Protestors demand release of Egyptian doctor from Saudi
CAIRO: Demonstrators in Cairo demanded that Saudi Arabia release an Egyptian doctor sentenced to prison and ordered to receive 1,500 lashes for malpractice.Family members, friends and colleagues gathered Tuesday at…
Crisis is opportunity for green economy
UNITED NATIONS: As world leaders gather in Washington, they would do well to remember that we face two crises. The global financial crisis is most immediate; the more existential is…
The rest is an 'opinion'
LONDON: According to Hamas leaders, Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas has stood against any bilateral meetings between the two factions because he wants to end his term in…
Obama and Iran
NEW YORK: While talking to an Iranian official in Tehran earlier this year, he reminded me of Ayatollah Khomeini's fondness for comparing the relationship between the United States and Iran…
IN FOCUS: What Moderate Islamists Expect from Obama?
How will president-elect Barack Obama deal with moderate Islamists in the Middle East? That is the question that is preoccupying Islamists and Arab authoritarian regimes alike. Despite President Bush's tragic…
A 4,300- year-old pyramid discovered in Sakkara desert
CAIRO: A 4,300-year-old pyramid of a Pharaonic queen was discovered in Sakkara desert, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass told reporters in a press conference on…
Bond is back, leaner, meaner and more vulnerable than ever
This will probably upset most old-school James Bond fanatics, but I firmly believe that 2006's "Casino Royale was the best entry in the 46-year-old franchise. Yes, even better than the…
Nielsen to hold first Consumer 360 conference in Cairo
CAIRO: "The marketing field is dominated by Egyptians, Hany Mwafy, managing director of ACNielsen Egypt said, "but we never came under one roof and interacted. This, according to Mwafy, is…
Schneider Electric opens third factory in Egypt
Cairo: Schneider Electric Egypt inaugurated its third manufacturing site in Egypt, located in Badr Industrial City, with a total investment of LE 250 millions, the company said in a statement.…
Egypt seeks war crimes reprieve for Beshir
CAIRO: Egypt called on Tuesday for the International Criminal Court to delay for a year any war crimes indictment against Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir, while efforts are under way to…
