Diplomacy 2.0
FLORENCE: There is much talk in the air - especially in Britain and the US - about reinventing diplomacy for the 21st century. Both US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…
Rights groups condemn 'lawless brutality' against April 6 protestors
CAIRO: Thirty-one protestors facing criminal charges after their participation in a peaceful demonstration Tuesday have been released, amid condemnation of the violent response to the protest by riot police."This intimidation…
Average income of gov't employee LE 98, says study
CAIRO: An official study by the Egyptian Investment Authority puts the monthly income of a government employee on tier six at LE 98, which is LE 66 less than the…
Al-Azhar Sheikh stirs anger with anti-Shia comments
CAIRO: Shia clerics are warning that comments made by the new Grand Sheikh of the renowned Sunni Al-Azhar institute in Egypt risk fuelling the divide between the two sects of…
Bahr El-Baqar massacre 40 years on
BAHR EL-BAQAR: Pictures of dead children, a destroyed school, and memories of shock and loss have become synonymous with Bahr El-Baqar since 1970, when the school was destroyed by an…
Obama bans Islam, jihad from US security strategy
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama s advisers will remove religious terms such as Islamic extremism from the central document outlining the US national security strategy and will use the rewritten document…
Zamalek make Soliman move
CAIRO: Zamalek have entered the race to sign Ahly-target Walid Soliman from Petrojet, football director Ibrahim Hassan has confirmed. We sent an official enquiry to Petrojet about the possibility of…
Competition committee refuses to postpone Ismaili game
CAIRO: The Egyptian FA competition committee refused Ismaili s request to postpone their league game with Ghazl Mahalla in the Egyptian Premier League.The match is scheduled for Thursday but the…