Shia meets Sunni in a Baghdad park
Mohammed Omar Ali sits on a bench under a tree in Al-Zawra Park, looking around impatiently for any sign of his friend. Ali, 31, has not seen Ayad Murtadha for…
Hard Talk: Social Protests: Professionals follow workers
The situation in Egypt today is like water overflowing from a bottle that had been tightly corked off for a long time. A society that has been stagnant for decades…
Tunnel workers stage peaceful protest for conditions and contracts
CAIRO: Around 200 tunnel workers congregated in Opera Square on Sunday to protest against their working conditions and temporary contracts.The tunnel workers, employed in various departments of Cairo's Al-Azhar tunnel…
Sharon Stone laments US policies on Iraq, Afghanistan
CAIRO: Hollywood icon Sharon Stone believes the Sept. 11, 2001 bombings of the United States should not have been used as a pretext to launch the wars in Afghanistan and…
1973 War threatened US, USSR confrontation, says historian
CAIRO: Before an audience of Egyptian journalists Sir Alistair Horne, a renowned British historian, recounted the events of Egypt's 1973 war with Israel. A show of hands concerning Sadat's success…
Conflicting reports shroud fate of missing ship
CAIRO: Conflicting reports have arisen over the fate of the Egyptian Badr 1 ship which disappeared last month with government officials claiming it is yet to be found and the…
Financial dispute may leave 500 families homeless
CAIRO: The escalation of a dispute between a Cairo residential compound owner and its residents could lead to the evacuation of 500 apartments. The owner of Beit El Ezz compound,…
Abdul-Monsef hits out at Zamalek technical staff
CAIRO: Zamalek keeper Mohamed Abdul-Monsef hit out at the team s technical staff after starting the CAF Champions League opener against Rwanda s APR on the bench.Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed was Ruud…