At best, the US is able to contain the Iraq mess
Somehow, four years on, the debate about Iraq is still animated by wishful thinking. The White House talks as if a surge of 20,000 troops is going to stop a…
Five million infected with hepatitis C
5 million infected with Hepatitis C CAIRO: At least five million people in Egypt are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), a new committee formed by the country's government…
Media watchdog cites dangerous year for journalists in annual report
CAIRO: The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) voiced grave concerns over the high numbers of journalists killed and violated last year in its annual report presented at a…
Iraqi refugees in Egypt 'up to 80,000,' says UN official
UNITED NATIONS: Citing grim daily indicators - 100 people killed, hundreds wounded and thousands displaced - an official with the United Nations refugee agency predicted that Iraq's humanitarian crisis will…
YOUTH VIEWS: Bridge over the Internet
Relations between the Middle East and the United States are undeniably strained. Evidence of this comes to us every day through the news, movies and entertainment television, and in academic…
WHO confirms Egyptian girl dies of bird flu
CAIRO: An Egyptian girl has died of bird flu south of Cairo, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the disease in Egypt to 12, a World Health Organization official…
And the bride and groom were smelly pigs
TAIPEI: The bride was a real smelly porker and she wore pink.Two Musk hogs were married in a lavish ceremony in Taiwan, with the blessings of a Catholic priest.The bride…
Egypt to significantly lower import duties, says minister
CAIRO: Egypt will significantly reduce import duties on a wide range of both manufactured goods and raw materials, in an effort to lower consumer prices and combat smuggling, the minister…
Savola to start Egypt sugar plant in Aug
ReutersDUBAI: Saudi Arabia s Savola Group expects to start up a sugar refinery in Egypt in August and to further expand its Saudi facility to meet rising domestic and regional…