'Gomorrah' success no threat to veteran mafia reporter
ROME: Rosaria Capacchione, who has been reporting on the Naples-area Camorra mafia for two decades, does not begrudge the success of 29-year-old bestselling author Roberto Saviano.On the contrary, Capacchione urges…
Coldplay deny plagiarism allegations
British group Coldplay on Tuesday denied allegations that the band had plagiarized a song from an American rock guitarist on their latest chart-topping album.In a statement on their website which…
Smells like the independent spirit
The German Cultural Institute (Goethe) in Downtown Cairo was home to dozens of film-hungry fans last week. After several adjournments, the Cairo Independent Film Festival had finally found refuge in…
Letters: There's a reason why homosexuality goes underground
In the article "Honey, I'm homosexual which was published by Daily News Egypt on Dec. 5, I was shocked at how the article steered the subject of gay husbands in…
Letters: God bless the West
Thank you for the advice you gave us Ms. Carr in your comment "Homosexuality is not an illness published by Daily News Egypt on Dec. 10.I promise you that the…
The last of the neo-cons
NEW YORK: With George W. Bush's presidency about to end, what will happen to the neo-conservatives? Rarely in the history of American politics has a small number of bookish intellectuals…
From neoliberalism to no liberalism?
WASHINGTON, DC: The era of free-market capitalism launched in the 1980's by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan - often called "neoliberalism by its opponents - is over. This ideological wave…
In Focus: Post Mumbai Jihadists
The recent Mumbai bombings which killed nearly 180 people and injured 300 will be a turning point in the future of "jihadism around the world. Now it is possible to…
Journalists arrested at thwarted Gaza caravan assembly point
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities again prevented the departure of an aid caravan destined for Gaza on Saturday, and arrested two journalists at the caravan's assembly point outside Cairo's State Council.According to…
Egypt diplomats worst traffic offenders, says London paper
CAIRO: Egyptian diplomats along with their Saudi Arabian, Afghani and Sudanese counterparts are the worst violators of London's traffic laws, reported the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday.According to the newspaper, "the…