Egypt to tackle Spain in World Cup warm-up
BENGUELA: African champions Egypt will take on their European counterparts Spain in a pre-World Cup friendly in June at a venue yet to be agreed on by the teams, officials…
Mido deserves England return, says Zaki
CAIRO: Hull City new boy Amr Zaki is adamant that Ahmed "Mido Hossam has what it takes to be in the English Premier League once again.Mido, who is on loan…
Zambia go for broke against Gabon
BENGUELA: Zambia have to beat high-flying Gabon here on Thursday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.Zambia are bottom of Group D with a point from two matches, but…
Four more swine flu deaths raise the total to 232 in Egypt
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health reported Tuesday four more swine flu deaths, raising the total to 232 in Egypt.The deaths include a 25-year-old man and a three-year-old girl from Damietta,…
Months of work become minutes on SAG Awards
Producer Quinn Monahan wants to show you the history of on-screen comedy in about two minutes.He and his team watched more than a thousand movies and TV shows, clipped out…
War, Bhutto films on show at Sundance Film Festival
Films about the war in Afghanistan and the assassination of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto are among the offerings as the 26th Sundance Film Festival gets underway in Utah…
Oil slips below $78 on tight China credit
LONDON: Oil slipped below $78 a barrel on Wednesday on fresh evidence of tightening credit policy in China, a stronger dollar and expectations that US refiners processed less crude in…
Arab states to see more robust growth in 2010: UN
BEIRUT: Most Arab countries are expected to record an average 3.6 percent economic growth this year as the price of crude oil rebounds from 2009, a United Nations economic report…
US envoy discusses Mideast peace in Syria, Lebanon
DAMASCUS/BEIRUT: US envoy George Mitchell on Wednesday met President Bashar Al-Assad and said Syria had an important role to play in the search for peace in the Middle East.Mitchell reaffirmed…