International dignitaries receive Roosevelt awards for defending freedom
MIDDELBURG: Confined Burmese opposite leader Aung San Suu Kyi wasn t there, but nuclear watchdog head Mohamed El Baradei, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes and Bangladesh economist Muhammad Yunus accepted awards…
St. Louis museum refuses to return Egyptian mummy mask
ST. LOUIS: The Saint Louis Art Museum will keep a 3,200-year-old mummy mask unless it gets more proof that it belongs to Egypt.The museum will not meet a May 15…
Egypt holding more than 200 pro-reform protesters
CAIRO: Police detained more than 200 protestors during rallies in support of two judges who accused colleagues of helping rig parliamentary elections last year, opposition parties said Friday. Wafa Al-Masri,…
Four wanted for Dahab blasts surrender to police
EL-ARISH, Egypt: Four men wanted in connection with bombings that killed 20 people in the Sinai resort of Dahab last month have turned themselves in, security sources said on Friday.…
U.S. Senate proposes $47 million cut to aid to Egypt
CAIRO: The United States Senate quietly added a $47 million cut to aid to Egypt in its latest legislation for war and disaster-recovery funding.The bill allocates some $109 billion toward…
Former college professor to appeal sentence
TAMPA: Former college professor Sami Al-Arian will appeal a judge s decision to sentence him to additional prison time for his role in providing support to a Palestinian terrorist group,…
U.S. rebukes Egypt over actions against protestors
WASHINGTON: The Bush administration sharply rebuked Egypt on Thursday for its crackdown on demonstrators and warned of growing impatience in Congress toward a country that is a major recipient of…
Iranian president's letter opens window onto Muslim world
CAIRO: It s one of those moments of clarity that show the huge gap between how the United States and the West see the world and how Muslims in the…
Activists end hunger strike at Tora prison
CAIRO: Demonstrations and protests in Egypt often bring arrests and detentions to the demonstrators. From there they are sent to prisons and detention centers across the nation for 15 days…