Ex-Guantanamo detainee referred to appeals prison
CAIRO: The Military Prosecution referred on Tuesday former Guantanamo Bay detainee Adel Fatouh Al-Gazzar to Cairo Appeals Prison, said director of Egypt-based Human Rights Association for the Assistance of Prisoners…
Palestinian rivals to ‘finalize’ unity gov’t next week
CAIRO: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will meet Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in Cairo next week to finalize a new government put together by the two factions, a top official of…
GASC holds first global wheat tender since Feb
CAIRO/CHICAGO: Egypt's main government wheat buyer stepped back into the world market on Monday for the first time in four months to buy an unspecified amount of the grain from…
Workers take demands against ETUF, anti-protest law to court
CAIRO: The Administrative Court began on Tuesday hearing the trials of two lawsuits filed by workers and labor activists, one demanding the disbandment of the official Egyptian Trade Unions Federation…
Iran’s Greatest Spiritual Leader
By Melody Moezzi Iran’s officially recognized “spiritual leader” today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of mullahs and ayatollahs, Iranians of all creeds have…
Egypt’s much-ignored curfew meets an official end
By Leah Finnegan /AP CAIRO: For many who roam Cairo's famously nocturnal streets, the curfew was always irrelevant. And as of Wednesday it is officially ending, five months after it was…
Will Greece make it?
By Dani Rodrik CAMBRIDGE: Greece has bought some time with a new package of financial support, but the country is not out of the woods yet. It remains to be seen…
Squaring Asia’s nuclear triangle
By Yuriko Koike TOKYO: Just before the fourth trilateral summit between Japan, China, and South Korea began on May 21, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, and Japanese…
SCAF promises to reconsider military trials
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: The ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) promised to reconsider military trials of civilians and to give more authorities to civilian judiciary, in a…
‘Spider-Man’ producer Laura Ziskin dies at 61
Laura Ziskin was a "Spider-Man" novice when she first met with her future producing partner on the blockbuster film franchise. She quickly became an expert on the Marvel Comics superhero…