Central depository, registry law amendment prompts heated debate
CAIRO: A proposed amendment that would allow the Egyptian Stock Exchange (ESE) to own a majority stake in the country's central depository and registry company has stirred heated debate and…
Spain's Amenabar brings Cannes toga-clad philosophy flick
Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar took Cannes back to Egypt 400 AD on Sunday with a toga-clad parable on religious extremism starring Rachel Weiss as a martyred philosopher.Set in Alexandria during…
Islamic Idol: Music spreading message of faith
Flames burst from the stage for a grand entrance, and fake fog swirls around a young man in a white robe. He clutches the microphone, gazes seriously into the camera…
Poverty: the real threat to health
A major new report from doctors at University College, London, and medical journal The Lancet claims that climate change "is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. Their…
A De-Globalized world?
CAMBRIDGE: It may take a few months or a couple of years, but one way or another the United States and other advanced economies will eventually recover from today's crisis.…
Humans, not headlines
TEL AVIV: The news is in: Israel's press status has now been downgraded to "partly free by Freedom House, the organization dedicated to promoting democracy and civil liberties around the…
Hezbollah cell lawyer concerned by presidential statement
CAIRO: Lawyer for many of the detainees currently in custody for belonging to a Hezbollah cell, Montasser Al-Zayat announced that the anger of President Hosni Mubarak regarding this case has…
State-run union backs textile workers' strike
CAIRO: State-controlled General Trade Union of Textile Workers (GTUTW) announced its support to the five-day strike organized by Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers. The strike is scheduled to start…
Egypt YouTube pig cull clip sparks outrage
CAIRO: A YouTube video clip showing pigs being culled in Egypt as part of swine flu measures has caused outrage at the apparent barbarity of the method of slaughtering the…