Science
Indian tanker fined for polluting Red Sea
March 4, 2010
Indian tanker fined for polluting Red Sea
The state-run Red Sea Environmental Affairs Agency has fined the owners of an Indian oil tanker LE600,000 for causing damage…
Ancient queen’s pyramid discovered in Saqqara
March 3, 2010
Ancient queen’s pyramid discovered in Saqqara
The 4,200-year-old burial chamber of Queen Behenu has been discovered in Saqqara in Giza.French archaeologists digging in the necropolis of…
Climate Change: “The Great Squeeze”
March 1, 2010
Climate Change: “The Great Squeeze”
“The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project,” a 67-minute documentary about climate change and its consequences on the human species,…
Immediate action needed to save the Delta
February 26, 2010
Immediate action needed to save the Delta
Fifteen percent of Egypt's fertile land and 14 million people will be displaced over the next 40 years as the…
A compelling documentary: Caring for the Red Sea
February 26, 2010
A compelling documentary: Caring for the Red Sea
Hurghada Environmental Protection Conservation Association (HEPCA) is a misleading name for an NGO working in the field of marine and…
Fed up with pollution, Daqhaliya villagers take on factory
February 22, 2010
Fed up with pollution, Daqhaliya villagers take on factory
A fertilizer production factory in Talkha, Daqahliya continues to face growing public anger due to the environmental costs associated with…
Fried in February
February 22, 2010
Fried in February
It seems like a typical summer day in Downtown, Cairo: pedestrians walk in shirts and T-shirts with the occasional sweat…
Verdict in ‘typhoid’ case delayed to next month
February 18, 2010
Verdict in ‘typhoid’ case delayed to next month
Qalyubiya--A court on Thursday postponed until 4 March its final verdict in the ongoing "typhoid" case, in which nine officials…
Top UN climate official resigning
February 18, 2010
Top UN climate official resigning
Amsterdam--Top UN climate change official Yvo de Boer said Thursday that he was resigning after nearly four years, a period…
King Tut died of malaria, new study suggests
February 16, 2010
King Tut died of malaria, new study suggests
Washington--The celebrated pharaoh Tutankhamun had a club foot, walked with a cane and was killed by malaria, a study that…