GfD proposes solutions to facilitate Arab development
CAIRO: The Minister of State for Administrative Development Ahmed Darwish stressed e-Government as a key contributor to development. In the meeting of the participants of the Good Governance for Development…
Crime and Punishment, Refugee Style
The horrible murder of Giovanna Reggianni that took place near a Romanian refugee camp in the suburb of Tor di Quinto in Rome shocked both Italy and Romania. The case…
The weigh to peace
TEL AVIV: Women s desire to be thin is universal. That, at least, is the premise behind A Slim Peace, a documentary bringing together Palestinian and Israeli women for a…
Dollars and Depression
The falling dollar has emerged as a source of profound global macroeconomic distress. The question now is how bad that distress will become. Is the world economy at risk? There…
Matt Dillon discusses career in festival's dullest conference
In one of the most peculiar, dull and yawn-inducing press conferences of the festival so far, American star Matt Dillon was showered with typical questions about his career and the…
Google restores YouTube account of activist blogger
CAIRO: Google has restored the YouTube account belonging to Award-winning Egyptian rights activist and blogger Wael Abbas. The leading video-sharing website pulled the plug on Abbas page a few days…
Orascom Telecom sells Iraqna to Kuwaiti Zain
CAIRO: Orascom Telecom quit its operations in Iraq and sold its Iraqi mobile phone operator Iraqna for $1.2 billion to Kuwait's Mobile Telecommunications Co (Zain), allowing the Egyptian operator to…
Inquest into Ashraf Marwan case postponed
CAIRO: British authorities have asked to further postpone sending the case of businessman Ashraf Marwan to court while they continue to pursue their investigations.Marwan died in suspicious circumstances on June…
Palestinian students allowed into Egypt
CAIRO: More than 250 Palestinian students from the isolated Gaza Strip were allowed into Egypt Sunday after having been prohibited from leaving the territories for months.Palestinian officials told AFP that…
