Gaza-Egypt crossing opens for second day
GAZA CITY: The Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was open for a second day Sunday to allow hundreds of people to pass into and out of…
Italy to compensate Libya $5 bln for colonial rule
BENGHAZI: Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya $5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943.Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Libyan leader Moammar…
Court hearing for the 1967 POWs postponed
CAIRO: The compensations department at a Cairo civil court has postponed to Nov. 1 the hearing of a lawsuit filed by families of deceased 1967 war prisoners, who are demanding…
Analysts say state must invest in online security
CAIRO: While the boundaries of Gaza and Kashmir garner far more headlines, a less tangible set of borders are proving to be almost equally vital to state security: those that…
Ezz Steel cuts prices by 12 percent
CAIRO: Mirroring declines in international prices, El Ezz Steel Rebars lowered Sunday its retail steel prices by LE 820 to LE 6,150 per ton, a 12 percent decline from its…
Venice film festival off to shaky start
VENICE: The 65th Venice film festival has produced no standouts since it opened on Wednesday, with reactions to the first crop among the 21 movies vying for the Golden Lion…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: A foreigner's guide to Ramadan
Ramadan Kareem is what foreigners need to learn to say today and during the rest of Ramadan, allowing the greeting to roll off the tongue morning, noon and night, especially…
Italy museum defies pope anger over crucified frog
ROME: An art museum in northern Italy said it will continue displaying a sculpture portraying a green frog nailed to a cross that has angered Pope Benedict XVI and local…
Ancient Quran sparks ownership row in Bangladesh
DHAKA: A 400-year-old handwritten copy of the Quran complete with gold punctuation marks is at the center of an ownership row in the southern Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong, police…
The WHO's sick manifesto for global recession
The World Health Organization claimed this week that "social injustice is killing people on a grand scale. Its major report on the "Social Determinants of Health concludes that social and…