Shehata seventh on 'most influential Arabs' list
CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has been placed seventh in the annual list of the world s most influential Arabs compiled by Arabian Business magazine.Shehata made the 100-man list after…
Electric fire destroys Al-Hadari's apartment
CAIRO: An electric fire caused Essam Al-Hadari s house to be badly damaged but no one was hurt. The Egypt and Ismaili goalie wasn t at home when the apartment…
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,…
Iraq elections: A victory for Iran?
A leading hard-line Iranian newspaper close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad summed up the elections in Iraq even before they were held on March 7 as "a proxy war between the…
India shines on
MUMBAI: Every day, a small Japanese jet brings another 60 businessmen from Tokyo to sniff out new commercial opportunities in Mumbai and the heart of the Indian economy. Naturally, there…
Who should lead the IMF?
BERKELEY: The International Monetary Fund, many say, has had a good crisis. As recently as three years ago, many observers thought that the Fund had outlived its usefulness and should…
The tragedy of monotheism
PHILADELPHIA: Everybody needs a tribe. One person alone faces a frighteningly big, sometimes brutal world. Even a family can be too small to deal with some challenges that come down…
THE REEL ESTATE: 'Green Zone' misses the target
Amid the minor backlash that greeted "The Hurt Locker's Oscar in Egypt and some parts of the Arab world, a number of voices criticized Kathryn Bigelow's combat drama - and…
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 wounded…
Egypt: Growth impetus
CAIRO: One of the potential winners of the global financial crisis, Egypt has maintained a relatively high level of income from Suez Canal and tourism receipts, spurring a GDP growth…
