Batman blockbuster won't be released in China
Batman blockbuster The Dark Knight won t be screened in Chinese cinemas, Warner Bros. said in a statement Wednesday.The studio said that the acclaimed film - the second highest-grossing movie…
Australian 'mummy smuggler' arrested in Cairo
CAIRO: An Australian has been arrested in Egypt for allegedly trying to smuggle a 2,000-year-old mummified cat and other antiquities out in his suitcase, a security official said on Thursday.The…
Big Brother Google?
MOSCOW: "Google violates its 'don't be evil' motto. To Google's credit, if you Google that sentence, you can find reference to a debate on that claim that I took part…
Iran encounters Obama
WASHINGTON, DC: Since its Islamist revolution of 1979, Iran's hardline leadership has relentlessly painted America as a racist, bloodthirsty power bent on oppressing Muslims worldwide. Nothing punctures this narrative more…
Christmas letter to Bethlehem
JERUSALEM: Dear Bethlehem,As you know, we at the Tantur Ecumenical Institute are your neighbors to the north, inside the Green Line on the Palestinian side, but claimed by Israel as…
Green valleys grace Cairo's rooftops
CAIRO: By hook or by crook, Egyptians always manage to slither out of adversity. Who would have thought that the greenery we lack in the heart of the stifling, dusty…
Pope greets Christmas with appeal for children
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas Midnight Mass early Thursday by sending out an appeal for children who are abused, forced to live on the street or serve as…
Defense committee calls for nullifying ferry verdict
CAIRO: On the fourth court session in the appeal of a verdict acquitting the owner of the sunken Al Salam 98 ferry, the defense committee on behalf of the victims'…
Schoolboy killer gets six years with hard labor
ALEXANDRIA: An Alexandria court handed 23-year-old mathematics teacher Haitham Nabil Abdel Hamid a six-year jail sentence with hard labor, for kicking 11-year-old Islam Badr to death last October. The verdict…
6th of October Bridge junction sinks, causing extreme traffic jam
CAIRO: A steel junction on 6th of October Bridge sunk Wednesday morning causing traffic on one of Cairo's main arteries, leading to a almost complete standstill.The junction in question was…
