Are conditions ripe for negotiating with Iran?
A number of serious voices are saying it is time for a new approach on Iran. Senator Diane Feinstein and former high-level US government officials have called for the United…
With a Grain of Salt: Throw enough mud
It seems that a studies and research center does not necessarily entail undertaking any research. It's enough for those in charge to pass judgment without documented proof. Once the falseness…
Graduation project earns team best film award
CAIRO: One night in April 2007, Karim El Shenawy, a senior at Cairo University's mass communications department, was home watching the awards ceremony for Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival.…
Protestors condemn price hikes, demand minimum wage
CAIRO: Demonstrators condemned price rises during a protest organized by the freedoms committee of the Journalists Syndicate held on the syndicate s steps Thursday night.On Monday a bill was passed…
Pope Shenouda returns to Cairo following medical check-up
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of Saint Mark the Evangelist, returned on Thursday to Cairo after a short trip to the US to undergo a…
Why squash should be an Olympic sport
With five players in the world's top 20, Egypt excels at squash, but no one seems to pay any attention, neither in Egypt nor in the Olympics which refuses to…
LE 250,000 worth of stolen objects seized
HELWAN: Two jobless robbers from Helwan have specialized in robbing houses at night by breaking their doors. Police have seized stolen items worth about LE 250,000 from the pair.The robbers…
Woman tries to attack husband with sulfuric acid in court
CAIRO: The wife of a convicted violent criminal from Al-Gamalia was arrested as she attempted to take revenge on him by dousing him in sulfuric acid.Her planned attack was in…
Worker slays his friend for party money
CAIRO: A private storehouse worker in Cairo has admitted to the murder of his friend, motivated by revenge and robbery.He visited his friend at his workplace at the foot of…