Study finds average marriage age 24 for women, 29 for men

CAIRO: While female respondents to a poll placed the optimum age for marriage at 21-22, the average marriage age for women in 2008 was 24, according to a study released…

Safaa Abdoun

Swine flu deaths reach 187

CAIRO: The global swine flu pandemic has claimed the lives of five more Egyptians raising the death toll to 187, announced Ministry of Health spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin. The five cases…

Safaa Abdoun

Feud erupts over broadcasting rights of African Cup matches

CAIRO: The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) is caught in a feud with Qatar-based Al Jazeera over the rights to broadcast of the African Cup of Nations matches which…

Safaa Abdoun

African Cup will affect European leagues

PARIS: When the African Cup of Nations comes around, Europe s top clubs tend to suffer.Since nearly all the best players from Africa play in Europe, the biennial tournament that…

AP
AP

Egypt star Mohamed Zidan

CAIRO: Egypt striker Mohamed Zidan is expected to continue from where he left off at the 2008 Nations Cup in Ghana, where he helped his country to a record sixth…

AFP
AFP

Man jokes about terrorism at German airport

BERLIN: A German man was temporarily detained at Stuttgart airport on Tuesday after he repeatedly told security personnel that he had explosives in his underwear, police said.The 42-year-old man apparently…

AP
AP

Egypt police kill Eritrean migrant near Israel border

CAIRO: Egyptian border guards shot dead an Eritrean migrant who tried to slip across the border into Israel on Friday, a security official said.The official said border guards fired warning…

AFP
AFP