Woman awakens after 6 years, slips back
COLORADO, US: A woman who went into a vegetative state more than six years ago awoke this week for three days and spoke with her family and a local television…
Authorities seize a million fake Viagra pills in Nuweiba port
CAIRO: Egyptian customs officers at the port of Nuweiba seized a million imitation Viagra pills and aphrodisiacs on Wednesday in a refrigerated truck registered in Syria, a customs source told…
Former US hostage in Iraq Jill Carroll returns to reporting in Middle East
BOSTON: Jill Carroll, the journalist held hostage for nearly three months in Iraq last year, has returned to the Middle East to report for the Christian Science Monitor, a newspaper…
The Missing Masterpieces
The most valuable pieces of art that have disappeared in the last 50 yearsThe Art Loss Register lists these as the world s most valuable stolen or missing art works,…
Jihan Holding accuses MoI of obstructing production in Alex complex
CAIRO: Chairman of Saudi Jihan Holding Group Ahmad Badib has blamed the Egyptian Ministry of Investment for delaying production from the polyester industrial complex that the Saudi group has established…
Palestinian dies as thousands storm Gaza crossing
GAZA: Thousands of Palestinians tried to force their way through Gaza s Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Thursday in a melee in which one man suffered a fatal heart…
INTERVIEW: "We do not teach hatred": Nasser Eddin Al Sha'a
RAMALLAH: Nasser Eddin Al Sha'a is the Palestinian Minister of Education who was detained last fall during an Israeli sweep of West Bank members of the governing Islamist party. A…
Egyptians support Iran, against Israel and US, according to BBC poll
CAIRO: In a BBC poll released this week documenting global opinion on the negative or positive influence of 12 countries on the world, Egyptians stood apart with their approval of…
Emaar Misr partners continue negotiation over ownership structure
Gabr: company looking for more development opportunities on Red Sea, area between Luxor and Aswan CAIRO: Negotiations over changing the ownership structure of Emaar Misr are ongoing and "all scenarios…
Speaking Ikebana to celebrate women.
In Japan women used to make small boat-baskets of flowers for good luck when their fishermen went out to sea, on their return, the boats would be in front with…