Iran 'agrees' to US talks on Iraq
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday it has agreed to a request from the United States for talks on Iraq, just over a week after the two archfoes failed to have…
Abu Omar: tales of the involuntary voyage of an Egyptian cleric (Part 3)
CAIRO: "I was taken out of the van and put in a place where I heard motors. I soon realized that I was on an airplane. I heard a lot…
'Made in India' comes to Cairo in November
CAIRO: Seeking to enhance bilateral trade and investment between India and Egypt, the Embassy of India announced on Friday Egypt's first "Made in India Show. Due to be held in…
In Somalia, shock and awe, followed by stalemate
"Get it done quickly and get out. That, says a senior US diplomat in Addis Ababa, was the goal of the little-noticed war that Ethiopia has been fighting, with American…
Finance Minister upbeat about economy, defends real estate tax
CAIRO : Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali was upbeat last night about the performance of the economy with an anticipated growth rate of up to seven percent by the…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: Fair play on the fairway
The Golf Hotel in Ain Sokhna hosted the last of the season's tournaments on Saturday, which was won by Mrs Wang Xiao Ming with a score of 69. The course,…
Karnak Café is Mahfouz's angriest novel
CAIRO: It's hard to approach Naguib Mahfouz's Karnak Café without remembering Ali Badrakhan's harrowing 1975 film adaptation of this book about Nasser-era Egypt and our 1967 defeat to Israel. This…
THE REEL ESTATE: An invigorating breath of French breeze
How do the French do it? is question that may persistently nag the mind whenever one watches a sweeping, enchanting French story like the latest Francis Veber s directed film…
End the 'old boy' deal to choose a World Bank president
The whole sorry Wolfowitz affair looks like it is finally drawing to a close. It is hard to believe he will stay on much longer at the World Bank, and…