Hollywood closes off record foreign sales year
Major Hollywood studios defied the global economic meltdown to rake in record overseas profits in 2008 at about $9.9 billion, a four-percent increase from 9.5 billion in 2007, according to…
Reclusive writer J.D. Salinger turns 90
Reclusive author J.D. Salinger, whose seminal novel The Catcher in the Rye has lent voice to the angst and despair felt by generations of rebellious adolescents, turns 90 on Thursday.But…
Egypt announces measures to bolster tourism
CAIRO: Egypt will exempt hotels from paying contributions to the country s tourism promotion authority and will cut fees paid by charter flights to help its tourism industry cope with…
Egypt calls for humanitarian corridors in Gaza
CAIRO: Egypt called for the creation of humanitarian corridors in Gaza to allow food and medicine to be brought into the Israeli-battered Palestinian enclave, the foreign ministry said on Sunday.…
Egypt border guard wounded by gunfire from Gaza
CAIRO: An Egyptian border guard was wounded in an exchange of fire with Gaza fighters at the divided border town of Rafah, a security official said on Saturday.Exchanges of fire…
Egypt summons ambassadors over UN inaction on Gaza
CAIRO: Egypt summoned the ambassadors of the UN Security Council s five permanent members on Sunday in protest at its delay in passing a resolution for an end to Israel…
British protestors target Egypt over Gaza conflict
LONDON: Protestors rallied outside Egypt s embassy in London on Friday, urging Cairo to open its border with Gaza, in the latest in a week of demonstrations here over the…
Ayman Nour sues human rights council Chief Boutros Boutros Ghali
CAIRO: Ayman Nour, the jailed founder of the opposition Al-Ghad Party, filed a lawsuit against Boutros Boutros-Ghali for failing to perform his role as chairman of the National Council for…
Israel forces sever Gaza, surround major city
GAZA CITY: Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, cutting the coastal territory into two and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase…
Debate ensues over NCHR chief's meeting with Israeli ambassador
CAIRO: Sameh Ashour, lawyer and candidate for the chairman position at the Lawyers' Syndicate, announced that he sent a letter to Boutros Boutros-Ghali, head of the National Council for Human…