Foreign minister calls for setting new dates for Mideast peace plan
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmad Abul-Gheit said Saturday that new dates should be set for the U.S.-backed roadmap peace plan, which envisions a cessation of violence and the creation of an…
Egypt seeks methods to provide funding to Palestinian Authority
WASHINGTON: Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan will press Middle East peace brokers to find ways to get funds to the Palestinian Authority despite a U.S.-led ban on aid for Hamas…
Hezbollah should disarm: Jumblatt
CAIRO: Prominent Lebanese MP Walid Jumblatt said Sunday there was no justification for Hezbollah fighters to continue bearing arms because Israeli troops have long ago withdrawn from Lebanese territory. That…
Police identify one Sinai bomber
ISMAILIA, Egypt: An Egyptian who blew himself up in an attack on a multinational force in the Sinai Peninsula was a 19-year-old student of Islam at a Cairo university, security…
Intel's education manager discusses the state of education in Egypt
CAIRO: The multitude of initiatives to reform Egypt s educational system gives some indication of its present state. While over half the country is illiterate, those young people who have…
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Give Peace a Chancehttp://www.amnesty.org/British historian Lord Acton observed over a century ago that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is still true today, especially in the…
Present and Tense: Mixed messages
"Orabi had to secure the train connections near Zagazig. He dug a sequence of trenches and waited for the Highland Brigade advancing from the north. Intelligence had told him the…
Spring trends take center stage
CAIRO: With spring in full swing, it is the ideal time to focus on the most popular trends on the fashion runways that can be incorporated into your wardrobe in…
Easy on the furniture, braver in the colors
CAIRO: Redecoration is always a burden, whether financially or the amount of time involved. Summer homes are even worse; once people have spent a winter of frequent traveling overlooking the…
In the wake of the Dahab blasts, North Sinai residents fear arrest campaign
CAIRO: While media attention after last week's bombings in the North Sinai resort town of Dahab focused on fears of future attacks and the inevitable impact on local tourism, residents…
