Palestinians to resume unity talks on April 23
RAMALLAH: Hamas and Fatah say they will resume Palestinian unity talks in Cairo on April 23.The main dispute is over the program of a Hamas-Fatah coalition that would govern until…
Mitchell to push Arabs, Israel for two-state solution
RABAT: US special envoy George Mitchell said Tuesday he would press Israel and Arab nations to back a two-state option as the only solution to the Middle East conflict, in…
Nour officially disbarred from Lawyers' Syndicate along with Guindy and Nouh
CAIRO: The judicial committee overseeing the Lawyers' Syndicate elections disbarred Ayman Nour along with former Giza governor Maher El-Guindy and ex-MP and Muslim Brotherhood member Mokhtar Nouh Tuesday because they…
A committee urges stand against 'Hezbollah cell'
CAIRO: The People's Assembly's religious committee Wednesday called for a strong stand in the face of the alleged "Hezbollah cell, the official MENA news agency reported.The committee, in a statement,…
No plans to dissolve PA, says NDP
CAIRO: The National Democratic Party (NDP) denied news reports claiming it planned to dissolve the People's Assembly. Mohamed Kamal, the official NDP spokesperson, told Daily News Egypt that the news…
Court denies Moussa appeal for Ghad party leadership
CAIRO: The State Council Cairo Administrative Court rejected Tuesday an appeal by Moussa Mustapha Moussa over the contested leadership of Al-Ghad party and reiterated its previous decision that Ihab El-Khouly…
Court rules in favor of Brotherhood leader
CAIRO: A Cairo court verdict lifted a nine-year travel ban on prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leader Essam Al-Erian. The State Council Administrative Court ruled Tuesday in favor of Al-Erian, in…
IDA promotes foreign investment in industrial zones
CAIRO: New laws being implemented by Egypt's Industrial Development Authority (IDA) will allow foreign firms to buy, develop and resell land in the country's industrial zones. In a conference Tuesday,…
Wings of speech: Recent paintings by Shems Friedlander
Shems Friedlander, secret poet, playwright but no-longer secretive painter, is AUC's Renaissance Man. That is not an allusion to a period of painting which I would argue has barely touched…
Obama is getting Turkey right
ISTANBUL: The trip to Turkey by US President Barack Hussein Obama, as people loved to emphasize here, was a big success. Except for a few hundred "anti-imperialist , lefty protestors…