Air travel soars to new heights of luxury
Singapore Airline s Airbus A380, the world s largest and most modern jetliner, arrived Wednesday in its new home, ahead of a historic flight next week that its makers say…
Leaner, meaner fall fashion hits the shop windows
"The pretty English rose has grown thorns, Burberry Prorsum designer Christopher Baily told British Vogue magazine in its September issue. In a nutshell, his words captured the fall 2007 fashion…
Scientists explain chocolate cravings
If that craving for chocolate sometimes feels like it is coming from deep in your gut, that s because maybe it is.A small study links the type of bacteria living…
Second fitness conventions kicks off this week
The SAFE Convention, now known as the Fitness Convention of the Middle East, is going to take place in Cairo for the second time at the end of October 2007…
Progress in Sudanese impasse, claims Aboul Gheit
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit announced that his trip to Sudan yielded promising results after the latest political crisis hit Egypt's neighbor.Aboul Gheit, who was accompanied by Chief of…
Top American security official to visit ME next week
CAIRO: US diplomatic endeavors in the Middle East seem set to continue with the visit of National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley to the region next week on the heels…
El-Erian says Al-Hayat misquoted him, confirms Brotherhood position on Israel
CAIRO: Prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) member Essam El-Erian denied telling the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that the group would recognize the state of Israel and cooperate with it once the MB…
Turkey's foreign minister discusses possible Turkish incursion in Iraq with Egyptian president
CAIRO: Turkey s foreign minister held talks with the Egyptian president on Thursday to explain his government s plan to send troops into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrilla groups.Foreign…
Turk shot on border with Israel dies of wounds
EL-ARISH, Egypt: A Turkish man shot by Egyptian border police as he tried to illegally cross into Israel died of his wounds Friday, a hospital official said.The Turkish national was…
Film festival celebrates the best of Spanish cinema
Euthanasia, moral bankruptcy of the Franco era, and disintegration of history are some of the main themes of this year s Spanish Cineform that kicks off next Sunday and ends…
