Protestors chained to hospital beds, says rights group
CAIRO: Dozens of Egyptians injured during last week s demonstrations in the industrial city of Mahalla are being kept illegally handcuffed to their hospital beds, an Egyptian rights group said…
I want the Palestinians to win
JERUSALEM- I and the majority of the Palestinian people are ready for a historic agreement based on international decisions that will allow a Palestinian and Israeli state to coexist, side…
20 Gazans allowed in for medical treatment
CAIRO: Egypt allowed 20 Palestinians to cross to Sinai from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip for medical treatment on Monday, a security official told AFP. All those coming for treatment were…
Embattled Carter visits rocket-battered Israeli town, arrives in Cairo soon
SDEROT: Former US President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militants attacks on Israel as a despicable crime as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday.Carter met with police officials and with…
Kidnapped journalist requests investigation
CAIRO: Head of the freedoms committee at the Journalists' Syndicate Mohamed Abdel Quddous submitted a request calling for an investigation into what he termed his "kidnap by a branch of…
British officials to be searched upon entering Egypt
CAIRO: The Foreign Ministry has issued orders that British officials entering Egypt be subject to the same treatment that Pope Shenouda III encountered at London's Heathrow airport, local press reported.At…
UN official calls biofuel production 'a crime against humanity'
BERLIN: Massive production of biofuels is a crime against humanity because of its impact on global food prices, a UN official said Monday on German radio. Producing biofuels today is…