COMMENTARY: Swine flu for grownups
PRINCETON: No one knows how the swine flu (H1N1) pandemic will evolve. Will it keep spreading, or will it fizzle? Will it retreat during the northern hemisphere's summer and return…
H1N1 cases in Egypt reach 200
CAIRO: Fifteen new H1N1 cases have been diagnosed in Egypt, raising the country's total to 200, Egypt's Ministry of Health announced Sunday.According to the ministry's official statement, 10 of the…
Petroleum school is university applicants' top choice
CAIRO: The Suez School of Petroleum and Minerals is college applicants' top choice this year, and will be accepting students with a score of 99.4 percent and above, the Ministry…
Ahly backtrack on Benji, keep 'new Messi'
CAIRO: Ahly backed down on signing Moroccan striker Abdessallam Benjelloun as they intend to register Algerian sensation Amir Sayoud. Benjelloun was set to move to Cairo from Scottish side Hibernian…
Five sentenced to death for pushing teen off train
ISMAILIYA: Five Egyptians were sentenced to death on Saturday for hurling a teenager to his death from a moving train after stealing his mobile phone and LE 3, judicial sources…
Aboul-Ella contemplates retirement
CAIRO: Former Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Aboul-Ella said on Saturday he was considering retiring from professional football.The 29-year-old, who came through Zamalek s youth ranks, left the Cairo giants last month…
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,…