Algerian rights group concerned about detainees in Iraq
ALGIERS: Fourteen Algerians jailed in Iraq for at least seven years after summary trials are pleading for their release, the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) announced…
Libyans push into Qaddafi’s hometown from east
SIRTE: About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops launched a major assault on Moammar Qaddafi's hometown on Tuesday, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control.…
Turkey claims ‘very significant’ role in Shalit release
ISTANBUL: Turkey claims "very significant contributions" for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Anatolia news agency quoted deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc as saying on Tuesday. "In this exchange...…
Clinton in Libya to cement post-Qaddafi ties
TRIPOLI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced visit to Libya on Tuesday to cement relations with the new leaders Washington helped install, offer aid and encourage them…
Yemen clashes kill 6 in intensifying crackdown
SANAA: At least six Yemenis were killed in the capital on Tuesday in an intensifying crackdown by security forces on protesters demanding President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down. At least…
Early Paul McCartney letter offers drummer tryout
LONDON: Somewhere, an aging drummer (identity unknown) is probably still kicking himself. A newly discovered letter found folded in a book at a Liverpool yard sale has shed new light…
Freed Palestinian prisoners in Egypt; Shalit hopes swap deal leads to peace
RAFAH/CAIRO: Busloads of Palestinian prisoners arrived at the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday as Egyptian television showed the first images of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, released under a swap deal.…
Telecom Egypt employees say to continue strike
CAIRO: Employees of Telecom Egypt (TE) protested Monday outside the company’s headquarters on Ramses Street, saying they will be on strike until their demands are met. The protest followed a…
Reassuring You: Tammenny.com
By Chitra Kalyani CAIRO: The January 25 Revolution, while being a liberating experience, is also one that could very well be a traumatic one, explains psychologist and neurologist Dania Danish, and…
Eligible voters who abstain will be fined, says electoral commission
CAIRO: Eligible Egyptian voters who abstain from voting in the upcoming elections will be fined LE 500, head of the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC), Councilor Abdel-Moez Ibrahim, said Monday in…