Egyptian citizen executed in Saudi Arabia for murder
Egypt
March 17, 2012
Egyptian citizen executed in Saudi Arabia for murder
Saudi Arabia executed an Egyptian convicted of murdering a citizen of the kingdom, the Saudi Interior Ministry said in a…
Half of Zurich’s foreign millionaires left after tax change
World
March 17, 2012
Half of Zurich’s foreign millionaires left after tax change
The region of Zurich, the home of Swiss banking, has lost nearly half its foreign millionaires two years after scrapping…
Baghdad marketplace oasis holds ‘Iraq of dreams’
World
March 16, 2012
Baghdad marketplace oasis holds ‘Iraq of dreams’
After a recent wave of attacks in Baghdad, urbane intellectuals sought refuge, as they have for years, in a storied…
Bedouin call off siege of peacekeepers camp: security
Egypt
March 16, 2012
Bedouin call off siege of peacekeepers camp: security
Armed Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai said they would end on Friday an eight-day long siege of an international peacekeepers' camp,…
Pro-Assad show, ‘massacre’ mark Syria anniversary
World
March 15, 2012
Pro-Assad show, ‘massacre’ mark Syria anniversary
Huge rallies showed support for Syria's president on Thursday despite a new "massacre" report and a refugee exodus to Turkey, as a…
Pelosi: US-Egypt relations strong despite NGO spat
Egypt
March 15, 2012
Pelosi: US-Egypt relations strong despite NGO spat
US House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says US-Egypt ties remain strong after a spat over democracy groups led…
Egyptian researchers design ‘faster, cheaper’ hepatitis C test
Egypt
March 14, 2012
Egyptian researchers design ‘faster, cheaper’ hepatitis C test
The American University in Cairo said Wednesday that a team of its researchers has designed a faster and cheaper test…
Artists slam university ban of Iranian film
Cinema/TV
March 14, 2012
Artists slam university ban of Iranian film
Egyptian artists have condemned a decision by Cairo University to ban the screening of an Oscar-winning Iranian film under pressure…
China passes controversial criminal law changes
World
March 14, 2012
China passes controversial criminal law changes
Chinese lawmakers on Wednesday passed into law controversial changes that give the police powers to detain some suspects for up…
France’s Le Pen wins endorsement for presidential run
World
March 13, 2012
France’s Le Pen wins endorsement for presidential run
French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen has secured the backing of enough local government officials to run in the two-round…