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A pictorial dream: 'Saqara Under Sand' will tour the world

CAIRO: It s a photographic exhibition with a difference, for as you…

Ahmed Maged

Mubarak in Libya to discuss Darfur

TRIPOLI: President Hosni Mubarak arrived on Tuesday in Tripoli for talks on…

AFP
AFP

Egypt lauded, Iraq faulted in child deaths report

ReutersWASHINGTON: Egypt made the most progress among developing countries in cutting deaths…

Daily News Egypt

Iran rejects Swiss nuclear compromise

TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday rejected a plan proposed by Switzerland that it…

AFP
AFP

Egypt among 4 countries listed as unqualified to sit on the UN Human Rights Council

CAIRO: Non-governmental organizations UN Watch and Freedom House have issued a joint…

Deena Douara

Arab journalists to launch press watchdog

CAIRO: Journalists from five Arab countries are to launch a media watchdog…

AFP
AFP

Bush telephones birthday greetings to Mubarak, congratulates him on son's marriage

WASHINGTON: US President George W. Bush telephoned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on…

AP
AP

Administrative Court acquits MB leaders; argues military tribunals are 'unconstitutional'

CAIRO: In a landmark court decision, the Egyptian State Administrative Court ruled…

Alexandra Sandels

Vladimir Putin has thrived on luck, not on reform

Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertive foreign policy stance of recent years reflects…

Daily News Egypt

Why not adopt Norwegian pragmatism?

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's "hello to the Iranian foreign minister…

Rami G. Khouri