How free is speech?
NEW YORK: Bishop Richard Williamson has some very peculiar, and frankly odious, views: that no Jews were murdered in gas chambers during World War II; that the Twin Towers were…
How to fail to recover
NEW YORK: Some people thought that Barack Obama's election would turn everything around for America. Because it has not, even after the passage of a huge stimulus bill, the presentation…
The birth pangs of freedom
LONDON: When the victorious powers met in Paris at the end of the First World War, their high-minded rhetoric about the need to end all future conflicts was not lost…
Double homicide defendant's lawyer retracts decision to withdraw from case
CAIRO: Lawyer Ahmed Gomaa, representing Mahmoud Sayed Abdel Hafez Essawy, who is charged with the murder of two university students last November, retracted his Saturday decision to withdraw from the…
Al-Ahram journalists protest against administrative decision
CAIRO: A recent board decision prohibiting journalists at the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper to work for any other media organization incited protests and clashes with supporters of the decision Sunday. Journalists…
Court to hear defense statement in Talaat Moustafa case today
CAIRO: The trial of Egyptian construction mogul Hisham Talaat Moustafa and former state security officer Mohsen Al-Sukkari for the murder of singer Suzanne Tamim will resume today for the court…
State security orders blogger's release
CAIRO: The state security prosecution office has ordered the release of blogger Mohamed Adel, Egyptian NGO the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said yesterday.Twenty-year-old Adel, who blogs under…
Zamalek's Yassin wants out
CAIRO: Zamalek full-back Omar Rabie Yassin submitted a request to annul his contract with the Cairo club following months of sitting on the bench.Yassin, who was landed at Michel Decastel…
Sports Talk: An extra five minutes
FIFA is so concerned that players and referees have no time to rest during half-time that it is proposing to stretch half-time from 15 minutes to 20. According to FIFA…