Gunmen attack Sinai gas pipeline
CAIRO: Attackers set off explosives early Monday along a gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to neighboring Israel and Jordan, forcing a shutdown and halting exports, the…
An Italian lesson in love
By Myriam Ghattas "Manuale D'Am3re" (The Ages of Love, 2011) is a triptych of three love stories told by an observant and meddlesome Cupid (Vittorio Emanuele Propizio) officiating as a taxi…
Highlight: Political party programs in focus
Free Egyptians: (The Egyptian Bloc) • Education policy: Doubling state's spending on education in a plan to be executed in five years maximum; allowing free education in the university level…
Engineers await results of first syndicate elections in 16 years
CAIRO: Results trickled in of the first elections of the Engineers’ Syndicates in 16 years, indicating substantial gains for Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated candidates. The syndicate has been under legal guardianship since…
Protesters stand their ground on day of “Revolutionary Legitimacy”
CAIRO: In a protest dubbed “Revolutionary Legitimacy” on Sunday, a number of revolutionary youth coalitions reiterated that revolutionary principles should rule Egypt, not the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF)…
Arabs impose sanctions on Syria over crackdown
CAIRO: Arab states voted on Sunday to impose economic sanctions on Syria immediately, in response to President Bashar Al-Assad's failure to halt a violent crackdown on an eight-month uprising against…
Political powers refuse SCAF efforts, call for national salvation government
CAIRO: Political powers have continued to call for a national salvation government as the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) met with presidential hopefuls, while youth…
Tantawi warns against “foreign hands”, says crisis must end ahead of vote
CAIRO: On the eve of landmark elections, Egypt's military ruler warned Sunday of "extremely grave" consequences if the turbulent nation does not pull through its current crisis — an attempt…
Italians arrested in Cairo on suspicion of arson
CAIRO: Egypt's public prosecutors ordered the release on Sunday of three Italians and a Palestinian who were arrested on suspicion of arson amid increased wariness about foreigners in the country.…
Hamas to emerge winner of Egypt vote, says analysts
GAZA CITY: Egypt's first post-revolution vote will shift the political scene in favor of Hamas, whether or not the Muslim Brotherhood wins, analysts and Hamas officials say. Despite a spike…