Bird Flu claims life of Qena girl
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced Saturday the 15th Egyptian death from the deadly H5N1 virus, known as bird flu. The victim, a 10-year-old girl from Qena province, was found…
Egypt court rules against US university on face veil
ReutersCAIRO: An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday that the US-accredited American University in Cairo (AUC) was wrong to bar a female scholar who wears an Islamic face veil from using…
Mounib Causeway: more than just the after-effects of the heat wave
CAIRO: Heat waves are not new to many of us, for when one hits us, people are washed in their own sweat, and they become dehydrated - or faint. The…
Environmentalists demand halt of potential oil drilling project on Red Sea Coast
CAIRO/HURGHADA: As British oil company Burren Energy Ltd. makes final preparations for a potential oil drilling project near a protected area on the Red Sea Coast, environmental organizations demand the…
Up close with an Iraqi refugee
CAIRO: Omar is an Iraqi refugee who fled his war-torn country for Cairo six months ago. The 30-year-old mechanical engineer from Baghdad, left everything behind, including his family, spacious home…
Researcher at Ibn Khaldun center still missing
CAIRO: Researcher at Ibn Khaldun Center, Amr Tharwat, who was arrested late May along with Abdellatif Mohamed Saied, Ahmed Dahmash, Abdel Hamid Abdel Rahman, Ahmed El Sayed are still missing,…
45 Muslim Brothers arrested in Egypt clampdown
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities on Thursday arrested 45 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, bringing to 124 the number of Islamists detained since the start of the week, a security source…
CIA agents on trial in Italy for kidnapping Egyptian
MILAN: Hours before President George W. Bush visited Italy, 26 US citizens went on trial in absentia in Milan on Friday accused of carrying out one of Washington s most…
