Degas’ nudes make splash at Paris Orsay museum
By Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit / AFP An exhibition by French painter Edgar Degas opens this week at the Paris Orsay museum, with some 170 paintings, prints and sculptures focusing exclusively on female…
Buzz bands seek to cut through chaos of SXSW
By Chris Talbott / AP Members of the ascendant rock band Alabama Shakes can tell you all about buzz in the 21st century. They first read about themselves on the…
Cairo Jazz Festival suggests, ‘Egypt is Fine’
By Maha ElNabawi The annual Cairo Jazz Festival is upon us, and its organizer Amro Salah promises that jazz will pervade the city for three consecutive days with a series of…
US welcomes Egypt-brokered Gaza truce
WASHINGTON: The United States said Tuesday that it welcomed Egypt's announcement that it had brokered a truce between Israel and Gaza militants, following four days of deadly violence. "There…
Armed clashes erupt in north, south Egypt
By Maggie Michael / AP CAIRO: Officials and witnesses say a gang of robbers has attacked villagers in southern Egypt after being surprised by police while trying to steal railroad tracks…
Presidential hopefuls prefer individual endorsements over MPs’ support
By Heba Hesham CAIRO: A number of presidential hopefuls opted to get the required 30,000 individual endorsement signatures instead of those from 30 MPs, seeing it as the first real indicator…
Arab League: Syria commits crimes against humanity
By Agencies CAIRO: The Arab League chief said the Syrian regime's killing of civilians amounts to crimes against humanity and called for an international inquiry. Nabil Al-Araby said Tuesday that…
MPs demand end of Port Said ‘smear campaign’
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: Port Said parliamentarians said Tuesday that the smear campaign against the people of the province must stop, and urged a fact-finding committee investigating the February ‘massacre’ to…
Case of policemen allegedly inciting violence referred to PA committee
By Safaa Abdoun CAIRO: In a heated discussion, parliament referred to the defense and national security committee the case of a police officer allegedly caught outside the building inciting protesting workers…
Clinton vows civil society push on rights
By AFP WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with support for democracy promotion groups, saying that they play a critical role despite a…