Seeing beyond fear
TINTON FALLS, NJ: Fear haunts Palestinians and Israelis and disfigures their psyche and spirit. Both have imprisoned each other in a circular trap of claims and counterclaims, violence and retaliation,…
Three bloggers detained, says rights group
CAIRO: Two Muslim Brotherhood bloggers were detained at Cairo International Airport as they returned to Egypt on Wednesday. Another Islamist blogger was taken from his home earlier that morning, according…
Global hunt for swine flu vaccine intensifies
WASHINGTON: Governments and scientists around the world ramped up the hunt for a vaccine to battle the swine flu pandemic Wednesday, with Australia launching human trials for a serum.US officials…
Ruling on trafficking and blood bag cases due September
CAIRO: Closure could be brought to two long-standing, unrelated legal sagas in Egypt: that of the kidnapping and "sale of babies and 200,000 bags of contaminated blood which were sold…
34 typhoid cases reported in Qaliubiya
CAIRO: Thirty-four typhoid cases were diagnosed in two villages in Qaliubiya since Tuesday, an official statement said. The statement added that the cases are mild and that most patients were…
Amnesty calls for release of prisoners of conscience
CAIRO: Human rights group Amnesty International is calling for the release of jailed prisoners of conscience Musaad Abu Fagr and Kareem Amer. Amnesty International and other human rights groups consider…
Arab health ministers to ban elderly, young from Mecca pilgrimage
CAIRO: Arab health ministers agreed on Wednesday to ban certain people including the elderly and young children from pilgrimage to Mecca in an effort to contain the spread of swine…
Ahly sign Hibs striker
CAIRO: Ahly signed Hibernians Moroccan striker Abdessallam Benjelloun, the club s marketing director Adli Al-Qaeyi told FilGoal.com.Al-Qaeyi said that the 24-year-old signed a three-year-contract with Ahly on Monday.It is yet…
Ittihad to choose between Abdullah and Saied
CAIRO: Ittihad coach Taha Basri announced that his club will soon make a decision to sign either Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Abdullah or Ahmed Saied of ENPPI. We are watching both…