Gently drifts the river in paradise
By Philip Whitfield ASWAN: Are we entering an epoch, experiencing an enigma, or engaging in an episode? Ismail Sawi’s brushstrokes lovingly anointing a canvass in the nook of a courtyard could…
Egypt’s Copts threaten to boycott elections
CAIRO: Lawyer and head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Naguib Gobrael said Sunday that Copts may resort to boycotting the coming parliamentary elections in protest at their mistreatment.…
Ain Shams faculty, students demand ouster of president
CAIRO: A protest by some 6,000-university professors, faculty and students from across Ain Shams University brought the Cairo campus to a standstill on the second day of the new academic…
Egypt supports Palestinian conditions for peace talks
CAIRO: Egypt's foreign minister Mohammed Amr said on Sunday that his country supported Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's bid to join peace talks with Israel once there is a settlement freeze.…
Al-Wafd, Freedom and Justice parties backtrack on joint electoral lists
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and Al-Wafd Party will no longer contest the coming legislative elections on a joint party list, a Wafd member confirmed to…
Egypt up on relief rally; Gulf markets muted
CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt's bourse rose on Sunday on relief that a weekend protest to demand a swifter move to civilian rule was less violent than some investors feared, while trading…
Imprisoned blogger on hunger strike nears death, says brother
CAIRO: Maikel Nabil, a blogger and activist imprisoned by a military court since late March, has entered day 41 of his open-ended hunger strike. “Death is better than living in…
Mubarak never told army to fire on crowds: Tantawy
CAIRO: Ousted president Hosni Mubarak never ordered the army to open fire on demonstrators calling for an end to his rule, Egypt's military ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawy said…
Call of a lifetime: ‘Congrats! You win a Nobel!’
By Karl Ritter / AP STOCKHOLM: Scientists, writers and brokers of peace around the world will be holding their breaths for a potentially life-altering, $1.5 million phone call from Scandinavia next…
Egypt volunteer in Libya wants Qaddafi ‘dead or alive’
SIRTE: He protested peacefully in Cairo's Tahrir Square to topple Hosni Mubarak but on the front line in Sirte he is fighting to capture Libya's fugitive strongman Moamer Qaddafi "dead…
