Oil price surges past $50 as OPEC output cut looms
LONDON: The price of New York crude oil soared above $50 per barrel to a two-week high point on Monday, as the market was driven by expectations that OPEC will…
Egypt police discover 114 migrants in truck
CAIRO: Egyptian police have detained 114 sub-Saharan African migrants who were found packed into a single truck in the Sinai peninsula, the state news agency MENA reported on Monday.Police regularly…
Physical, verbal brawls erupt in PA
CAIRO: Clashes erupted at the People s Assembly Sunday between members affiliated with the National Democratic Party (NDP) and Saad Aboud, of Al-Karama opposition party, as they discussed the Ministry…
Iran trying to dominate Mideast, says Aboul Gheit
CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit lashed out at the Iranian government on Sunday, accusing the Islamist regime of trying to dominate the Middle East.Aboul Gheit s statement signaled…
Iraqi 'shoe' reporter detained by PM security
BAGHDAD: A reporter who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush was being held for questioning by the Iraqi prime minister's guards, an Iraqi official said Monday, as Arabs…
Egypt's Arafa buys stake in Italian clothing firm
CAIRO: Egyptian garment maker and retailer Arafa Holding has bought a 35 percent stake in Italian textile firm Forall Confezioni S.p.A (Forall Group) for ?25.3 million ($34.07 million), Arafa said…
A vague 'home' without an address
On a small glass doorway in Mounira's French Cultural Center hangs a poster with information on the exhibition "Home, a new show by young artist Ahmed Kamel. The enlarged, unframed…
Would-be actors dream of stardom at London 'Bollywood Academy'
Far from the glitz of Bollywood, young hopefuls in a small film studio in London are honing their acting skills and dreaming of making it big, in the latest sign…
Signs of hope in the Middle East
FLORIDA: There is both good and bad news regarding attitudes about peace in the Holy Land. A Gallup Poll released last week indicates that 63 percent of Israelis and 66…