Two Israeli commanders rapped over four Palestinian deaths
JERUSALEM: Two senior Israeli officers were reprimanded and a sergeant demoted over the killing of four Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank in March, the military said on Tuesday.…
Shawky plays down Ahly link
CAIRO: Egypt midfielder Mohamed Shawky says he has the intention of returning to his old club Ahly in the near future. The Kayserispor man refuted media reports linking him with…
Meteb relief for Ahly
CAIRO: Ahly were relieved to know that striker Emad Meteb doesn’t need surgery for his back injury after undergoing scans in Germany. The Egypt striker, who missed the Champions League…
France Telecom to pay $300M in Mobinil dispute
CAIRO: France Telecom says it will pay $300 million as part of a deal to end a long-running dispute with Egypt's Orascom Telecom over a mobile phone service provider they…
Ismaili were lucky: Hilal boss
CAIRO: Hilal coach Campos stated that Ismaili lucked out in Sunday's CAF Champions League clash in Sudan. The Dervishes clinched a 1-0 victory in the round of 16, thanks to…
Anderlecht bid for Shikabala rejected
CAIRO: Zamalek have turned down a proposal from Belgian champions Anderlecht to sign midfield star Shikabala in the summer. "Anderlecht enquired about Shikabala last week, but the board rejected the…
NYC to charge $300 for film permits
For the first time ever, television and film productions that come from all over the world to shoot in the city will have to pay for the City Hall permits…
Tribeca film fest is 'the Alex Gibney festival'
Jane Rosenthal, the co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, has taken to calling this year's edition "the Alex Gibney festival." Gibney, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker of "Taxi the Dark Side,"…
Going private in Kuwait
KUWAIT: On April 15 Kuwait's parliament approved the first draft of a privatization bill that could lead to the sale of a substantial proportion of state-held assets to the private…
An 'Obama Plan' for the Mideast is a good idea
WASHINGTON, DC: The Washington Post reported last week that the Obama administration is considering abandoning its support for indirect Israeli-Palestinian negotiations in favor of direct negotiations based on a plan…