Egypt says prisoner swap key to Mideast peace process
CAIRO: Restarting the Middle East peace process depends on an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier captured by Gaza militants in June, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit said…
Egypt briefly detains Palestinian legislator found with $2 million in suitcase at Gaza border
Associated PressRAFAH: A Palestinian legislator who tried to return from Egypt to Gaza was briefly detained Tuesday when found to be carrying $2 million in a suitcase, Egyptian security officials…
New Egyptian Austrian Business Council to push for bilateral economic relations
CAIRO: Representatives of Egypt and Austrian public and private sectors came together this week to celebrate the establishment of the Egyptian Austrian Business Council.The high profile event included speeches by…
Questioning reality but visualizing life
Does one truly have a distinct vision of what is real and what is an illusion?Love is the world's infinite mutability; Lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in…
US, European envoys hold key talks on reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace process
President Mubarak meets in Cairo with Palestinian leader Mahmoud AbbasAssociated PressArab leaders and top US, European and U.N. diplomats held key talks Wednesday in an attempt to revive the Arab-Israeli…
UN team due in Central Africa
Visits to Cairo and Khartoum to convince are to convince Sudan to acceptUNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said Tuesday it was sending a team to assess how to protect refugees…
Grasp whatever is left of the scattered hopes for peace
I lay in a hospital bed in Tel Aviv receiving treatment for a blood problem when the news from Beit Hanoun pierced the silence with its images and sounds of…
Now to overhaul all Middle East policy
Change is coming soon to American policy in the Middle East. The neoconservatives in Washington who defined American foreign policies in the past six years were down before the elections…