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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Put an end to the pressure pile-up
"Getting Things Done offers a new approach to getting your life under controlWe still call them nine-to-five jobs, but only on rare occasions do we switch off our computers at…
El Borg restaurant makes mini-waves
Most fish restaurants have a common problem. You sacrifice pleasurable atmosphere for good food. Unattractive Kleenex boxes sit atop even less attractive tablecloths, resting atop easily-cleanable tile floors, reminding customers…
Sci-tech: Web 2.0: Serial killer still at large
The newspaper is hemorrhaging, radio and TV wounded; which victim will it claim next?First it stripped print media of its monopoly on publication. By the time this decade came round,…
Much ado about the macrobiotic diet
Macrobiotic diet: A cancer cure?"I believe in the macrobiotic diet very much. It absolutely helped and saved my life, it is exceptionally powerful, said Diana Berschader, a recent lymphatic cancer…