Sports Talk: Pray that you're picked
The number of our Egyptian athletes publicly testifying to their faith has drastically increased in the last few years. Increasingly, the athletes are wrapping not only themselves in religion but…
Mido eyeing first three points
CAIRO: Mido is looking to help West Ham earn their first victory in 2010 when the Egyptian makes his home debut against Birmingham City on Wednesday night.The Hammers are languishing…
Jose plays down Ahly link
CAIRO: Former Ahly s legendary manager Manuel Jose played down reports saying he is on his way back to the Cairo giants.The Portuguese left Ahly in the end of last…
Jay Leno ends his NBC prime-time experiment
Jay Leno ushered out one of television s biggest flops without sentiment on Tuesday, the final night of a prime-time experiment doomed by bad ratings and bad vibes.Leno told a…
News in brief
Buffett s Dairy Queen to expand into Egypt, MacauInternational Dairy Queen, the ice cream retailer owned by Warren Buffett s Berkshire Hathaway Inc, said on Tuesday that it planned in…
Egypt wants more firms in carbon trading schemes
CAIRO: Egypt wants to add new names to a UN-approved list of firms with certified carbon offset credits to trade and is offering soft loans and other incentives to encourage…
MP warns Ghali of possible assassination
CAIRO: The policies of Finance Minister Yousef Boutros Ghali pose a threat to security and may lead to his assassination, said a parliamentarian this week in an astonishing broadside.Mohamed Abdel-Fatah…
Lebanon backs Hezbollah against Israel
BEIRUT: Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Shia Muslim group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with…
