Ittihad sign Abdullah
ALEXANDRIA: Former Ahly and Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Abdullah has officially signed a two-year contract with Ittihad, the club s president Mohamed Moselhi said.Moselhi added that Abdullah will receive LE 500,000…
Revolutionary choreographer Merce Cunningham dies at 90
Choreographer and dancer Merce Cunningham was hailed Monday as a revolutionary artist who remade the very definition of dance.Cunningham - who was still working as he marked his 90th birthday…
Egypt condemns Hamas for restraining Fatah members
CAIRO: Egypt says the move by the militant Palestinian Hamas to ban Fatah members from traveling to a key party convention in the West Bank is unacceptable. The convention is…
Targeting moderate Brotherhood members aims at weakening the group, say observers
CAIRO: Detained blogger Magdy Saad has been released and is now at his home, says Muslim Brotherhood blogger Abdel-Moneim Mahmoud. Saad, a Muslim Brotherhood blogger, was detained last Wednesday at…
Brotherhood's supreme guide denies 'secret deal' with gov't
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide Mohamed Mahdy Akef denied reports claiming there is a "secret deal between the group and the government to release the group's recently detained deputy…
Egypt and Israel look to expand economic ties
CAIRO: Egypt and Israel agreed to look into expanding economic ties after Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met with Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Yossi Gal in Cairo…
US report questions Egypt's stability after Mubarak
CAIRO: An American report published in the Middle East Quarterly has highlighted concerns over the stability of Egypt once President Hosni Mubarak is no longer president.Titled "Is Egypt stable? and…
Mobinil, others bid for Orascom's Link Egypt
CAIRO: Mobinil, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone Egypt have submitted bids to buy Link Egypt, an information technology unit of Orascom Telecom, the daily Al-Mal reported on Tuesday.Two other unnamed financial…
COMMENTARY: One recession, but unique strategic responses
A tropical storm viewed from a weather satellite looks more or less uniform, as if it is affecting every area it touches with equal force. On the ground the picture…