Champions Egypt off to winning start
BENGUELA: Defending champions Egypt defeated Nigeria 3-1 in their opening Africa Cup of Nations Group C match at the Ombaka Stadium here on Tuesday.The six-time champions brought to an end…
Oil slips near $81 on milder weather, China
LONDON: Oil fell towards $81 a barrel on Tuesday from a 15-month high as forecasts for milder weather in the US Northeast signaled lower demand in the world s largest…
Two held in Angola after rebel attack on Togo team
CABINDA: Angolan police grilled two suspects in a deadly shooting attack by separatist rebels on Togo s team which cast a long shadow Monday over the start of Africa s…
'We know the names of the border guard killers,' says FM
CAIRO: Egypt claims to have uncovered the identity of the snipers that killed Egyptian border guard Ahmed Shaaban and will request that Hamas arrest them, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit…
Egypt to grow wheat in Uganda
CAIRO: Uganda has agreed to allow Egypt to cultivate wheat on Ugandan soil. Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Ugandan Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi announced that an Egyptian committee to…
Palm Hills to raise $400 mln, speed up work
CAIRO: Egypt s Palm Hills Development plans to raise as much as LE 2.17 billion in new funds as it prepares to speed up construction spending, an official said on…
Tobey Maguire, director won't return for 'Spider-Man 4'
Tobey Maguire has hung up his spandex suit and will not return as Spider-Man when the fourth film based on the web-slinging superhero hits cinemas in 2012, studio officials confirmed…
French filmmaker Eric Rohmer dies
Eric Rohmer, pivotal member of France's New Wave film movement that changed the history of the art form, has died aged 89, leaving behind an immense yet subtle and sensitive…
El-Beit Beitak to end six-year run in March
CAIRO: By next March, popular Channel 2 talk show "El-Beit Beitak will no longer be gracing Egyptian living-rooms, as producers have recently announced that the show's six-year run will come…