Meteb back for Ahly, Ekrami makes squad
CAIRO: Emad Meteb has been included in Ahly s squad for Thursday s game with Harras Hodoud after recovering from injury, whereas Sherif Ekrami is close to making his Reds…
Lady Gaga in Brit awards triple, pays tribute to McQueen
Flamboyant US superstar Lady Gaga has scooped three awards at Britain s top music awards the Brits, where she paid an emotional tribute to late fashion designer Alexander McQueen.At the…
MEast Q4 gold demand slumps with jewelry sales
DUBAI: Middle East fourth-quarter gold demand fell 32 percent on the year as jewelry sales continued to feel the impact of high prices and the global economic downturn, the World…
Algeria urges Orascom to exit mobile market, say sources
ALGIERS: The Algerian government wants Egyptian group Orascom Telecom to relinquish ownership of Algeria s No. 1 mobile phone operator, government and finance industry sources said. We don t want…
US envoy in Syria talks amid thaw in ties
DAMASCUS: US State Department official William Burns met Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on Wednesday a day after Washington named its first ambassador to Damascus in five years in a bid…
New Israeli ambassador arrives in Cairo
CAIRO: Israel's new nominee for ambassador to Egypt arrived in Cairo Monday to replace Israel's former ambassador, who resigned at his term's end last week. Yitzhak Levanon, whose appointment has…
Police arrests April 6 coordinators ahead of ElBaradei's popular reception
CAIRO: Egyptian police at dawn on Wednesday arrested two leaders of the April 6 Youth Movement as they sprayed political graffiti in Agouza.General Coordinator Ahmed Maher and outreach coordinator Amr…