EU holds talks with Egypt, Palestinians on Gaza
BRUSSELS: European Union foreign ministers pressed Egypt on Sunday to do more to prevent weapons from being smuggled to Hamas in the Gaza Strip - a problem undermining efforts to…
PA postpones Israel gas exports interpellation
CAIRO: The People's Assembly decided Sunday to postpone the discussion of a parliamentary interpellation over the government's refusal to halt gas exports to Israel during the Gaza offensive. The parliamentary…
From Hubris to Humility – Davos 2009
If we needed reminding about why this week's World Economic Forum is important, look at the pages of newspapers. Job losses, bank write downs, economic collapse and no end in…
ONE ON ONE: Maged Shawky: Egypt's capital market 'ready for innovation'
CAIRO: During this sobering chapter in history of the financial world, Egypt's emerging capital market is moving forward with its plans, readying itself for times of recovery. Coming off a…
OCI, OT help Egypt's benchmark stock index rise
CAIRO: Foreign investors snapped up shares of Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), helping Egypt's benchmark stock index rise 0.72 percent on Monday, traders said. Shares in OCI, Egypt's largest listed builder,…
'Slumdog Millionaire' wins top prize at Oscars indicator
Rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire cemented its status as favorite for next month's Oscars here Sunday after winning the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.The Mumbai-set love story about…
Writing East and West
The United Kingdom has pulled out all the stops to deliver a world-class exhibition as this year's guest of honor at the 41st Cairo International Book Fair. Inside the UK…
Share space, defy the wall
WASHINGTON: Arabs and Jews were separated for decades before the separation wall was built in the West Bank and around Gaza. When former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel…
Hoping for a nonviolence movement in Palestine
PHILADELPHIA: Since I was a small child, I have been taught that the powerless party always deserves "affirmative action in any unbalanced conflict before a true resolution can be settled.…
Thirty years of "test-tube" babies
MELBOURNE: Louise Brown, the first person to be conceived outside a human body, turned 30 last year. The birth of a "test-tube baby, as the headlines described in vitro fertilization…