Shaky Social Contracts
LONDON: "Enrich yourselves, China's Deng Xiaoping told his fellow countrymen when he started dismantling Mao Zedong's failed socialist model. In fact, elites everywhere have always lived by this injunction, and…
Decoding Egypt: Against the National Interest
CAIRO: Although the concept of the "national interest (or "public interest ) is frequently used by scholars and practitioners, little agreement has been reached on its exact definition and the…
NGO condemns public prosecution, implicates it in detention of blogger
CAIRO: Egyptian NGO the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has launched a stinging attack on the public prosecution office for what it describes as its "contribution to the…
Hussein bomb was placed under park bench with washing machine timer
CAIRO: Forensic reports of the Khan El-Khalili bomb blast last Sunday have concluded that the bomb was detonated from under one of the stone benches in Al-Hussein Square, the MENA…
Al-Dostour journalists face trial for publishing offenses
CAIRO: Al-Dostour's journalists are facing yet another criminal trial for alleged publishing offenses committed in an article which appeared in the independent daily last year.The trial of Al-Dostour chief editor…
Abou-Trika out for four weeks, Al-Badri angry
CAIRO: Ahly playmaker Mohamed Abou-Trikais set to be sidelined for up to four weeks, after picking up an ankle injury during the League game Petrojet on Sunday.The 30-year-old had to…
Tora Cement workers win pay victory after protest
HELWAN: Workers at the Tora Cement plant have reached an agreement regarding one of their demands concerning pay and conditions after staging a protest Monday.Some 200 workers had assembled in…