Housing and Land banks to merge in 2009
CAIRO: News reports on Wednesday suggested an imminent merger between the Housing Development Bank and the Egyptian Arab Land Bank. The merger is set to take place in 2009 pending…
Noor: A ray of light for Arab audiences
One lazy weekend three months ago, I decided to do nothing but watch TV.The first evening, I turned to MBC 4 looking for the usual dose of silly American sitcoms…
Breathe Easy About Beijing
Images of the Beijing skyline seemingly bathed in a soup of smog and haze have been a common sight on the world's TV screens in recent days and weeks. Foreign…
Is Morocco a model for curbing extremism?
The British government s recent announcement about tackling religious extremism by giving young Muslims citizenship lessons among other things is an interesting one. It s easy to sneer at initiatives…
What Iranians and Israelis need to know
The looming Iran-Israel confrontation has a seemingly deterministic quality to it. Listening to the politicians, one gets a sense that powers beyond our control are pulling us toward a 21st-century…
New cancer hospital is yet to make a difference in pediatric survival rates
CAIRO: The place where you live can influence your eating habits, clothing style, education and - according to a recent study - may determine the state of your health.According to…
Egypt to DNA-test 2 fetuses from King Tut's tomb
CAIRO: Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities says the country's scientists will start DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine their link to…
Al-Jazeera to investigate its connection to Iranian film about Sadat
CAIRO: The Iranian documentary "Execution of the Pharaoh, which portrays former Egyptian president Anwar El-Sadat as a traitor, is still making headlines, this time about the identity of its producers.…
Blogger remains detained without trial
CAIRO: A student blogger has been detained for 15 days without trial after "turning himself in to security.Mohamed Rafat Bayoumi, mass communication student at Cairo University, was not at home…
Legal intervention needed to control sectarian violence, says rights group
CAIRO: An Egyptian rights group has said that an out of court settlement must not replace bringing to justice individuals who committed crimes in May during clashes over land in…
