War of the roses
By Myriam Ghattas "La Guerre est Déclarée" (Declaration of War, 2011) is the story of a young couple: Romeo (Jérémie Elkaïm) and Juliette (Valérie Donzelli) find out that their son Adam…
Feared ‘baltagia’ thugs absent from polls
CAIRO: "Baltagia, baltagia," were words that once struck fear into the hearts of Egyptians trying to vote in elections under Hosni Mubarak, as they heralded the arrival of hired thugs…
Egypt awaits poll results, Tahrir protest starts
By Marwa Awad and Tamim Elyan /Reuters CAIRO: Egypt will hear the results of elections which Islamist parties expect to win on Friday, and protesters gathered at a rally to remember…
Focus on religion was ‘grave mistake’ by political parties, expert says
CAIRO: Egypt’s political parties made a "grave mistake" by focusing on religion while campaigning ahead of parliamentary elections, said Mazen Hassan, professor of electoral systems at Cairo University. Developmental issues…
Election monitoring coalition reports minor violations; says Egypt wins ‘electoral battle’
CAIRO: Despite minor violations, the Egyptian people were the clear winners of the electoral battle, a coalition of election monitoring organizations said Thursday. Magdy Abdel-Hamid, coordinator of the Independent Coalition…
Lawyer demands investigation into teargas used against protesters
CAIRO: A lawyer filed a request with Egypt’s Prosecutor General to investigate the nature of the teargas used by police against protesters in and near Tahrir Square last week, in…
Statue of Egyptian king Amenhotep III found
CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a large statue of king Amenhotep III who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago and who was the grandfather of the famed boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun. The Supreme…
No new charges raised against detained activist, says lawyer
CAIRO: State Security Prosecution has not raised any new charges against detained activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah in the Maspero case, lawyer Ragia Omran told Daily News Egypt. Omran on Thursday denied…
Kanye gets 7 Grammy noms; Adele, Mars, Foos get 6
Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011's best-selling album with "21" wasn't the night's top…
Oscar Wilde’s Paris tomb made safe from admirers’ kisses
Oscar Wilde's renovated Paris tomb was unveiled on Wednesday, complete with a new glass barrier to shield the monument to the quintessential dandy's life from a torrent of admiring kisses.…