Light in Congo's Darkness?
NEW YORK: Perhaps no country on earth - not even Iraq, Afghanistan, or Sudan - has suffered more gravely from armed conflict in the past decade and a half than…
A sustainable peace
JERUSALEM: I was requested to officially greet His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, on May 11 at an interfaith meeting in Notre Dame, Jerusalem. This meeting was to celebrate the significant…
Doing better on climate change
LOS ANGELES: Tackling global warming, we are often told, is the defining task of our age. An army of pundits tells us that we need to cut emissions, and cut…
European Hope convoy rerouted but promised entry to Gaza
CAIRO: A European aid convoy carrying medical supplies intended for Gaza was rerouted by local security authorities and has not yet reached the Rafah border crossing.The Hope convoy set off…
24 sentenced to death over deadly land dispute
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced 24 people to death on Monday after finding them guilty of involvement in a deadly land dispute in the Nile Delta last year, a justice…
Swine flu vaccine to take months to produce, says WHO
GENEVA: Drug manufacturers won t be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, months later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.The…
Korba festivities rock Heliopolis
CAIRO: With its traditional Arabesque architecture and growing market place, Korba has become a cultural icon in Heliopolis. Last Friday, Korba was turned into a pedestrian area for the annual…
It's how you think, not what you think
CAIRO: An international group of scientists, educators, and social scientists convened in Cairo last week to share ideas about the topic of "Building the Scientific Mind. The conference took place…
Ambulance drivers petition health ministry for inquiry results
CAIRO: Ambulance drivers went to the Ministry of Health yesterday demanding that the results of an internal inquiry conducted with them be released.Driver Mohamed El-Samy told Daily News Egypt that…
4-year-old girl dies of bird flu
CAIRO: A four-year-old girl on Monday died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing to 27 the number of deaths from the disease in Egypt, the health ministry said.…
