Malaysia's tiger: sustainable tourism
Falling off the southern coast of Thailand and swallowing a large potion of the South China Sea, Malaysia is the only one of the Asian tigers to have turned towards…
Starbucks brings authentic Yankee coffee shop feeling to Cairo
Walking into the brand new Starbucks shop in City Center, Nasr City, you may as well be entering the Starbucks branch at Union Square in New York City or at…
Paris Hilton seeks to shut down website publishing nude photos
LOS ANGELES: Paris Hilton filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday demanding the closure of a website where visitors can pay to view nude photos and other items that…
Iranian involvement in envoy's murder cannot be ruled out, analysts say
Iraqi government whitewashed the investigationCAIRO: Iranian involvement in the disappearance of Egyptian ambassador to Iraq Ihab Al-Sharif in 2005 cannot be proven conclusively, yet some things point in that direction…
Muslim Brotherhood economist questions NDP's recent claims of economic development
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated members of parliament queried a recent government statement at the PA indicating economic progress, asserting that the Egyptian economy was moving from bad to worse.Abd El-Hamid El…
Cyprus says Turkey is behaving like pirates
Associated PressNICOSIA: Cyprus accused Turkey on Friday of behaving like a pirate over an oil exploration dispute that has threatened to revive tension on the divided island.Turkey earlier this week…
Report warns Egypt against ignoring troubled Sinai
CAIRO: Continued discriminatory policies against the population of Egypt s Sinai risk giving rise to further terrorist activity in the peninsula, warned a report published recently.In a 37-page report entitled…
Irish Foreign Minister meets officials in Cairo, Mideast
CAIRO: A delegation headed by the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern made a brief trip to Cairo Thursday as part of his Middle East tourAhern s trip comes…
European MP barred from seeing Ayman Nour in prison
ReutersCAIRO: A senior member of the European Parliament said on Wednesday Egyptian authorities had barred him from visiting imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour and he urged the European Union to…
Italian judges say Egyptian Madrid bombing mastermind is member of Al-Qaeda
ROME: An Egyptian man accused of being one of the masterminds of the Madrid 2004 train bombings is an influential member of Al-Qaeda , two Italian judges said Thursday. The…
