With a Grain of Salt: Off with who's tongue?
I traveled to Canada to attend the Montreal International Book Fair, leaving behind our venerable press busy with the killing of a Lebanese singer, but when I came back one…
Editorial: Murder in Egypt's suburbia
CAIRO: Do we ever really get to know the truth when heinous crimes that defy any semblance of logic are committed in Egypt?I'm not a conspiracy theorist and don't have…
Red Sea ferry launch precedes Egypt-Saudi talks – Lead
JEDDAH: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak went to the Saudi port of Jeddah on Friday for the entry into service of two new ferry boats donated to Egypt by the Saudi…
Activists lash out against state security over prisoners of conscience
CAIRO: Lawyers and activists condemned the detention of 10 men who they say are prisoners of conscience during a seminar held Thursday at the Journalists' Syndicate.The seminar was followed by…
Cairo Appeals Court to rule in four editors' case today
CAIRO: The Cairo Appeals Court is scheduled to issue a verdict today in the case of the four newspaper editors who were handed down one-year jail sentences and a LE…
Murder victims' friends disheartened by the crime, media coverage
CAIRO: The murder of Heba El-Akkad, 23, and Nadine Khaled, 19, at the latter's home in Al-Nada compound in ElSheikh Zaid city, left their friends and colleagues in disbelief. Their…
Tamim press ban case adjourned till January as journalists protest
CAIRO: Five journalists being tried for violating the press ban on the Suzanne Tamim murder case were present at the South Cairo Misdemeanor Court Dec. 4 to see their case…
French headscarf ban no discrimination, says European rights court
STRASBOURG: Europe s top rights court ruled Thursday that a French school ban on headscarves was not a violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.In a case involving two…