Brotherhood to stay out of Egypt presidency race
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, the big winners of Egypt's parliamentary vote, will not field a candidate for the Egyptian presidency, its leader Mohamed Badie said on Thursday. "The Muslim Brotherhood…
Arab Spring leaders insist Islam no threat to democracy
DAVOS: New leaders from the countries of the Arab Spring sought to reassure their Western counterparts at the Davos forum that the rise of Islamist parties poses no threat to…
Scores storm Syrian embassy in Cairo: AFP
CAIRO: Scores of opponents of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's regime stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo on Friday before being dragged away by security forces, an AFP reporter said. At…
Experts weigh in on low female representation in parliament
CAIRO: Very few female candidates ran in the nation’s parliamentary elections and even fewer have been elected: 10 took the oath last Monday. Eight women elected and two appointed women…
Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility announced Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to…
Egypt lawyer: Israel, US plotted protest shooting
CAIRO: The United States and Israel plotted the killing of Egyptian protesters during last year's 18-day uprising that toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, a lawyer for his former interior minister…
Jordan raising electricity rates after gas cutoff
AMMAN: An official says Jordan plans to raise electricity prices at least 9 percent to offset losses caused by the cutoff of Egyptian gas. The increase could spark an outcry…
Two Copts killed in southern Egypt
CAIRO: Unknown assailants shot dead two Coptic Christians in a village of southern Egypt on Thursday, prompting an angry protest by more than 1,500 of their co-religionists, police said. A…
Greek director Angelopoulos dies
Greek film director Theo Angelopoulos whose long, meditative films won him a clutch of top international awards including the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has died aged 76 after a road…
Buttered Up: Celebrating failure with bread rolls
How do you celebrate failure? Do you examine your inner self, well hidden under a poised smile? Do you shatter like tempered glass crumbling into dull-edged pieces? Do you try,…