Deploying Joint UN-AU Peacekeepers in Darfur
A little more than a week ago, leaders of the world's industrialized nations met for their annual summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. Our modest goal: to win a breakthrough on climate…
False dichotomies: "Secularists" and "Islamists" in Turkey
ISTANBUL: When Turkey s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) - a party with Islamic roots - nominated one of its own as president, millions of protesters took to the…
Palestine between delusion and destruction
It's hard to know who appears more ludicrous and despicable, the Palestinian Fatah and Hamas leaderships allowing their gunmen to fight it out on the streets of the Gaza Strip…
Spending summer seriously
Agazabegad aims to help young people spend productive vacations.CAIRO: Summer vacations are on and many young people are thinking about how to spend it constructivelyBut however serious and worthwhile the…
US judge halts deportation of Egyptian who fears police torture
Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania: An Egyptian national won a reprieve Friday against US government efforts to deport him to Egypt, where he was convicted in absentia of a woman s…
Pre-IGCSE to be introduced in Egypt
CAIRO: The British (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) IGCSE certificate, available in the final three years of high school in Egypt, will be expanded to include potential training and…
People's Assembly cancels 'private lessons' punishment
CAIRO: The Educational Committee in the People s Assembly (PA) has decided to eliminate all clauses related to private lessons from the new teachers law, which initially threatened to fire…
Popular World Refugee Day plagued by violent row
CAIRO: Despite being marred by some intra-communal tensions within the Sudanese refugee community, AUC's World Refugee Day was a "great success, according to Alexandra Kilsdonk, an organizer. Two thousand to…
Experts lobby for equal laws to build churches and mosques
CAIRO: Roundtable talks held Wednesday at the National Council for Human Rights discussed ways in which to lobby its proposed amendments to Law 106 of year 1976 that deals with…