Farmers 'scared to talk' about land tax arrests

BEHEIRA: It's a long drive from Cairo to Janaklisse, but going deep into the countryside has no bearing on the long arm of corruption. After Sunday's arrests of 1,230 farmers…

Michaela Singer

Sports Talk: Without sports

Imagine you live in Iraq. Now imagine there are no sports in Iraq. Now you have an idea about how bad life can be in that country.Sports might not be…

Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Investigation of five Mahalla workers begins

CAIRO: The Mahalla public prosecution office Tuesday began investigations into five workers from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory in connection with the events of April 6.Gehad Tammam, Mostafa Fawda, Gamal…

Sarah Carr

Under-fire Egypt minister 'dreams' of normal ties with Israel

CAIRO: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni, a candidate to head UNESCO but under fire from the Jewish state, said on Tuesday he "dreams of normal ties with Israel once it has…

AFP
AFP

WWII mine kills four in scrap metal shop

CAIRO: Four people were killed, including a child, and 13 wounded when an old mine exploded in a scrap metal shop in the Mediterranean port of Alexandria on Tuesday, a…

AFP
AFP