Ayew back in Zamalek squad
CAIRO: Ibrahim Ayew might play his first game with Zamalek since the African Cup of Nations after being included in their squad for Monday's Egyptian Premier League match at Ghazl…
Red Bull gears up for record breaking skydive
CAIRO: For Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, jumping from an altitude of 36,576 meters (120,000 feet) and breaking world records at Red Bull Stratos does not only take courage and skill,…
Planned Sinai security barrier targets modern-day exodus of African refugees
SINAI: The desert wind about his face, Nir Harpaz, a battalion commander in the Israeli army, squints as he scans the open border with the Egyptian Sinai wilderness for signs…
Egypt police kill two Eritrean migrants at Israel border
EL-ARISH: Egyptian police shot dead two Eritreans on Saturday as the would-be migrants tried to cross the border illegally into Israel, a security official told AFP. Four people were also…
Al-Azhar Sheikh says he will resign NDP post
CAIRO: Newly-appointed Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb announced that he will resign from his membership in the influential NDP policies committee, pending President Mubarak’s approval, less than two weeks…
Earth Hour leaves Egypt monuments in the dark
CAIRO: Egypt was one of the many countries that dimmed its lights Saturday to mark “Earth Hour,” a project to highlight the need for energy conservation to protect the environment.…
Rights group slams crackdown on students
CAIRO: An Egyptian rights group has condemned the “escalation of the systematic crackdown” on students by Egypt’s State Security Investigations apparatus. The Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said…
National Coalition for Change suggests setting up polling stations abroad
CAIRO: The National Coalition for Change, headed by former secretary-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency Mohamed ElBaradei, prepared a memo calling on Egyptian embassies abroad to allow citizens to…
Mubarak back home in Egypt three weeks after surgery
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak returned home to Egypt on Saturday after a three-week absence abroad for surgery that reignited speculation on who would succeed the veteran 81-year-old leader. Dozens of…
Arabs close ranks on Jerusalem at Libya summit
SIRTE: Palestinian President Mahomud Abbas on Saturday ruled out US-brokered indirect peace talks with Israel unless it halts settlements, as Arab leaders closed ranks over Jerusalem at a summit in…
