Trick or Treat?
OXFORD: A new way of thinking about individual choice has taken the political landscape by storm. America's new president Barack Obama and the leader of the British Conservatives, David Cameron…
Curb the population myth
WASHINGTON: President Obama has ended the ban on federal funds imposed by the Bush Administration on groups that promote or perform abortions abroad and on the United Nations Population Fund.…
AUC 'makes history again,' inaugurates New Cairo campus
CAIRO: After a decade of planning and five years of construction, in a grand celebration which marks a new era in the American University in Cairo's history, Egypt's First Lady…
Egyptian-German activist still detained 48 hours after 'abduction'
CAIRO: An Egyptian-German political activist remains in detention over 48 hours after what rights groups are labeling his 'abduction' by state security investigations forces.Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old journalist and MA…
Tamer Hosni tells Palestinians 'we are all one'
CAIRO: "As soon as I heard that Israel started a war on Gaza, my life stopped. I felt obliged to do something for the Palestinian people, pop singer Tamer Hosni…
Cairo University students win pan Arab short movie competition
CAIRO: With a simple mini DV camera and a modest spotlight lamp for an assignment, Youssef Mahmoud and Dani Hasecic, students at the faculty of mass communication in Cairo University,…
Sixth of October murder trial adjourned to Feb. 11
CAIRO: The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Sunday the trial of Mahmoud Sayed Abdel Hafez Essawy, charged with the murder of Heba El-Akkad and Nadine Khaled in Al-Nada compound in…
Indonesian cleric wants boycott of Islam film
A senior Indonesian cleric has called on Muslims to boycott a new film about Islam s treatment of women, saying it slanders the religion, a report said Friday.Ali Mustafa Yaqub,…
Hamas to respond to truce proposals Saturday: Egypt
CAIRO: The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is expected to give Egypt its response to proposals to reach a truce with Israel Saturday, Egypt s state-run Middle East News Agency (MENA)…
