Mobinil says 3G license not profitable in itself
CAIRO: Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil will make no profit on its third-generation (3G) network and would not have bought a 3G license if the deal had not included an extension…
Stone shows surprising restraint with Bush pic 'W'
Oliver Stone thinks George W. Bush was unqualified to be president. However, the filmmaker found him an irresistible figure for drama.After months of speculation over whether Stone s film biography…
Learning to rock with Baraka
Iudging by the crowd piled outside the Rawabet Theater on Saturday night, a passerby would surely have assumed that a well-established act was about to take the stage. On the…
Dialogue triumphs
JERUSALEM: Culture, hobbies, dreams, religion, politics, sports, discrimination, music, women s role in society - these were only some of the issues discussed by about 140 young adults during a…
What McCain and Obama ignore
PRINCETON: Barack Obama worked for three years as a community organizer on Chicago's blighted South Side, so he knows all about the real poverty that exists in America. He knows…
From Christian democracy to Muslim democracy?
BUDAPEST: This summer, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) narrowly escaped being banned by the country's constitutional court. State prosecutors alleged that the party was trying to "Islamicize the…
No charges brought against Samalut police officer yet
CAIRO: The District Attorney for North Minya has denied newspaper reports that charges have been brought against four police informants in the case of the death of a pregnant woman…
Calm season marks Egyptian university elections
CAIRO: Things are looking a little different this year as university students all over Egypt choose their representatives at the annual student union elections.Despite heavy participation, this year the elections…
Police fear the people, says former officer
CAIRO: The recent death of a pregnant woman allegedly at the hands of a police officer in the town of Samalut has again brought to the fore the transgressions of…
PA religious committee proposes Islamic channel to address the West
CAIRO: The People's Assembly s (PA) committee of Religious Affairs and Endowments recently discussed a proposal to establish a new independent Islamic channel, according to committee member Sheikh Mahmoud Hamdy…