Avian flu strain takes on more lethal form in recent deaths
CAIRO: Warda Eid Ahmed, 27, from Beni Suef was the 11th Egyptian to die of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in Egypt, the most recent victim of an upsurge…
Worlds of fantasy and non-fiction at the Cairo Book Fair
Cairo: This year's Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) promises to be a literary extravaganza enticing the book worm in us all.While the fair will be dedicated this year to great…
Whistleblowers now offered an outlet in private – the Wiki way
CAIRO: Imagine being a government worker in a repressive regime and getting your hands on classified memos that depict the ugly truth about your national authorities. How do you leak…
Trains run despite prank bomb threat in Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA: A wave of panic seized the Alexandria railway station after a prank call warned that explosives were hidden some where on its premises, the press reported.Police equipped with sniffer…
Al Azhar to study possible dialogue with the Vatican on Islam
CAIRO: The Islamic Research Center is expected on Thursday to discuss in a meeting headed by Mohamed Said Tantawy, president of the Al Azhar Institution, the final position of the…
Change isn't a luxury, it's a necessity to be sought by all people, says researcher
CAIRO: In light of the debate over constitutional amendments that are expected to herald a new era of political expression in the country, a political researcher stressed that the desired…
Lebanese sovereignty, Israeli obstacles
It has been argued that wars create opportunities for security and political changes. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 proved this saying in the negative sense. In fact, Lebanon…
Autumn of the commandante; another dictator sinks
The death watch for Fidel Castro is something that only Gabriel Garcia Marquez could get right. His novel "Autumn of the Patriarch captures perfectly the moral squalor, political paralysis, and…
Bush's Baghdad plan: What do the numbers mean?
President George W. Bush has presented a new strategy for the war in Iraq that may be able to defeat the insurgency and reverse Iraq's drift towards large-scale civil war.…
Bright lights, big city, big headache
Cairo is hard work. Given the smog, the traffic and the crushing weight of bureaucracy which seeps into all aspects of life, just going about your daily routine feels like…
