US mulls air strikes as battle for Benghazi looms
TRIPOLI: Libyan government soldiers battled rebels on the road to the insurgent…
Egypt Brotherhood to join wider election list
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has reached agreement in principle to…
Protesters recount torture while in military detention
by Mai Shams El-Din CAIRO: Protesters arrested by the military police during its…
25 teaching assistants appointed without security approval
CAIRO: Twenty-five teaching assistants at three faculties at Ain Shams University were…
Panelists say sectarian tension work of old regime
CAIRO: The January 25 Revolution revealed the power of cohesion and…
Politicians, analysts welcome dismantling of State Security, call for guarantees
CAIRO: Opposition groups welcomed the dismantling of the State Security Investigations apparatus…
Voters consider different scenarios ahead of referendum
By Marwa Al-A'asar CAIRO: Before heading to polling stations for the referendum,…
How Mubarak’s mindset contributed to his downfall
If political regimes can be compared to movies, then Mubarak's Egypt…
Imagining a new Mediterranean world
NEW YORK: Mediterranean countries are experiencing turbulence unseen since the era of…
The forgotten half of the African sky
NAIROBI: In Kenya, my home country, there is a popular saying that…