Petrojet keep Koffi, offload duo
CAIRO: Petrojet coach Mokhtar Mokhtar denied the club s intention to sell Ivorian midfielder Mohamed Koffi. Koffi was linked with a move to Ittihad, but Mokhtar stressed that the Suez…
Egypt make slight progress in FIFA ranking
CAIRO: Egypt have moved up two spots in the monthly FIFA ranking for national teams, following the Confederations Cup in South Africa as winners Brazil reached the top. The African…
Tribal Bedouin clashes leave four injured
CAIRO: Clashes over a plot of land in the area of Al Sonbola led to the injury of four Bedouins, including one woman, from the Garadat tribe in Sinai Wednesday…
Frozen chicken fugitive pleads guilty to fowl play
NEW ORLEANS: After years as a fugitive, a Montreal man pleaded guilty in a US court Wednesday to a 1981 conspiracy to defraud Egypt s government and a British bank…
Guards kill two Africans at Israel border
RAFAH: An Egyptian security official says border guards shot and killed two African migrants trying to cross the border into Israel near the town of Rafah. Many Africans seeking political…
ANALYSIS: Muslim Brotherhood will not challenge succession
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood will avoid confrontation over attempts to install President Hosni Mubarak's son as president because it fears a crackdown by the authorities could destroy the Islamic group.…
Japan's Amano says 'very pleased' at IAEA election
VIENNA: Japanese candidate Yukiya Amano said Thursday he was very pleased after he won the race to head the International Atomic Energy Agency. This afternoon I have received the support…
AU summit tackles divisions over 'African government'
SIRTE: African leaders at a summit Thursday struggled to overcome divisions on a proposed African government , as Libyan leader Moamer Qaddafi pressed for a powerful new continental authority.The leaders…
Nine Brotherhood members sentenced to 15 days in jail
CAIRO: The Higher State Security Prosecution office sentenced Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, secretary general of the Arab Doctors' Union and the Muslim Brotherhood's deputy leader to 15 days in jail…
Mubarak says Arab world in 'best state'
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak said the Arab world is currently in the best of states and that its problems will end in time.Speaking to reporters after a tour of factories…