Artist Magda Barsoum-Homsy's new series of work was inspired by her granddaughter. ...more

January 21, 2009

A noxious cocktail of soot, smog and toxic chemicals is blotting out the sun, fouling the lungs of millions of people and altering weather patterns in large parts of Asia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations. ...more

November 14, 2008

Snapper's Grill is celebrating its 20th anniversary by serving comic relief in North Pinellas. Brothers Nabil and Sherif Basta recently opened a comedy club adjacent to their restaurant at 36657 U.S. 19, north of Alderman Road. They are trying to fulfill their ambition of creating a one-stop entertainment center for the Palm Harbor area. ...more

October 18, 2008

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August 24, 2008

The current global energy-food crisis is, understandably, a pocketbook issue in America. But when you come to Egypt, you see how, in a society where so many more people live close to the edge, food and fuel prices could become enormously destabilizing. If these prices keep soaring, food and fuel could reshape politics around the developing world as much as nationalism or communism did in their days. ...more

June 17, 2008

Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine whether it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's chief archaeologist said Thursday. ...more

May 30, 2008

CAIRO, Egypt - Saddam Hussein feared catching AIDS or other diseases during his U.S.-supervised captivity, a leading Arab newspaper said Monday in publishing excerpts of his prison writings. ...more

May 6, 2008

Egypt will begin taking bids in February to build the country's first nuclear reactor, the state-run news agency reported Saturday. ...more

January 27, 2008

Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father - except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. There's also the black leather biker jacket. ...more

January 18, 2008

Osama bin Laden warned Iraq's Sunni Arabs against fighting al-Qaida and vowed to expand the terrorist group's holy war to Israel in a new audiotape Saturday, threatening "blood for blood, destruction for destruction." ...more

December 30, 2007