Legal power to the people
By Vivek Maru NEW DELHI: Inspired by Anna Hazare’s hunger strike, thousands of people gathered at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi to protest governmental corruption. Protesters here and around the country…
Editorial: How to amputate a revolution
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: It’s official. Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces is leading the counter-revolution. Why else would SCAF spearhead the unethical smear campaign against the now…
Hope is not a scarce resource in Iraq
By John Filson WASHINGTON, DC: US President Barack Obama recently confirmed that he will bring US troops home from Iraq by the end of the year and, at the same time,…
Esraa Abdel Fattah urges skeptical expats to use right to vote
NEW YORK: Activist Esraa Abdel Fattah urged Egyptian expats to vote in the upcoming elections, as they questioned the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ (SCAF) intention to oversee free…
UN calls for release of Egyptian blogger
GENEVA: The UN human rights office is calling on Egyptian authorities to release a prominent blogger and others imprisoned for exercising free speech. The military trial and jailing of blogger…
Natural history of New France published 335 years on
An illustrated book describing Canada's vast wilds, masked medicine men and a missionary's taming of bears at the onset of European colonization will hit bookstores on Saturday — three centuries…
Leonardo DiCaprio becomes J. Edgar Hoover on film
The Leonardo DiCaprio sitting inside an empty soundstage on the Warner Bros. lot on a sunny November afternoon looks very little like J. Edgar Hoover — his title role in…
Buttered Up: A cherry and oat crumble on a cold morning
Some people prefer to turn their ovens on in the colder months. Come autumn, they start devoting hours, curled up in their most comfortable spot at home, researching recipes that…
Arab divisions drain impetus for action on Syria
CAIRO: Arab states remain widely divided over how to deal with Syria's crackdown on protesters after a peace plan brokered by its neighbors failed to stem violence, and there is…
Egypt Air to resume flights to Tripoli
CAIRO: Egypt's national airline says it will resume flights to the Libyan capital Tripoli next week, marking a step toward normalcy after Libya's eight-month civil war. EgyptAir said in a…