Diplomatic drive at UN to avert Palestinian showdown
UNITED NATIONS: Frantic diplomatic efforts gathered pace Tuesday as the Palestinians rode roughshod over Israeli and US opposition and pressed their bid to demand full UN membership for a Palestinian…
Antiquities chief quits amid strike pressure
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's antiquities chief resigned on Tuesday after a series of strikes by employees, saying the institution that looks after the country's treasures has been left paralyzed. Mohamed…
Gov’t official resigns in protest of gag order
CAIRO: Hazem Abdel Azim, executive chief of the Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center affiliated with the Ministry of Communications, told Daily News Egypt on Tuesday that he stepped down…
Marathon running, cholesterol-reducing drugs, and muscle damage
Marathon running has increased in popularity over the past three decades, with participation in the United States rising from 25,000 runners in 1976 to nearly 470,000 in 2008. Many professional…
Teachers call for a million-man march Saturday
CAIRO: Striking teachers called for a million-man march to the Cabinet of Ministers on Saturday to protest government’s inaction to their demands, the Independent Teachers Union said on Tuesday School…
Egyptian harassment website wins UNDP Youth Award
CAIRO: Harassmap, a website providing a map for harassment hotspots in Egypt, received the World Summit Youth Award for the ‘Power 2 Women’ category. “We did apply for the WSYA…
Egypt’s democratic transition lags amid confusion
CAIRO: It took 18 days of democracy protests to end Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's 30 years in power. It may yet take at least 18 months after his overthrow to…
Four imprisoned pending investigation in Sohag sectarian tension
CAIRO: The attorney general of the Sohag prosecution remanded in custody four men pending investigation into Sunday’s sectarian clashes in the Upper Egyptian governorate. Rumors of a relationship between a…
AUC security guards fired following agreement with protesters
CAIRO: Fifty-six security guards at the American University in Cairo were fired a day after the university administration reached an agreement with students and workers, ending an eight-day strike.…
Algeria says has not yet received Djezzy valuation
CAIRO: Algeria's telecom ministry has not received a valuation of Orascom Telecom's mobile unit Djezzy, its single biggest source of revenue which has been locked in a dispute with Algeria…