CAIRO: On January 3-4, the people of the Sinai peninsula's two governorates will vote in the final round of regional elections for Egypt's lower house of parliament.
While much media attention was given to elections and voter interests in Cairo (...)
CAIRO: At the southeastern edge of Cairo, only 10km from downtown and 15 minutes from Maadi, a lonely desert valley called Wadi Degla spreads some 30km from west to east.
Cairo's most popular urban protectorate was established in 1999 in an (...)
CAIRO: In Lebanon, a bargaining maneuver at the ministerial level combined with artful budget politics to finally save the nation's cabinet from collapsing, while at the same time avoiding international sanctions.
The question over the transfer (...)
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) seems to be winning with a clear majority in the nine governorates that voted in the first phase of the Egyptian parliamentary elections last Monday and Tuesday.
Although results (...)
CAIRO: Although the first of three regional rounds of Egypt's parliamentary elections promises to become a success story in voter turnout, various problems surrounding the election system and voting process will likely have a negative impact on the (...)
CARIO: Unknown saboteurs blew up a pipeline that delivers gas to Israel and Jordan on Monday, just hours before the first round of parliament elections opened up in Egypt. It is the latest of a series of attacks on the export route; already the 9th (...)