The Big Read answers a big need
In an attempt to bridge the cultural gap between Egypt and the United States, while solving the problem of reading deficiency that persists in both countries, the National Endowment for…
Fragile and expendable, finger-thin undersea cables tie the world together
NEW YORK: The lines that tie the globe together by carrying phone calls and internet traffic are just two-thirds of an inch (1.68 cm) thick where they lie on the…
Egypt asks to stop film, MP3 downloads during internet outage
CAIRO: The telecommunications ministry appealed Thursday for internet users to stop downloading movies and MP3s so as to give priority to businesses after damage to an undersea cable forced all…
OT wins mobile phone license in North Korea
SEOUL: Orascom Telecom (OT) says it has won the right to provide a mobile phone service in communist North Korea, a country which has strictly restricted such services to the…
Hamas defies Egyptian efforts to reseal porous Rafah border
RAFAH: Hamas hauled away metal spikes Egyptian soldiers placed at sections of the Gaza-Egypt border Friday, defying Egyptian attempts to reseal the breached frontier and curb the influx of Gazans.Hamas…
The meaning of martyrdom
GAZA: Martyrdom: It's a word that emanates a ring of fear in every Western politician s heart. Once a chime to the bells of sainthood - such as Joan of…
No common grounds found on Palestinian visit
CAIRO: For the second day of separate meetings in Cairo, it seemed that neither Hamas nor Fatah was willing to budge from its position while Egyptians tried to broker some…
Mubarak meets Iranian officials; analysts share pros and cons of renewing ties
CAIRO: Egypt and Iran continued working on re-establishing diplomatic ties Thursday as President Hosni Mubarak met Ali Akbr Nataq Nuri, senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei, and…
Foreign Ministry uses Palestine to swipe back at West over human rights
CAIRO: Apparently still stung by an EU parliament resolution criticizing Egypt's human rights record, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs struck back at the international community by criticizing the UN Security…
