Scared silly about global warming
The continuous presentation of scary stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it terrifies our kids.Al Gore famously depicted how a sea-level rise…
A shot of reality
JERUSALEM: Jerusalem-born Palestinian photojournalist Muhammed Muheisen photographed the funeral of an Israeli soldier during the Second Lebanon War. In one of his photos, soldiers - who may normally appear to…
Conference takes new approach to Egypt's legal history
CAIRO: Braving swine flu concerns that continue to plague the American University in Cairo, the university law department hosted a three-day conference that took a new approach to understanding and…
Judge demands blocking 50 allegedly "obscene" websites
CAIRO: A case filed by Alexandria Judge Abdel Fattah Murad that calls on the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) to block over 50 websites, has been postponed to…
Prosecutor General shelves complaints against train engine defects
CAIRO: The Prosecutor General's investigation into a complaint about safety defects in recently-imported train engines have been shelved after Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud rejected the allegations.The train engines were reportedly…
Egypt reports 19th swine flu case, 8 fully recovered
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced on Sunday its 19th case of H1N1 flu in a four-year-old American child who lives in Cairo, one day after confirming three new cases…
Amnesty raises alert on whereabouts of Frenchman held in Egypt
CAIRO: Rights group Amnesty International is calling on Egyptian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of a man arrested over a month ago.Romauld Durand, a French national, was arrested at Cairo…
Shehata expecting 'young ones' to deliver
CAIRO: Hassan Shehata is hoping to see Egypt s newcomers seize the opportunity of representing the national team in South Africa, amid the absence of some key players.The injuries of…
Ahly hire another Portuguese coach
CAIRO: Egypt's Red Devils Al-Ahly have named Portuguese Nelo Vingada coach on a two-year contract, club officials here said on Saturday.He succeeds compatriot Manuel Jose, who resigned from coaching the…
Brazil wary of unknown Egypt in Confed Cup opener
BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa: Brazil will begin the defense of its Confederations Cup title on Monday against an Egyptian team it knows very little about.The five-time world champions are hoping to…