Egypt beat Algeria to force playoff
CAIRO: Substitute Emad Meteb headed home deep into stoppage time as Egypt claimed a 2-0 home victory over Algeria on Saturday to force a playoff for a place at next…
Seventh swine flu death while six schools closed in Alexandria
CAIRO: The seventh H1N1 death was announced by the Ministry of Health Saturday as a 37-year old female from the outer suburbs of Cairo succumbed to pneumonia after contracting the…
Egyptian Resorts 9-month net tumbles 96 percent
CAIRO: Real estate and tourism company Egyptian Resorts reported net profit for the first nine months of 2009 of LE 10.1 million ($1.9 million), down 96 percent on a year…
Egyptian mobile phone subscribers top 53 million
CAIRO: Egyptian mobile phone subscriber growth continued unabated in September, with 1.95 million new accounts added to bring the total number to 53.428 million, a government website said on Sunday.…
Egypt index slips, Pioneers drops again
CAIRO: Egypt s main share index slumps 0.8 percent in low volume with Pioneers Holding extending a correction following a rally last week on news the financial services firm would…
Newly agreed UN corruption deal panned as 'toothless'
DOHA: Conference delegates meeting in the Qatari capital on Friday backed a tightening of the United Nations anti-corruption program but lobby groups immediately slammed the deal as a lost opportunity.…
Intel holds youth camp on IGF sidelines
CAIRO: Intel partnered with Egypt's Cyber Peace Initiative, part of The Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement, to hold a Youth Camp bearing the theme Forming Young Digital Citizens in…
LE 75 Million for infrastructure in industrial zones
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid announced another LE 75 million for the development of infrastructure in 12 industrial zones, bringing the total investment in the zones…
Cairo Time: a picturesque travelogue with distorted details
Prior to its premiere in Doha a couple of weeks ago, most Egyptian filmmakers had zero expectations for Ruba Nadda's Cairo-set "Cairo Time. Something about the trailer didn't seem just…
