President casts doubt on US-sponsored Mideast peace conference
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday that without proper preparations or a clear agenda, the upcoming US-sponsored Mideast peace conference will be a failure, echoing doubts of other regional leaders.US…
Squabbling between Bedouins and opposition mar efforts to call for rights
CAIRO: The aftermath of protests in Sinai on Friday has seen a polarization of tribes and groups in the area as disparate voices call for the end of mistreatment of…
State accuses human rights group of corruption, threatens shut down
CAIRO: The Association for Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA) has received notice that the governor of Cairo is weighing a decision to close the organization and try its members…
Egypt's ruling party to vote Mubarak leader: official
CAIRO: A top official in Egypt s ruling party says there is a consensus to elect President Hosni Mubarak as party chairman, quelling reports that Mubarak s son would take…
AITS, hospital sign contract to digitize medical services
CAIRO: Dar Al-Fouad Hospital signed a contract with Allied Information Technology Services (AITS)-Allied Soft to help the hospital go online and digitize its medical transcription and billing services.Dar Al-Fouad, General…
New regional health agency to formulate better health policies in the Mena region
CAIRO: The Middle East and North Africa Health Policy Forum (Mena HPF) opened on Sunday its first conference on the development and restructure of health policy in the Middle East…
Chahine tackles corruption at Venice Film Fest
Veteran film director Youssef Chahine caused a stir at the Venice Film Festival last Friday with the screening of his latest movie "Heya Fawda (Chaos) presented in competition for the…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: Touting tutorial talents
It will not be too long before autumn arrives in Cairo. For newly arrived foreigners it will be impossible to imagine that by October the leaves will have started to…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: The Freedom to Spread Rumors!
I don't know how we insist on having a free press but at the same time try to thwart the right of newspapers to spread baseless rumors right left and…
The Twilight of Pervez Musharraf
It is said that political power in Pakistan flows from the three A's: Allah, the Army, and support from America. Of the three, it is the army leadership that has…