Asyut claim vital win over Ittihad
CAIRO: Asyut Petroleum came out of the relegation zone with a decisive 1-0 win over Ittihad in the Egyptian Premier League on Monday.Full-back Sherif Nawareg scored the only goal of…
Ahly lose Gomaa for rest of season
CAIRO: Ahly and Egypt defender Wael Gomaa has been ruled out for the rest of the season after he picked up an injury in Monday s 2-2 league draw with…
FIFA calls for Africa security experts to meet in Cairo
ZURICH, Switzerland: FIFA said Monday that World Cup match referees have the authority to delay kickoffs for safety reasons, after 19 fans were killed in a stampede at a stadium…
Flu scourge has a pig of a name for Jewish state
JERUSALEM: It may be called swine flu around the world, but a senior Israeli official on Monday changed the term in order not to pronounce the name of the animal…
Hallelujah or Highway to Hell? Songs to die for
Frank Sinatra s My Way is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices were revealed in a poll published in Britain.Australian rockers AC/DC…
Chinese modern dance enjoys taste of freedom
Chinese modern dance is enjoying a renaissance thanks to the energy of choreographers and performers who find in it a feeling of liberty rare in an art form often used…
Mideast growth to halve as oil falls: World Bank
WASHINGTON: Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa is set to halve to 3 percent this year with the collapse of oil prices, demand and worker remittances, a…
Mideast, Africa hotel occupancy down in March: report
DUBAI: Hotel occupancy in the Middle East and Africa fell 11 percent in March and margins fell 16 percent from the same month in 2008, with regional tourism hubs Dubai…