Libyan interior minister arrives with family in Egypt
CAIRO: Libyan Interior Minister Nasser Al-Mabrouk Abdullah flew to Egypt with members of his family on Monday, official sources at Cairo airport said, amid reports that he was abandoning Libyan…
Mubarak trial adjourned to Sept. 5; no longer televised
CAIRO: In the second hearing of the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, the judge adjourned the case to Sept. 5 where it will join that of former interior minister…
Israel ‘approved extra 1,000 Egyptian troops in Sinai’
JERUSALEM: Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu approved an Egyptian request to increase its number of troops in the Sinai Peninsula in order to "restore order" in the region, public radio said…
Lawyer calls to separate murder from corruption charges in Mubarak trial
CAIRO: The trial of former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons resumed on Monday at the Police Academy, as the civil rights team called for separating the corruption chargers…
Russia-Georgia War remembered
by Archil Dzuliashvili Three years have passed since the Russian intervention of August 2008, when a military operation to invade Georgia was launched by order of the Kremlin. The Russia-Georgia war…
The walls of August
By Nina Khrushcheva MOSCOW: History’s milestones are rarely so neatly arrayed as they are this summer. Fifty years ago this month, the Berlin Wall was born. After some hesitation, Nikita Khrushchev,…
With love from Tottenham to Tahrir
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: Top-of-the-pops ringtone is the Beatles’ From Me To You: If there’s anything that you want. If there’s anything I can do. Just call on me and I’ll…
Military prosecution releases activist on LE 20,000 bail
CAIRO: The Military Prosecution released Sunday activist Asmaa Mahfouz on LE 20,000 bail pending further investigations into charges of inciting violence and defaming the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed…
El-Adly trial adjourned to Sept. 5, defense lashes out
CAIRO: The trial of ex-interior minister Habib El-Adly and six of his aides in the case of killing protesters was adjourned Sunday to Sept. 5 before the outraged defense team…
Muslim Americans satisfied with current status, says Gallup report
CAIRO: Muslim Americans are satisfied with their current status and are more optimistic than groups of other faiths that things are getting better, a report titled “Muslim Americans: Faith, Freedom,…