Legal expert lectures on Canadian anti-terrorism
CAIRO: It was not only American anti-terrorism legislation that changed dramatically after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Canada too underwent a process of considerable legal change.Having struck so close to…
Relief convoy hit by renewed Lebanon fighting
BEIRUT: A UN relief convoy carrying supplies was hit in renewed fighting Tuesday as it tried to enter the besieged Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, a relief official said,…
Egypt's once largest militant group appeals to Al-Qaeda to reconsider its violent ideology
Associated Press CAIRO: Egypt s once largest militant group has appealed to the Al-Qaeda terror network to renounce its violent ideology and rally behind the Egyptian Islamic militants conversion to…
Egypt postpones decision on Ayman Nour's release, says judge
CAIRO: A decision on whether to release Egypt s jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour on medical grounds was postponed on Tuesday pending a medical examination.A judge announced that a committee…
Africa's largest trade bloc endorses customs union
Associated PressNAIROBI: Africa s largest trade bloc endorsed a tax plan Tuesday designed to make it cheaper and easier to do business on an impoverished continent struggling to lure foreign…
Everyone is allowed to give the Palestinians a good kick
Go on, then. Find a Palestinian - man, woman, child . irrespective; refugee and downtrodden preferred.Now give them a good wallop and make sure it smarts.There, chalk one up for…
People's Assembly votes against Wafd's no-confidence bid
CAIRO: National Democratic Party (NDP) MPs voted against Al-Wafd party's request to withdraw confidence from the government after the investigations committee of the People s Assembly (PA) implicated the government…
Shady Abdel Salam: The world of a genius
Those familiar with the world of Hollywood know that celluloid museums exist. Some of us may have even visited one. However, an entire museum devoted to one Egyptian director is…
Europe's second chance is approaching in the Balkans
Confronting the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991, former European Union Council President Jacques Poos made his famous but now derided statement: "This is the hour of Europe . not the…
Turkish anxiety on Kirkuk may mean new conflicts
Turkey is interested in the fate of the Kirkuk region of Iraq for three main reasons. First, Turkish policy-makers perceive the insistence of Iraqi Kurdish leaders to include the region…