Ganzouri resigns
Cairo - Kamal El-Ganzouri's cabinet officially handed over its resignation yesterday to the head of the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi. Tantawi asked the cabinet…
Hamas agrees to second ceasefire with Israel
Palestinian group Hamas has agreed to a new cease-fire with Israel. The announcement comes after a cease-fire brokered Wednesday was violated by both sides, resulting in the deaths of many…
Islamist militants grow bolder in Nigeria
Members of Boko Haram, a Nigerian Islamic militant group that recently had three of its leaders named ‘foreign terrorists’ by the US, attacked a prison in Yobe state, leaving four…
Policeman arrested for killing convict
The police man who killed a runaway convict and then touched off a near-riot at the Al-Ahram Newspaper building has been arrested and jailed following calls for an investigation into…
Carter warns US abandoning role as rights champion
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former president Jimmy Carter warned Monday that the United States is losing its moral authority on human rights by engaging in targeted assassinations and other widespread rights…
Talking chairs exhibition
Every chair has a story to tell, obviously from its own point of view. Just entangled pieces of life, left. Someone has decided to stand up and go away. Life…
In Egypt’s complex political environment NGOs suffer
Critical members of Egypt’s civil society will not survive the transition they fought to secure
Controversial US immigration clause stands
The Arizona law has aroused intense controversy because of a particular provision, 2(B), that requires police to stop and demand proof of citizenship of anyone they suspect of being illegal,…
DR Congo fighting resumes with mutineers
The government announced that it had taken steps to enable young people in the Rutshuru territory, where the fighting began more than a month ago, to take the exams in…
Internet life in spotlight at global TED gathering
The theme of this year’s TED Global will be “radical openness” as talks on and off stage in Edinburgh explore the implications of crowd sourcing, blogs, smartphones and other culture-changing…