Hidelina scandal leads to decrease in blood donations
CAIRO: Despite intense efforts exerted by different organizations to allay the public s fear of tainted blood banks in the wake of the Hidelina blood bags scandal, blood donations have…
Where do Russia's middle class vacation? Egypt, of course
Agence France-Presse MOSCOW: Car salesman Alexei Dorofeyev is proud to belong to a club he says is getting less exclusive all the time - Russia s middle class. At 22,…
Authorities detain teenager planning 'suicide operation'
Cairo: Local authorities on Saturday arrested a teenager who was planning to cross into the Palestinian territories to carry out a suicide operation , a security source told reporters. Abdel…
When Pharaohs lived among the ruins of Old Gurna
LUXOR: In a bid to save hundreds of ancient tombs in Luxor, the Egyptian government has begun relocating 3200 families whose livelihoods depend on these burial sites. And while politicians…
America's new Middle East strategy: containing Iran
What's America's strategy in the Middle East? US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice this week sketched a new framework based on what she calls the "realignment of states that want…
Enough abuse of the streets in Lebanon
Just as it was half a century ago, Lebanon is once again a pioneer and pace-setter in the Arab world, though this time the direction of movement may be toward…
Jordan begins reacting to the Sunni-Shia rift
The timing of the execution of Saddam Hussein on the first morning of Eid al-Adha, the video clips officially released by the Iraqi government and those from the cell phones…
Book fair's highlights
Seminar: Civil society and development. 1 pm, 6th of October hall.Seminar: Peaceful applications of nuclear reactors. 3 pm, 6th of October hall.Seminar: Europe, Christianity and Islam: A 14 century old…
Accidents and how to avoid a tumbling wall
I am often asked, mostly by taxi drivers, what religion I belong to. I have given various answers, all of them funny, but it has dawned on me, the driver…
Kefaya to focus on political reformation rather than demonstrations
CAIRO: The appointment of Abdel Wahab El Messiri as the new General Coordinator of the Kefaya opposition movement is expected to refocus the group's energies to push for political reformation.Hany…
