US to give Fatah $86 mln
ReutersJERUSALEM: The Bush administration will provide $86 million to strengthen security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, expanding US involvement in his struggle with Hamas, according to documents seen…
Two Muslim Brotherhood leaders detained
CAIRO: On Thursday Jan. 4, Egyptian security forces raided the houses of two Muslim Brotherhood leaders Mohamed Goda, business man, and Dr. Hamdy Allam, physician, in El Sharkia.Goda, who was…
Textile manufacturers against Chinese specialized industrial zone in Egypt
CAIRO: The textiles committee at the Egyptian Federation of Commerce Chambers has sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Ahmad Nazif to protest against setting up a Chinese industrial zone for…
This is not a review of Borat
Women are third class citizens (third to men, second to cattle), the economy is underdeveloped, education destructive, sex is either incestuous or criminal and racism (specifically anti-Semitism) is the only…
Man killed for failing to pay for gay sex
CAIRO: Police have detained a man for allegedly chopping up a German drama teacher and dumping his body parts in a suitcase because he refused to pay for gay sex,…
Lackluster Zamalek held by Mahalla
CAIRO: Henri Michel s debut with Zamalek was foiled by Ghazl Mahalla after a goalless draw in the Egyptian League on Wednesday.Zamalek s hopes of competing for the league title…
Sudanese refugees in Egypt see little hope on the horizon
IrinCAIRO: Sudanese refugee community leaders are claiming that their living conditions in the Egyptian capital are worse than ever, one year after scores of their members were killed by Egyptian…
How to read Iraq with crossed eyes and forked tongue
CAIRO: More than three years into this war, and after nearly 650,000 Iraqi deaths, reporting by mass media on the crises there is no better than the gung-ho, hoopla expressed…
