The self-inflicted vulnerabilities of Iran's economy
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini once famously said: "Economics is for donkeys. Well, looking at the economy of Iran today it is clear that Iran could do with some more donkeys, in…
Are things coming together for George W. Bush in Iraq?
Doctors use the word "crisis to describe the point at which a patient either starts to recover or dies. President George W. Bush's Iraqi patient now seems to have reached…
Britain tiptoes away in the darkness
"What all of this means is not that Basra is how we want it to be. But it does mean that the next chapter in Basra's history can be written…
Noise is my hobby, says Italian musician who is recycling Cairo's street sounds
CAIRO: Imagine these sounds: Tchuk! - a door shuts close, Chhsschsh - the static sounds on the radio between stations, or Beeeeep - a car horn blasts. Banal? Annoying? Not…
National blood drive will save lives, says doctor
A country-wide blood donation campaign launches to make up for plummeting rates. CAIRO: A public blood donation campaign has intensified recently to counter the dramatic fall in the number of…
Student blogger receives four year prison sentence
CAIRO: Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman Amer, better known by his blog alias 'Kareem Amer', was sentenced to four years in prison for defaming Islam and President Hosni Mubarak on…
Unicef's Veneman assures Egypt can achieve its Millennium Development Goals
CAIRO: Following the conclusion of her three-day-visit to Egypt on Tuesday, Ann Veneman, Executive Director of Unicef said she was impressed that Egypt is well on track to achieve its…
Two boys shot for a mouthful of barsim
A farmer shot two boys when their donkey helped itself to some fodder from his field, Al Gomhuria reported. Khalafallah Elwan, 13, and Omar Shahat Ramadan, 18, both students, were…
Sunni leader to visit Vatican
VATICAN CITY: Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the foremost authority in Sunni Islam, has accepted an invitation from Pope Benedict XVI to visit Rome, the Vatican announced Tuesday. The pontiff s…
