Hodoud extend unbeaten run to eight games
CAIRO: Harras Hodoud maintained their revival with a 1-1 draw away to Alexandria neighbors Ittihad in the Egyptian Premier League on Wednesday.The visitors took the lead through a goal from…
Building of Gaza underground barrier intensifies, nears populated areas
CAIRO: Work on the underground barrier that Egypt is building along its border with Gaza has intensified as it nears areas famous for the number of smuggling tunnels running beneath…
Architect accuses gov't of seizing land, funds donated to Aswan flood victims
CAIRO: The governorate of Aswan seized the 100-acre piece of land it had previously donated to Egyptian architect Mamdouh Hamza to build 880 homes for flood victims in Egypt s…
ElBaradei needs to develop a rights agenda, says activist
CAIRO: Mohamed ElBaradei, chair of the National Coalition for Change, met with 10 human rights organizations on Tuesday to discuss "the human rights situation in Egypt and its main priorities…
Cultural program exposes Egyptian bloggers to Dutch society
CAIRO: A group of eight Egyptian bloggers were sent to the Netherlands last month for six days as part of the Netherlands' embassy's cultural program.The program was aimed at exposing…
PA approves proposal to amend State Council law
CAIRO: The proposals and complaints committee at the People's Assembly approved Wednesday the proposal to amend Article 104 of the State Council law, changing the term "men of the State…
Interior ministry 'lying' about April 6 demo crackdown, says NGO
CAIRO: An Egyptian NGO yesterday condemned the "many lies and misinformation in a Ministry of Interior statement on the demonstration violently broken up by the police on Tuesday."The Egyptian interior…
The Nixon shock doctrine revisited
FLORENCE: Richard Nixon has been dead for 15 years, but he is making another comeback in America. The 37th President of the United States believed that international monetary relations are…