New positive factors favor progress on the Middle East peace, but challenges remain, says UN
New York: A convergence of positive factors, including a new Palestinian unity Government and the first political talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in six years, have the potential to…
Imam wants to sue Berlusconi over CIA "kidnap"
ReutersCAIRO/ROME: A Muslim cleric freed from a prison in Egypt four years after being grabbed in Milan in a suspected CIA kidnapping wants to sue former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi…
General Electric signs $120 million locomotives deal with government
CAIRO: Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour announced the ministry has secured the first order for 40 railway locomotives from General Electric (GE) in a deal worth $120 million (LE 680…
Petrojet starts construction of Egypt-Israel gas pipeline in March
CAIRO: Egyptian Petrojet Company will start extending natural gas pipelines to Israel in March 2007 at a total cost of $20 million (LE 114.1 million) said a senior official at…
Iraqi refugees still await UNHCR assistance
CAIRO: Iraqi refugees in Cairo continue to wait outside the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Mohandiseen to register their refugee status. Among them is Salwan Jumeil…
Al-Jazeera producer: Alleged abuse documentary to be aired soon
CAIRO: On Jan. 8, Cairo International Airport security prevented Doha-based documentary film producer Howayda Taha from boarding a plane for Qatar and confiscated 50 videotapes in her possession, her laptop…
What drives a psychiatric patient to commit a brutal murder?
CAIRO: Dreams can be a dangerous thing if, that is, they lead to murder.The December 2006 crime reported in Al Gomhuria daily, where a married man from Giza stabbed his…
In Syria, like Egypt, Iraqi refugees fear the future
NEW YORK: More than 5,000 Iraqis, fearful of being deported under Syrian immigration regulations, queued up outside the United Nations refugee agency office in Damascus today to register. We hadn…
February, voila Valentine's Day, oh la la
Here comes another February with a new Valentine s Day on the horizon, bringing to the fore fantasies and memories with scented candles and red flowers.When it comes to Valentine…
