Gold dips, investors cautious before euro zone summit
LONDON: Gold prices dipped on Monday, after posting their sharpest weekly rise in more than a month, in cautious trading ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders to come…
Energy E&P spending to reach record high 2012: BarCap
LONDON: Global energy exploration and production (E&P) spending will reach the record high level of $598 billion in 2012 helped by high oil prices, Barclays Capital said on Monday, with…
AlembicHC cuts price target on Citadel Capital
CAIRO: AlembicHC cut its price target on Citadel Capital SAE by 39 percent to LE 4.19, and estimated that the Egyptian private equity firm faces about $269 million in fund…
Introducing the Virgin Mary as fashion icon
By Emma Charlton / AFP For 700 years Catholic faithful expressed their devotion to the Virgin Mary by creating an elaborate wardrobe for the mother and child, on display in a…
Photographers bring their wars to New York’s Bronx
After dangerous, dusty assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan, photographer Michael Kamber has chosen a tough area of New York City as the new backdrop for his interest in war. The…
Elizabeth Taylor jewelry goes on view before sale
The legendary jewelry and fashion collections of Elizabeth Taylor, the so-called "Crown Jewels of Hollywood," went on glittering display Thursday in New York ahead of a hotly anticipated auction. The…
Syrian authorities arrest woman blogger
AMMAN: Syrian authorities arrested a blogger on Sunday who was traveling to Jordan to attend a conference on freedom of the press in the region, her friends said. Razan Ghazzawi,…
ElBaradei: Liberals ‘decimated’ in vote
CAIRO: Reformist leader has said the liberal youth behind the country's uprising have been "decimated" in parliamentary elections dominated by Islamists and expressed concern about the rise of hardline religious…
Egyptians head to polls for 2-day election runoffs
CAIRO: A trickle of Egyptian voters headed to the polls Monday for two days of run-offs in the country's first parliamentary elections since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, a balloting in which…
Polisse: Film delivers emotional realism with grit
By Myriam Ghattas Child abuse, infant abduction, rape, incest and abandonment are just some of the cases that we get a glimpse of in “Polisse” (2011) that explores the day to…