When nature triumphs over architecture
Hisham El Zeiny flirts with earth colors in new exhibitArtist Hisham El Zeiny's new paintings, at the Mashrabia Gallery of Contemporary Art in Downtown Cairo, offer the viewer a picturesque…
Telecom industry critical of government's lack of clarity on int'l calls licensing
CAIRO: Egyptian telecom industry officials have strongly criticized the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) for the lack of clarity and transparency on offering licenses for international communications operations,…
Aboul Gheit says Egypt should prepare case against Israeli killings of POWs
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit questioned the timing of an Israeli documentary which revealed that Egyptian prisoners of war were executed by the Jewish State's military during the 1967…
US skirts the issue of Egypt's constitutional referendum
CAIRO: The spokesperson for the US State Department has said that Egypt is undergoing a "process of political reform but offered no position regarding the upcoming referendum on constitutional amendments.…
No shift in US Mideast policy, says expert
CAIRO: A senior Egyptian journalist says he expects the Bush administration to create a bloc of 'friendly' Arab nations to counter Iran's growing influence in the region.Atef Al Ghamry, Al…
UN chief in Egypt for peace initiatives
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon left yesterday for a tour of Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon to voice support for efforts to re-energize the…
Kefaya movement says referendum fixed
ReutersCAIRO: The Kefaya protest movement said on Wednesday a referendum on constitutional changes had been fixed in advance. A growing number of groups, including the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, have also…
Khamenei says Iran will use all means to defend itself
TEHRAN: Iran s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, warned world powers on Wednesday his country would do whatever it could to defend itself from force or the threat of force…
Egypt, Turkey discuss Middle East peace efforts and Iraq
ANKARA: The leaders of Turkey and Egypt discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq on Thursday, warning that persisting bloodshed is increasing despair among people in the Middle East. We agree…
New Bill Clinton book coming out in 2008
Hours and hours of conversations between then-President Clinton and award-winning historian Taylor Branch are being transcribed for a new book.Simon & Schuster will publish Wrestling History: The Bill Clinton Tapes…
