Umrah pilgrims protest canceled trips, will be refunded
CAIRO: Hundreds of Egyptians staged a sit-in Sunday at Cairo airport after they were barred from traveling to Mecca to perform a pilgrimage due to new restrictions to prevent the…
Conflicting reports on Egyptian fishermen's escape
CAIRO: Days after 34 Egyptian fishermen overpowered their Somali pirates captors, versions of their escape differ, with one indicating that coordination efforts with other Somali tribes helped set the Egyptians…
Abdel-Fadil plays first match with Ahly
CAIRO: Sherif Abdel-Fadil played his first match with Ahly as the Red Devils slumped to a surprising 2-0 defeat to Egyptian league newcomers Military Production in a friendly game on…
Colombian peacekeeper dies from gunshot in Egypt
CAIRO: The spokesman for an international peacekeeping mission in Egypt says a Colombian soldier died of a gunshot wound sustained when another Colombian peacekeeper fired from his weapon.Normand St. Pierre…
Les Paul, guitar revolutionary, dies at 94
Les Paul, a virtuoso guitarist and inventor who shaped the sound of rock n roll, died Thursday in New York state, Gibson Guitar company said. He was 94.Paul passed away…
Egypt denies report of banning GM imports: state agency
CAIRO: Egypt s state news agency MENA on Thursday quoted an agriculture ministry official as denying an earlier report that Cairo had banned the import and export of genetically modified…
AUC student fights deportation after Israeli detainment
CAIRO: An American University in Cairo (AUC) student has been granted an extension on an Israeli deportation order after being held in an Israeli detention center.AUC English literature undergraduate Sarah…
