Security Council mulls text in support of Mideast peace
UNITED NATIONS: UN Security Council envoys huddled behind closed doors Saturday to mull a text in support of the Middle East peace process which their ministers plan to adopt here…
Hamas rules out renewing truce
CAIRO: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Sunday it was unlikely that a truce with Israel in and around the Gaza Strip would be renewed when it expires next week.His…
OPEC divisions again on display heading to Algeria
CAIRO: OPEC, the oil-producing group that consumers worldwide love to hate, is fine tuning its strategy heading into a meeting this week in Algeria, determined that its fourth attempt in…
Winslet, Law and Owen to lead line-up at Berlin film fest
Hollywood heavyweights Kate Winslet, Steve Martin, Jude Law and Clive Owen will headline the next Berlin Film Festival with a clutch of new pictures, organizers said Friday.Winslet is expected at…
Nobel laureates crown U2's Bono 'man of peace'
Nobel peace laureates gathered in Paris on Friday awarded the Irish rocker-turned-activist Bono an annual Man of Peace prize for his crusade to tackle African debt, poverty and disease.Paris Mayor…
Colombian film week kicks off
The Embassy of Colombia in Cairo, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, is inaugurating the Colombian Film Week at Cairo Opera House's Artistic Creation Center tonight. The mini-festival is…
A camel caravan, a camera and a map
One of the many images the desert evokes is the infinite paths created by God, but the songs of Arita Baaijens in her latest book "Desert Songs are more earthly…
What is God's zip code?
PHEONIX: "Hi, I'm Anne and I'm a Christian Scientist. "I'm Tex, a Methodist. "I'm John, a member of the LDS church. "I'm Dilara, a Muslim. No, this isn't a religious…
The torturers of Tashkent
NEW YORK: President Islam Karimov's regime in Uzbekistan has survived for 19 years, in no small part because it has resorted time and again to police brutality and torture to…
Cyber insecurity
CAMBRIDGE: In August 2008, Russian troops moved into Georgia. Observers dispute who fired first, but there was a little-noticed dimension of the conflict that will have major repercussions for the…