Egypt hopes young under-20 talent will be rewarded
CAIRO: Egypt is hoping that some of players that beat Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 at the Under-20 World Cup will have caught the eye of scouts from leading European clubs.Egypt…
Nations jockey for spots at expanded G20 table
PITTSBURGH: A surprise deal to bring China, India and other emerging powers into the elite club of global summitry has unleashed a new round of jockeying as nations vie to…
Israel not pushing for peace, Egypt tells UN
CAIRO: Egypt has accused Israel of lacking the political will to achieve peace with the Palestinians during Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit's speech to the UN General Assembly Saturday on…
PA to discuss three contentious draft laws in November
CAIRO: The upcoming parliamentary session is expected to discuss three main draft laws pertaining to the Ministry of Justice's legal specialists' demands, the plight of Egyptian expats and organ transplants.…
Jerusalem tense after Al-Aqsa clashes
JERUSALEM: Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem s Old City on Sunday at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a site revered by Muslims and Jews that has been a…
12 MB members arrested in Beheira
CAIRO: Security forces arrested 12 Muslim Brotherhood deputy leaders in the governorate of Beheira late Saturday, including a former member of parliament. The group was meeting at the house of…
Cutting rice cultivation unlikely to reduce water consumption, says analyst
CAIRO: Egypt has decided to cut domestic rice cultivation by one third, Mostafa El-Naggari, a representative of Egypt's Agricultural Export Council, told Reuters. The council cited water conservation as the…
Egypt lifts tariff on sugar imports
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced this week that Egypt would temporarily suspend the tariffs it had imposed on sugar imports, a move likely to boost supply locally.Up until Nazif…
China's 'City of Life and Death' wins San Sebastian film prize
Chinese director Lu Chuan s account of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing in 1937, City of Life and Death, won the top award Saturday at the San Sebastian film festival.A…
American and Muslim, band of Sufi mystics aims to go global
With a discombobulating mix of blonde hair and ecstatic cries of "Allah, Allah! , the members of Islamic band Debu sway on stage at a strip mall on the edge…