On the road to the Olympics: First Egyptian triathlete hopes to bring home the gold
CAIRO: Omar Nour is jumping through hoops to represent Egypt at the London Olympics 2012 - three hoops to be exact.Should he succeed, Nour would be the first Egyptian triathlete…
Israel minister vows to 'liquidate' Gaza's Hamas rulers
JERUSALEM: A senior minister on Sunday warned that Israel would "liquidate" the Islamist Hamas-run government in Gaza following deadly weekend clashes that killed two Israeli soldiers. "Sooner or later we…
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Real estate, OT help boost Egypt index Orascom Telecom (OT) and a bullish real estate outlook boosted Egypt's main index to fresh highs, in a rally traders said they expect…
IMF report tells Egypt to move forward with reforms
CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its latest evaluation of the Egyptian economy, the Country Report for 2010. While praising Egypt's "resilience to the economic crisis, the report cautioned…
COMESA forum tackles perception of corruption
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: While day one of this week's COMESA forum presented investment opportunities by highlighting key sectors of interest, day two focused more on doing business, pointing to the obstacles…
Waters to celebrate 'Wall' anniversary with tour
It s been 30 years, but Pink Floyd s The Wall still means a great deal in the rock world - and to its co-creator Roger Waters.So to commemorate the…
German cinema pioneer Schroeter dead at 65
Werner Schroeter, one of the leading lights of 1970s-era New German Cinema and a pioneer of gay filmmaking, has died at age 65, a museum said Tuesday.Schroeter, who had suffered…
THE REEL ESTATE: The mysterious blonde and her Chinese fan
An older friend of mine once said that great Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira is like a fine wine: He gets better with age. His films, the epitome of art-house…
King Tut's dad's toe returned to Egypt
CAIRO: A toe belonging to the father of famed boy pharaoh Tutankhamun has been returned to Egypt nearly a century after it was stolen, the Supreme Council of Antiquities said…