Sports Talk: Seeing stars. and stripes
By the time the Confederations Cup ends, either Brazil or the US will have lifted the trophy. For Egypt, though, the tournament concluded earlier after that embarrassing 3-0 defeat at…
Shehata reveals on-field spat
CAIRO: An exchange of words between Amr Zaki and some of his teammates contributed to Egypt s World Cup qualifier loss to Algeria, coach Hassan Shehata said on Thursday.In an…
Pop icon Michael Jackson dead at 50
LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson is dead after suffering a cardiac arrest, sending shockwaves sweeping across the world and tributes pouring in Friday for the tortured music icon revered as the…
Scan reveals NY mummy is male
NEW YORK: A scan performed at a suburban New York City hospital shows an ancient Egyptian mummy thought for centuries to be a woman is a man.A Manhasset hospital examined…
Oil to average above $70 a barrel in 2010
LONDON: US crude oil is expected to average over $70 a barrel in 2010, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, as analysts raised their consensus forecast for the third consecutive…
Hamas hails US policy change, ready for new unity talks
DAMASCUS: Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Thursday welcomed what he said was a change of US policy towards his Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip and said he…
Rumors resurface over parliament dissolution
CAIRO: Rumors have resurfaced that the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) will dissolve the Peoples' Assembly (PA) within days, the opposition Al-Dostour reported Friday.The newspaper claimed on its front page…
Stereotypes worldwide associate men with science
A study of more than half a million people worldwide has found that 70 percent associate science more with men than women, according to results released Monday.The study described the…
Football freestylers kick it up a notch
Freestyle street football players gathered at the Wadi Degla Club on the outskirts of Maadi this Friday to participate in a competition that is the first of its kind here.…
Cairo's best mango-flavored ice cream
The location is great, because people are always coming in and out of the mosque, Um Araby explained as she chose an ice-cream cone from a large stack. She examined…