Alhy deny reports of Abou-Treika move to Dubai club
CAIRO: Reports that Al-Ahly's star midfielder Mohamed Abu-Trika will be sent on loan to Ahli Dubai Club for two seasons are unfounded, Adel Al-Keie, marketing manager of Egypt's Al-Ahly Club,…
Mideast fuel oil prices up on demand
SINGAPORE: Middle East fuel oil prices rose $1.75 a ton this week amid peak summer demand while cuts in refinery operation rates globally limit fuel oil production. Regional fuel oil…
UN chief to attend non-aligned movement summit in Egypt
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt next week, a spokesman said.Ban will participate on Wednesday in the summit, scheduled to take…
German chancellor meets Egyptian counterpart
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel has expressed her condolences to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak over the brutal stabbing of a young Egyptian mother in a Dresden courtroom last week.Merkel s spokesman…
Egypt in first West Bank talks with Hamas in three years
RAMALLAH: Egyptian mediators on Thursday held their first West Bank talks with Hamas representatives since before the Islamist movement seized the Gaza Strip in June 2007. For the first time…
Mubarak accuses Israel of aborting deal for captive soldier
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Israel of scuttling a deal that was on the verge of ending the three-year captivity in Gaza of soldier Gilad Shalit, in an interview…