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Jul 19 2008, Sarah Naguib

I believe the Egyptian education system (Thanaweya Amma) is there to kill the spirit of our youth, and break them into demotivated, frustrated, hopeless young adults. Unknowingly, I think it’s turning them into ticking bombs as well.

I believe...

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Jul 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Arab foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal Saturday calling on Sudan’s president to hand over two Darfur war crimes suspects to an international tribunal in an effort to fend off the longtime leader’s own prosecution on genocide charges, Arab diplomats said.

 
 
Jul 18 2008 by AP0 Comments

Arab foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal Saturday calling on Sudan’s president to hand over two Darfur war crimes suspects to an international tribunal in an effort to fend off the longtime leader’s own prosecution on genocide charges, Arab diplomats said.

 
 
Jul 15 2008 by AP2 Comments

A fugitive former deputy to Saddam Hussein predicts U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of next year, according to an audio recording broadcast Tuesday by Al-Arabiya television.

 
 
Jul 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

An Arab League spokesman says Sudan has asked for an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers ahead of the expected indictment of the country’s president for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur.

 
 
Jul 11 2008 by AP0 Comments

A former Pentagon analyst has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for giving secret military information to a New Orleans furniture salesman who turned out to be a Chinese spy.

 
 
Jul 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

An ex-diplomat convicted of having sex with teenage girls in the Congo and Brazil and taping the encounters is asking a judge for leniency, claiming that cultural differences in those countries make sex with girls more acceptable.

 
 
Jul 8 2008 by AP0 Comments

Egypt has asked Israel to reopen border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed once more on Tuesday after a Palestinian attack, Israeli defense officials said.

 
 
Jul 7 2008 by AP0 Comments

Egypt’s state-owned news agency is reporting that smugglers killed a police officer during a shootout on the border with Israel.

 
 
Jul 2 2008 by AP0 Comments

Hundreds of Palestinians stormed the Gaza Strip’s border crossing with Egypt Wednesday, throwing rocks at Egyptian troops and demanding to cross, witnesses said.

 
 
Jul 2 2008 by AP0 Comments

Palestinian witnesses say an angry crowd of people in the Gaza Strip has stormed a border crossing with Egypt and is throwing rocks at Egyptian troops.

 
 
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Jul 15 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

Although global inflation has badly hit the real estate and construction sector with sky rocketing prices of building materials, but that does not mean that construction companies will stay away from advertising as a marketing strategy. Tal’at...

 
 
Jun 6 2008 by Vikas0 Comments

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered a 4000 year old pyramid outside the city of Cairo. The pyramid was last spotted by an archaeologist some 200 years back, and then it went missing. In around 1842, a German archaeologist Karl Richard Lepsius mentioned...

 
 
Apr 14 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

This summers, let deviate from the vast expanse of the seas and explore the beauty of rivers. Instead of booking up on the luxurious cruises sailing on the waves, check out the SS Misr, a luxury Nile steamer that sashays down the river elegantly. You...

 
 
Mar 21 2008 by Arpita Mukherjee0 Comments

Overcome by continuous instability along its coastal strip bordering Gaza that is threatening a population explosion with exodus of Palestinian refugees breaching the Rafah border and growing prominence of Iranian influence in the politics of western...

 
 
Feb 11 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

Defending African champions Egypt scripted one of the most memorable sporting moments when the North African nation retained their African Cup of Nations crown won on home soil two years back. On a hot and humid Sunday night in Accra, Ghana, the...

 
 
Jan 25 2008 by Sunit0 Comments

Scenes of chaos and pandemonium rein in the border town of Rafah after masked Palestinian gunmen blew up the seven-mile wall that divides Gaza Strip from Egypt about two days ago. The desperate and rather temporary measure on the part of the...

 
 
Dec 15 2007 by Sunit0 Comments

Well, Al Qaeda has finally reacted to the Annapolis agreement which saw Israel and Palestine agree to reopen their stalled talks. The message from the international terror organisation’s number two Ayman Al Zawahri may look a normal Al Qaeda reaction to...

 
 
Dec 14 2007 by Rhapsodysinger0 Comments

Is it wrong to proclaim one’s Faith? How is it never wrong to wear a Cross on the neck as a mark of being Christian? How is it that atheists write of their faiths in Nothing and yet never make news? Then why is it that the International Herald...

 
 
Nov 23 2007 by Rekha0 Comments

Egypt holds the distinction of being the world’s oldest civilization and it’s natural that the place offers a glimpse into the past; takes you through the life in ancient times and enrich you with the history of civilization.

If you thought that...

 
 
Nov 14 2007 by Parul G0 Comments

Pyramids have been a great wonder since ages. From long they have made into the list of ‘Seven Wonders of the World’. But with the latest move of Brit singer they would also be hopefully remembered for something else.

Don’t get confused but it is...

 
 
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Driving over one of the longest and most crowded bridges in Cairo, Egypt, your eye repeatedly spots red and white signs saying “An Egyptian Stand”, showing...
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Apparently, now you can catch yourself in a random advertorial saying a silly quote about a product, you never even use! An advertorial is an advertisement written in...
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The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, invited Iranian Ambassador Hussain Ragby to discuss the recent Iranian movie about former President Anwar Al Sadat. Egypt...
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“No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice…” Article 18 of the...
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The text on the Image reads “You can’t stop them, but you can protect yourself. Your creator knows what is best for you.” A Veil your lollipop campaign...
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“We must press Egypt to devote more resources and effort to stopping the smuggling of weapons into Gaza from the Sinai, where much of Hamas’ weaponry arrives...
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A conspiracy theory usually attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually political, social or historical events), or the concealment of such...
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Music is Prayer...Now DANCE Recently, I’ve started paying a little more attention to the music scene in Egypt, and listen more closely to the locals that have...
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Kefaya (Egyptian Arabic for “Enough!”) is also known as the Egyptian Movement for Change, the most famous opposers to the Egyptian regime, fighting the president...
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A MAN who claimed to have a gun while on board a flight from Edinburgh to Egypt has admitted causing a breach of the peace.
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Nearly two-thirds of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women in the most populous Arab country, and a majority say women themselves are to blame for their...
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The project of Iranian film ‘the execution of the pharaoh’ about the assassination of the late President Anwar Sadat stirred wide controversy among Egyptian...
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Egyptian security has ramped up restrictions on journalists covering the African Union summit after a British TV crew got into a verbal scuffle with Robert Mugabe.
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After news of his controversial new movie, Muslim groups are calling to boycott the legendary Egyptian actor Adel Imam.
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Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered the “missing pyramid” of a pharaoh and a ceremonial procession road where high priests carried mummified remains of...
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Archaeology is often a hidden passion of many, and though the old adage – we learn from history so that we don’t make the same mistakes again – might be...
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Four years into a robust economic expansion, this country has shaken off its history of sleepy Arab state socialism and embraced the market. A rush of construction is...
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The global run on food that has led to shortages and riots in Egypt, Haiti and other nations has made its way to U.S. shores. Concerned about rising prices and limited...
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Osama bin Laden’s chief deputy in an audiotape Tuesday accused Shiite Iran of trying to discredit the Sunni al-Qaida terror network by spreading the conspiracy...
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Photographers surround Sudanese state Foreign Minister for foreign affairs, Salman al- Wasilla, right, and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal attend an Arab League foreign ministers emergency meeting to discuss the indictment of President Omer...