Colombian film week kicks off
The Embassy of Colombia in Cairo, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, is inaugurating the Colombian Film Week at Cairo Opera House's Artistic Creation Center tonight. The mini-festival is…
Nobel laureates crown U2's Bono 'man of peace'
Nobel peace laureates gathered in Paris on Friday awarded the Irish rocker-turned-activist Bono an annual Man of Peace prize for his crusade to tackle African debt, poverty and disease.Paris Mayor…
Winslet, Law and Owen to lead line-up at Berlin film fest
Hollywood heavyweights Kate Winslet, Steve Martin, Jude Law and Clive Owen will headline the next Berlin Film Festival with a clutch of new pictures, organizers said Friday.Winslet is expected at…
OPEC divisions again on display heading to Algeria
CAIRO: OPEC, the oil-producing group that consumers worldwide love to hate, is fine tuning its strategy heading into a meeting this week in Algeria, determined that its fourth attempt in…
Hamas rules out renewing truce
CAIRO: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Sunday it was unlikely that a truce with Israel in and around the Gaza Strip would be renewed when it expires next week.His…
Security Council mulls text in support of Mideast peace
UNITED NATIONS: UN Security Council envoys huddled behind closed doors Saturday to mull a text in support of the Middle East peace process which their ministers plan to adopt here…
Egypt police kill Togolese migrant at Israel border
CAIRO: Egyptian border police shot dead a Togolese migrant as he tried to enter Israel illegally, a security official said on Saturday.The 25-year-old was shot in the head near the…
Orascom to launch 3G service in N. Korea
CAIRO: Egypt s Orascom Telecom will launch 3G mobile telephone service in North Korea on Monday, the company said, taking to the next step an ambitious multimillion dollar project in…
Egypt markets down slightly in low volume
CAIRO: Egyptian markets ended slightly lower on Sunday, as many big cap stocks slipped and a lack of global trading muted price movements in low-volume trade. The benchmark CASE 30…
Spouse swap trial postponed
CAIRO: The Agouza Misdemeanors Court postponed on Sunday the trial of the couple arrested for holding "spouse-swapping parties to Jan. 3.Two months ago defendants Tolbah Abdel Hafez, a 48-year-old civil…
