Cairo makes way for Cuban flamenco line
Ballet is graceful and airy, flamenco is powerful and fiery - it's rare for the two worlds of dance to meet on one stage, let alone in one dancer. But…
Obama's new "AfPak" strategy – the view from Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan: People with a hammer only see nails. This well-worn maxim aptly describes the United States relationship with Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past several decades. As early as…
Shaping the Post-Carbon Economy
NEW YORK: At the end of this year, representatives of the 170 nations that are signatories to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen for…
Netanyahu's Choice
RAMALLAH: As the summit between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approaches, most of the discussion has focused on whether or not the newly elected Israeli…
The dead and displaced find a place online
CAIRO: Israel's Deputy Defense Minister may not have known what he got himself into when he used the word "shoah to describe the disaster that awaited Palestinians in Gaza in…
Coptic criticism of security laxness in wake of church bombing
CAIRO: Consternation abounds within the Coptic community in the wake of the bombing outside the Lady Virgin Church in Helmiyat Al-Zatoun Sunday night, with some indicating that security was lax…
Families of kidnapped Egyptian fishermen demonstrate at parliament
CAIRO: The families of 37 fisherman kidnapped by Somali pirates say that not enough is being done to secure the men s release.Holding up signs reading, "If the kidnapped men…
44 suspected cases of swine flu test negative, says health ministry
CAIRO: Forty-four suspected cases of H1N1 have tested negative, the Ministry of Health has confirmed, saying Egypt still remains free of the virus.The latest of these suspected cases were reported…
Admin court orders 'obscene' websites blocked
CAIRO: Rights groups and bloggers have condemned a court verdict which obligates the Telecommunications Ministry and the National Telecom Regulatory Authority to block "obscene websites.Cairo's Administrative Court issued its verdict…