How to Waste a Crisis
The global financial crisis is reaching a bottom, and yet political frustration is growing, because the low point of the collapse seems to offer a last opportunity to promote dramatic…
Lessons from early American conversations with Islam
NEW YORK: To hear Americans and Muslims talk about each other over the past years, you'd think the relationship between the United States and the Muslim world has been permanently…
Egypt to buy five million doses of H1N1 vaccine
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health will obtain five million doses of an H1N1 vaccine by next year, according to Nasr Al-Sayed, deputy health minister."Egypt already ordered five million doses of…
Egypt airports dedicate terminals for Umrah travelers
CAIRO: Egypt's five international airports have each dedicated a terminal for Umrah travelers returning from Saudi Arabia, as the high season for the lesser pilgrimage kicks off. Umrah terminals at…
Coptic community reacts to calls for strike via Facebook
CAIRO: A Facebook group has called for the Coptic community to strike on the day of Coptic New Year to express their dissatisfaction towards Government complacency towards sectarian issues.In a…
Hacker attack shuts down Twitter
NEW YORK: A hacker attack shut down Twitter on Thursday morning, and Facebook also said it was looking into possible site problems.Twitter said in its status blog Thursday that it…
Court upholds two-year jail sentence for Labor Party head
CAIRO: The Supreme Military Appeals Court upheld a ruling sentencing Magdy Ahmed Hussein, secretary general of the defunct Labor Party, to two years in jail for illegally crossing the Egyptian…
Higher education minister warns against uncertified universities
CAIRO: Minister of Higher Education Hani Helal warned against applying for uncertified universities that are increasingly being advertised in newspapers and satellite television channels. I ask students and parents not…
Prosecutor General forms committee to investigate typhoid cases
CAIRO: Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud tasked a special committee with investigating the rise in the number of typhoid cases in a Qaliubiya village. Over 100 typhoid cases have appeared…
Defense team seeks Zeitoun suspects' whereabouts
CAIRO: Lawyers for 14 of the 26 defendants accused in the Zeitoun jewelry murder and alleged terrorist activities said they are being prevented from attending case hearings and are being…
