UN announces $85 mln for under-funded emergencies
NAIROBI: A United Nations fund, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), managed by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), has allocated about $85 million for under-funded…
Sports Talk: A poll result based on passports
When they asked Amitabh Bachchan why he thought he had been selected the greatest star of the millennium in a BBC online poll, beating the likes of Marlon Brando, Lawrence…
January was the world's hottest month on record, scientists
TOKYO: Last month was the world s hottest January on record, in further evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are causing global warming, Japanese scientists said Friday. Temperatures across the planet…
Man allegedly abused in video phone footage still in jail
CAIRO: Ihab Magdy Farouq, a 19-year-old Imbaba resident, is currently incarcerated at the Al-Qata prison in Qalyoubia province, north of Cairo. According to the North Giza prosecutor's office, his crime…
WORD ON THE STREET
Cairenes speak out on the Israeli violation of Al-Aqsa Mosque"It's the end of the world. But as long as we remain silent nothing will ever change. The Quran said that…
Violence plagues religious protest at Al-Azhar mosque
CAIRO: Violent fights broke out between police and demonstrators on Friday early afternoon when a large crowd of protestors gathered at Al-Azhar mosque to voice their anger against Israeli excavations…
Reaching across the divide
Dear Salameh,Your last letter reached me a short while before I started an interview with the new Minister Ghaleb Majadele. I was pleased to read him the warm words you…
Theater forum chooses independence over cash
Mahmoud Aboudoma, the man behind one of the country's most vital creative gatherings, doesn't have a very high opinion of the government's cultural mandate."I don't believe in the official culture…
