Khaled Saeid killers get 7 years, lawyers outraged
By Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: The Alexandria Criminal Court sentenced Wednesday two police…
Pro-Tantawi poster campaign raises controversy
CAIRO: Hundreds of posters calling on Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, head of…
UNFPA highlights challenges, opportunities as population reaches 7 bln
CAIRO: With the world’s population projected to have reached seven billion this…
Arab delegation presses Syria’s Assad on violence
BEIRUT: Senior Arab officials visiting Syria pressed President Bashar Assad on Wednesday…
Yemeni women burn their veils to protest crackdown
SANAA: Hundreds of Yemeni women on Wednesday set fire to traditional female…
Palestinians seek UNESCO vote despite US opposition
RAMALLAH: The Palestinians will seek a vote on their bid for full…
EBRD ready to work with civilian, democratic government in Egypt
CAIRO: Expecting to start “full investments” in Egypt by early next year,…
Looting in Turkey as quake survivors seethe over aid
ERCIS: Desperate survivors of Turkey's devastating earthquake looted truckloads of aid supplies…
Ennahda is no ‘Taliban of Tunisia’, leftist party
TUNIS: Tunisia's biggest secular party said Wednesday it had started coalition talks…
Arab Spring boosts political Islam, but which kind?
By Tom Heneghan / Reuters CAIRO: More democracy is bringing more political Islam…