Abu Ghraib documentary to premiere at Berlinale
BERLIN: A motion picture about the prisoner abuse scandal at Iraq s Abu Ghraib jail will become the first documentary ever to enter the competition at the Berlin Film Festival…
Global tourism soaring, led by Mideast, despite financial crises: UN
MADRID: Global tourism soared to a record performance in 2007, led by emerging markets, and the outlook remains good despite financial crises and high oil prices, the UN World Tourism…
Iran parliament speaker in Egypt amid improving ties
CAIRO: Iranian parliament speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian officials amid improving ties between the Middle East s two most populous states, state media…
Egyptian border guards fatally shoot African man, woman, trying to cross illegally through breached Gaza border
AL-ARISH: Egyptian border guards at the boundary with Gaza on Wednesday fatally shot two Africans, a man and a woman as they tried to illegally cross from Egypt into Hamas-controlled…
Students from Egypt stopped in US had fireworks: FBI
MIAMI: Two Egyptian students at a Florida university, accused by prosecutors of promoting terrorist attacks, had fireworks and not explosives in their car when they were detained, the FBI reported.…
Palestinian factions stick to their guns
CAIRO: Fatah and Hamas representatives were obstinate over their respective roles in controlling the Egypt-Gaza border at talks held in Cairo Wednesday.Separate meetings were held in Cairo with the Fatah…
Court refuses to rule on Muslim convert case
CAIRO: The Cairo Administrative Court yesterday refused to rule on the case of Muslim convert to Christianity Mohamed Hegazy, who is demanding his new religion be recognized by the Egyptian…
Analysts pessimistic about swift resolution in Lebanon
CAIRO: Arab League Chief Amr Moussa held an emergency meeting on Sunday Jan.27 in Cairo with Arab foreign ministers to urgently push for progress in resolving Lebanon's current political vacuum.For…
French president Sarkozy marries Bruni
PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday married Italian former supermodel Carla Bruni after a whirlwind romance and less than four months after divorcing his second wife. The 53-year-old president…