People's Assembly votes against Wafd's no-confidence bid
CAIRO: National Democratic Party (NDP) MPs voted against Al-Wafd party's request to withdraw confidence from the government after the investigations committee of the People s Assembly (PA) implicated the government…
Everyone is allowed to give the Palestinians a good kick
Go on, then. Find a Palestinian - man, woman, child . irrespective; refugee and downtrodden preferred.Now give them a good wallop and make sure it smarts.There, chalk one up for…
Africa's largest trade bloc endorses customs union
Associated PressNAIROBI: Africa s largest trade bloc endorsed a tax plan Tuesday designed to make it cheaper and easier to do business on an impoverished continent struggling to lure foreign…
Egypt postpones decision on Ayman Nour's release, says judge
CAIRO: A decision on whether to release Egypt s jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour on medical grounds was postponed on Tuesday pending a medical examination.A judge announced that a committee…
Egypt's once largest militant group appeals to Al-Qaeda to reconsider its violent ideology
Associated Press CAIRO: Egypt s once largest militant group has appealed to the Al-Qaeda terror network to renounce its violent ideology and rally behind the Egyptian Islamic militants conversion to…
Relief convoy hit by renewed Lebanon fighting
BEIRUT: A UN relief convoy carrying supplies was hit in renewed fighting Tuesday as it tried to enter the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, a relief official said,…
Legal expert lectures on Canadian anti-terrorism
CAIRO: It was not only American anti-terrorism legislation that changed dramatically after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Canada too underwent a process of considerable legal change.Having struck so close to…
Policeman shot near border with Israel
An Egyptian policeman was wounded in the Sinai Peninsula on Monday when he was shot by smugglers near the border with Israel, a security official told AFP. Alaa Eddine Khalifa…
Suez Canal traffic resumes after brief disruption
Traffic on the Suez Canal was moving freely again after a cargo ship, which drifted off course, blocked the vital waterway for several hours, a canal authority official said on…
