Exiled Saad Eddin Ibrahim's jail sentence overturned
CAIRO: A judge overturned Monday the conviction and two-year prison sentence of an exiled Egyptian-American academic and outspoken critic of the regime, paving the way for his return home.Saad Eddin…
Experts tackle affordable housing at Euromoney conference
CAIRO: Experts and industry insiders discussed financing and supplying affordable housing for the Egyptian market at Monday's third annual Euromoney Egypt Housing Finance Conference. Experts from the real estate, mortgage…
Egypt needs more infrastructure projects, says Mohieldin
CAIRO: Egypt needs to up spending on infrastructure projects, Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin said Monday at a housing finance conference in Cairo. While the construction industry has grown at twice…
Terminator franchise can still be saved
Terminator Salvation, the new 'us-versus-machines' blockbuster, immediately presents a number of quandaries.The title, for example, could signal that this is the concluding opus to the 25-year franchise.In theological terms, salvation…
After the summit
There s a sigh of relief that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it through their first official meeting with no apparent harm done to US-Israel comity.…
The Terror Next Door
LONDON: In a prominent hadith, the Prophet Mohamed said: "If disorder threatens, take refuge in Yemen. The Prophet was referring to the prosperous and civilized Yemen. But today disorder and…
Peace Through Development
NEW YORK: American foreign policy has failed in recent years mainly because the United States relied on military force to address problems that demand development assistance and diplomacy. Young men…
Special needs students to be integrated in mainstream schooling
CAIRO: Minister of Education Yousri El-Gamal issued a groundbreaking decree that will allow special needs students to be integrated into the mainstream schooling system. El-Gamal said the ministry aims at…
Al-Azhar yet to decide on Attiya's case
CAIRO: Ahmed Al-Tayeb, president of Al-Azhar University, said in a statement that he's yet to decide on the fate of Ezzat Attiya, head of the hadith department at the university…
93 cases of domestic violence reported in first quarter of 2009
CAIRO: Local press reported 63 murder cases among Egyptian families, out of 93 cases of domestic violence overall during the first quarter of 2009, a local NGO said.Maat for Peace,…