Zamalek U-20 boss defends Bougi behavior
CAIRO: Zamalek U-20 boss Magdi Al-Sayed believes that the misconduct of Ahmed "Boogy Fathy in Egypt s 4-2 win over Italy is excusable. Boogy scored the Pharaohs third goal in…
Letterman confesses on air to staff affairs
WASHINGTON: US talk show host David Letterman admitted on his show to having sex with members of his staff as he gave details of a $2 million blackmail attempt against…
US economic decline forges new world order
ISTANBUL: The crisis is redrawing the world map of economic power as the influence of US consumer spending declines and major emerging markets like China and India take the lead,…
Egypt says detained wheat shipment can be sieved
CAIRO: Egypt s agricultural quarantine authority said on Sunday that a French wheat shipment held at the Red Sea port of Safaga can be sieved and is free of bugs…
Mubarak urges Israel to reconsider its Mideast policies
CAIRO: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday urged Israel to reconsider its Middle East policies, warning that any bid to impose a fait accompli solution would not bring peace to…
Real estate faces challenges and opportunities
CAIRO: "2009 was a much better year than anticipated, and this was an enormous relief, Ahmed Badrawi, chief business development officer at Sixth October for Development and Investment Company (SODIC),…
Egypt to raise energy prices for non-intensive industries
CAIRO: Egypt will decrease subsidies on natural gas and electricity to non-energy intensive industries, the local press reported, raising prices 26 percent by the beginning of 2010, announced Amr Assal,…
Lady Gaga says she'll tour without Kanye West
Lady Gaga isn t letting her ill-fated tour with Kanye West keep her from her fans.A day after her joint tour with the rapper was canceled, the pop star said…
An ode to love in Pina Bausch's choreography
After a long wait, Egyptian audiences witnessed the magic of Pina Bausch's choreography at the Cairo Opera House this week. The grand finale of the 50th anniversary of Goethe's Institute…