One killed in Sinai landmine blast
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: An Egyptian worker was killed late Tuesday when a landmine believed to have been left over from Arab-Israeli wars exploded near the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh,…
Lovers stoned to death in Pakistani village
MULTAN, Pakistan: Two lovers were tied to trees and stoned to death for adultery by angry relatives in a Pakistani village, police said Tuesday. Police said the couple, who were…
Egypt to boycott Arab Futsal competitions
CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) decided on Monday to suspend its participation in Arab Futsal activities indefinitely in response to the brutal assault launched on Egyptian players by Libyans…
Alleged car swindler arrested
CAIRO: Karim Nashaat, the owner of Al Rabea for Car Trade, was arrested Sunday after he had fled with about LE 16 million from customers for nearly one month, police…
Are space-bound jinn behind the fires of Luxor?
CAIRO: Police investigators in Luxor are at a loss to explain how three houses suddenly caught on fire and burned to the ground.Forensic scientists have intensified efforts to unravel the…
Government puts financial squeeze on Muslim Brotherhood
Agence France-PresseCAIRO: The authorities have tightened the noose on the opposition Muslim Brothers by freezing the assets of the Islamist movement s financiers it accuses of seeking to revive the…
Real estate developers expect structural changes in the market after a major land deal
NoozzCAIRIO: The Egyptian construction market expects the results of a bid launched by the Ministry of Housing in December 2006 over eight large plots in new cities to restructure the…
Navigating Lebanon's political minefield
On the face of it, the donor conference of Western and oil-rich Arab nations in Paris last week merely continued the work of two previous multilateral conferences in 2001 and…
Peaceful resistance, the only way to a Palestinian state
Palestinians have failed to appreciate the inherent power they have once they put away the gun. They are fighting among themselves about how to deal with Israeli oppression: with bullets…
