Environmentalists demand halt of potential oil drilling project on Red Sea Coast
CAIRO/HURGHADA: As British oil company Burren Energy Ltd. makes final preparations for a potential oil drilling project near a protected area on the Red Sea Coast, environmental organizations demand the…
Up close with an Iraqi refugee
CAIRO: Omar is an Iraqi refugee who fled his war-torn country for Cairo six months ago. The 30-year-old mechanical engineer from Baghdad, left everything behind, including his family, spacious home…
Researcher at Ibn Khaldun center still missing
CAIRO: Researcher at Ibn Khaldun Center, Amr Tharwat, who was arrested late May along with Abdellatif Mohamed Saied, Ahmed Dahmash, Abdel Hamid Abdel Rahman, Ahmed El Sayed are still missing,…
45 Muslim Brothers arrested in Egypt clampdown
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities on Thursday arrested 45 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, bringing to 124 the number of Islamists detained since the start of the week, a security source…
CIA agents on trial in Italy for kidnapping Egyptian
MILAN: Hours before President George W. Bush visited Italy, 26 US citizens went on trial in absentia in Milan on Friday accused of carrying out one of Washington s most…
Rights groups denounce barring monitors at Brotherhood military tribunal
CAIRO/NEW YORK/LONDON: In a joint press release on Tuesday, two reputable international human rights organizations that were denied entry to the Muslim Brotherhood military tribunal on Sunday denounced prohibiting their…
People's Assembly accuses Bush of interfering in Egypt's internal affairs
CAIRO: The Foreign Affairs committee at the People s Assembly (PA) released a statement condemning US President George W. Bush's criticism of jailing members of the opposition during his speech…
A sneak peek at Alex's first luxury hotel
The Four Seasons to open its door in San Stefano before the month is over.A few days before I made the two-hour trip to Alexandria to tour the Four Seasons…
In Vineyard Veritas
Gianaclis and Omar Khayyam s 125th vintage Good wine is a necessity of life for me, Thomas Jefferson once wrote.His words resonate with wine lovers the world over, but especially…