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China calls for more judicial co-op with EgyptA senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Friday called for greater judicial cooperation between China and Egypt, Xinhua reported.The…
An archetypal display of "artist books"
It's very difficult to make an exhibition of books, confessed José Arturo Rodríguez, the curator of "Leafing: Four Decades of Artists' Books and Magazines in Spain , as he bounced…
Shun or shine: Carter, Hamas, and pragmatic solutions to Islamism?
Since the publication of his controversial book, Palestine: Peace not Apartheid two years ago, former US President Jimmy Carter has incurred wholesale criticism from policy informants, think-tanks, and his closest…
Drug patents and Africa's failing infrastructure
Switzerland is about to become ground zero for the future of health policy in Africa. Next week, the World Health Organization s (WHO) Intergovernmental Working Group will convene in Geneva…
This Earth Day is Different
Earth Day, for some, is comparable to a sacred holiday, reminding us to tread carefully on nature s hallowed ground. For others, Earth Day serves as a starter on the…
With a Grain of Salt: An Ingenious Reader
Someone stopped me in the street the other day and with a sparkle in his eyes asked: "Is it true what you wrote about the Arab League's Secretary General Amr…
Government to raise public sector salaries by 20 pct
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said the government will give public-sector employees a salary increase of at least 20 percent this year.In an interview with state-run Al-Messa, the prime minister…
Author of censored graphic novel condemns interrogation by vice police
CAIRO: Graphic novelist Magdy El-Shafee has condemned his interrogation by police in connection with a complaint about his graphic novel "Metro .In a statement published on his website, El-Shafee says…
Preference to sons causes divorce says CAPMAS
CAIRO: A new study by Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed that there are 10,000 cases of divorce caused by the age-old preference of having sons…