Zaki reveals French offer
CAIRO: Zamalek striker Amr Zaki said on Saturday that a French Ligue 1 side was interested in signing him in the close season. There is a French club in the…
Mido set for Boro exit
LONDON: Egypt striker Mido is set to quit Middlesbrough after the Championship side revealed on Sunday they have accepted an undisclosed offer from an unnamed club.The 26-year-old was fined earlier…
Sectarian tension in Minya has tens arrested
MINYA: Hundreds of Egyptian Muslims tried Friday to set on fire the home of a Coptic Christian in southern Egypt after he announced plans to turn it into a church,…
Controversial Malaysian filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad dies
Malaysian director Yasmin Ahmad, who provoked controversy with films that dealt with subjects like interracial relations and teenage angst in this conservative mostly Muslim country, has died aged 51.Yasmin, who…
Wim Wenders vows to finish 3D Pina Bausch film
German director Wim Wenders said last week that he planned to complete a 3D dance film he had been making with legendary choreographer Pina Bausch before her recent death.Wenders, the…
Suez Canal revenue dips 7.2 pct in 2008/09
Egypt s annual revenue from the Suez Canal fell 7.2 percent in fiscal 2008/09 to $4.74 billion, the Suez Canal Authority Chairman Ahmed Fadel said on Sunday. The canal, one…
Palestinian dies in Gaza tunnel collapse
GAZA CITY: A 33-year-old Palestinian man was killed on Sunday when a smuggling tunnel he was in between the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and Egypt collapsed, medics said.Six other people were…
US envoy: Obama determined to see Mideast peace
DAMASCUS: The US administration is determined to achieve a truly comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace settlement that includes normal relations between Israel and all of its Arab neighbors, President Barack Obama s…
Brotherhood protest banned
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces banned Saturday a protest by the Muslim Brotherhood planned to take place at the Journalists' Syndicate against extending the detention of seven members of the group.The…
Hezbollah cell detainees referred to State Security emergency court
CAIRO: The detainees of the Hezbollah cell case will stand trial in the State Security Emergency Court, Public Prosecutor Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud announced Sunday.Twenty-six people have been referred to the court,…
