Mastiff cooking up a video game for gluttons
SAN FRANCISCO: California-based video game publisher Mastiff said Wednesday it has a deal with organizers of the famed Coney Island hot dog eating contest to cook-up a video game for…
Shoppers' alert: Sadness impairs ability to spend wisely
If you re sad and shopping, watch your wallet; a new study shows people s spending judgment goes out the window when they re down, especially if they re a…
The bistro around the corner
Walking down a narrow, winding, stone cobbled pathway, past some graffiti on a rolling steel door, my dinner partner and I found ourselves a cozy table for two on the…
Just Like Heaven – Part Two
What is heaven? What does it look like? What do you do there? In a monthly series of articles, the Daily News Egypt asks Egyptians from all walks of life…
Libya signs long-term deal to supply Indonesia with oil
TRIPOLI: Libya and Indonesia signed a deal on Thursday for the North African state to supply the world s most populous Muslim nation with crude oil for the next 20…
Larkin captures the confusing life of Mumbai
Mumbai is easily the most complex place I have ever been, said photographer Jason Larkin at a cozy visual presentation organized by the Contemporary Image Collective (CIC) Wednesday evening, where…
SCA accidentally gets back stolen antiquities
CAIRO: January is normally a quiet month in the news world, with most of us bedded down waiting for the first signs of spring to appear, but in the world…
An alliance of civilizations?
The first International Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, conceived as an antidote to the idea that the world is doomed to a "clash of civilizations, recently met in Madrid…
In Marx's shadow again
A century and a half ago, Karl Marx both gloomily and exuberantly predicted that the modern capitalism he saw evolving would prove incapable of producing an acceptable distribution of income.…
Religion and art, outrage or opportunity
In 1989, a photograph called Piss Christ by Andres Serrano, which depicted a crucifix submerged in a glass of the artist's urine, was on show at the Southeastern Center for…