Red Bull gears up for record breaking skydive
CAIRO: For Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, jumping from an altitude of 36,576 meters (120,000 feet) and breaking world records at Red Bull Stratos does not only take courage and skill,…
Electric fire destroys Al-Hadari's apartment
CAIRO: An electric fire caused Essam Al-Hadari s house to be badly damaged but no one was hurt. The Egypt and Ismaili goalie wasn t at home when the apartment…
Shehata seventh on 'most influential Arabs' list
CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata has been placed seventh in the annual list of the world s most influential Arabs compiled by Arabian Business magazine.Shehata made the 100-man list after…
Swine flu cases continue to drop substantially
CAIRO: Swine flu in Egypt has substantially declined, announced the Central Operation Room of Crisis and Disaster Management at Information and Decision Support Center at the Cabinet of Ministers.The Ministry…
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Orascom Development eyes Romania land for housing Swiss-based developer Orascom Development has earmarked 2.5 million square meters of land for an affordable housing project in Romania, its first such project…
Oil sheds gains as US data dents bullish mood
LONDON: Oil lost all its gains to trade around $80.50 after data showed the US economy grew less briskly than expected last quarter and a plan to give Greece a…
Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting
SIRITE, Libya: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari briefly walked out Thursday of an Arab League ministerial meeting held in Libya to protest against Moammar Qaddafi's declared support for Saddam Hussein…
Egypt arrests 22 in Gaza smuggling crackdown
EL-ARISH: Egyptian police arrested 22 people suspected of involvement in smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip as part of major crackdown launched earlier this week, a security official said on…
