Police stop 200 Egyptians returning from Gaza
AL-ARISH: Egyptian police stopped almost 200 Egyptians stranded in Gaza who tried to force their way across the Rafah border post on Sunday, Egyptian security sources said. About 70 of…
Palestinian protesters in Gaza demand that Egypt release Hamas insurgents
RAFAH: Palestinians in Gaza demanded Sunday that Egypt release the rest of the Hamas militants they are holding in prison. About 200 Hamas supporters demonstrated peacefully Sunday at the Gaza-Egypt…
Egypt's Islamist clampdown is bid to fix vote: rights group
CAIRO: Egypt s shameless roundup of Islamists ahead of municipal elections is a bid to fix the vote and casts serious doubt on its legitimacy, Human Rights Watch said on…
Islamist movements are 'perversions,' says ex-Brotherhood member
CAIRO: Former Muslim Brotherhood member Ali Abdel-Hafeez, who left the group in a storm of controversy last year, has labeled Islamist movements "perversions that lead to divisions rather than solutions."Islamist…
France, Egypt discuss nuclear energy cooperation
CAIRO: On her first visit to Egypt in her capacity as French Foreign Trade Minister, Anne-Marie Idrac met with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to discuss nuclear energy cooperation. Making use…
Suez Canal ups tariff rates
CAIRO: The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) will implement its scheduled transit tariff increase starting April 2008, reported Reuters, quoting an official spokesperson from the SCA. Transit fees will be raised…
Sorour on real estate tax law, economic courts
CAIRO: While the Shoura Council passed a draft bill amending Egypt's new real estate tax law on Sunday, the issue is still hot on the People's Assembly agenda.Members of the…
Vessela Farid's collection depicts the art of authenticity
Contemporary Egyptian art is difficult to identify and classify - a reflection of the lack of a definitive modern Egyptian identity in general. Art suffers from the same positive and…
'Satanic Verses' premiere passes off peacefully
The first ever stage play based on Salman Rushdie s book The Satanic Verses passed off without incident in Germany on Sunday with police in attendance in case of disturbances.…
The end of an era
Who would have possibly imagined at the beginning of President Mubarak's reign that after more that 25 years we would reach the stage we are in now. The beginning was…