Deep sea freediver pushes endurance to the limit
LONDON: Briton Sara Campbell is on a mission to stretch the limits of the human body - diving down into the murky ocean depths for minutes at a time, on…
Marriage registrars hold protest at People's Assembly
CAIRO: Around 200 ma'azouns, or marriage registrars, have organized a sit-in in front of the People's Assembly building in protest at the legislative authority's failure to draft a law to…
Ittihad close in on ENPPI's Saied
CAIRO: ENPPI s out-of-favor playmaker Ahmed Saied is close to signing for Ittihad, the player said on Saturday. I will sit down with Ittihad chairman Mohamed Moselhi on Monday to…
Fresco fragments returned to Egypt from France
CAIRO: The Egyptian Museum has received five ancient fresco pieces that France s Louvre Museum returned under the threat of a boycott, Egypt s antiquities chief Zahi Hawass said on…
Oscar winner Jennifer Jones dead at 90
Jennifer Jones, the beautiful, raven-haired actress who was nominated for Academy Awards five times, winning in 1943 for her portrayal of a saintly nun in The Song of Bernadette, died…
Melrose Resources says 2010 output 4 pct up vs mkt view
LONDON: Melrose Resources said it expected the average daily production rate in 2010 to be 4 percent higher than the current 2009 market forecast as output from its existing fields…
Gaza barrier a 'sovereign right': Egyptian state-owned daily
CAIRO: A state-owned Cairo daily confirmed on Thursday that Egypt is building an underground barrier with Gaza and said it was a sovereign right that would increase pressure on the…
HRW urges Egypt to halt lethal force against migrants on border
CAIRO: Egypt must stop using lethal force against migrants attempting to cross its border with Israel, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report issued this week.The report, "Slow Movement:…
