrophic consequences, and…
The lost continent
LONDON: Home to one-sixth of the world's people, but contributing only one-fortieth of world GDP, Africa is the most conspicuous victim of the global recession. After a half-decade of 5%…
Encountering peace
JERUSALEM: US President Barack Obama's Cairo speech and subsequent remarks by him and other senior US officials have made it clear beyond any doubt that the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian…
Egypt opens first nanotech research center
CAIRO: Egypt launched its first Nanotechnology Research Center in a bid to foster technological education and research in the country. The center will conduct research in the production of solar…
No locusts to raid Egypt, confirms official
CAIRO: Officials at Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture said it was unlikely that Egypt will be hit by locust raids this summer from the Red Sea coast during their annual migration…