Obama and Iran
NEW YORK: While talking to an Iranian official in Tehran earlier this year, he reminded me of Ayatollah Khomeini's fondness for comparing the relationship between the United States and Iran…
The rest is an 'opinion'
LONDON: According to Hamas leaders, Palestinian President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas has stood against any bilateral meetings between the two factions because he wants to end his term in…
Crisis is opportunity for green economy
UNITED NATIONS: As world leaders gather in Washington, they would do well to remember that we face two crises. The global financial crisis is most immediate; the more existential is…
Protestors demand release of Egyptian doctor from Saudi
CAIRO: Demonstrators in Cairo demanded that Saudi Arabia release an Egyptian doctor sentenced to prison and ordered to receive 1,500 lashes for malpractice.Family members, friends and colleagues gathered Tuesday at…
Helwan University students complain of state security intimidation
CAIRO: Two Helwan University students have filed a legal complaint against police officers they say physically assaulted them on the university campus.Nagy Kamel and Mostafa Shawqy, both engineering students and…
SPECIAL SERIES: EDUCATION: It's all about the grade in Egypt's American diploma
CAIRO: An exclusive group of students in Egypt could once call themselves recipients of an American Diploma. However, after an education ministry decree in 1997 that set criteria for offering…
Egyptian child rapist handed eighth death sentence
KUWAIT CITY: A Kuwait court on Monday handed down two more death sentences on an Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, bringing the total to eight death…
Guarded shipping corridor limiting Somali piracy
CAIRO: The commander of a multinational naval force off Somalia s coast says a shipping corridor patrolled by warships is helping protect merchant vessels from a surge in pirate attacks.Danish…
