Pachuca beat Al Ahly 4-2 in extra time
TOKYO: Mexico s Pachuca came from behind to sink six-time African champions Al Ahly of Egypt 4-2 in the quarter-finals of the Club World Cup in Tokyo on Saturday.Two free…
Fayoum Court acquits policeman in torture case
CAIRO: A police officer accused of beating a man to death was cleared of all charges against him on Saturday by the Fayoum Criminal Court.Mohamed Gomaa El-Dahshoury died a month…
Murdered student's lawyer to report journalists over slanderous coverage
CAIRO: Angered at what he believed was a smear campaign targeting his deceased daughter, the father of Nadine Khaled, who was brutally murdered in Sixth of October City last month,…
Women's Rights center stresses raising awareness of sexual harassment among children
CAIRO: "Talk to your children about sexual harassment was the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights' (ECWR) message on a seminar Saturday marking the finale of the UN's Sailing the Nile…
52 killed in Egypt bus crash
DAHRUT: At least 52 Egyptians were killed when their bus plunged into a canal south of Cairo on Sunday in the deadliest road accident in Egypt in two decades, officials…
Egypt's first woman mayor takes role in her stride
KOMBOHA: Eva Habil has just become Egypt s first female mayor but already she seems relaxed in her pioneering role as she strolls around her community clad in jeans and…
Cyber insecurity
CAMBRIDGE: In August 2008, Russian troops moved into Georgia. Observers dispute who fired first, but there was a little-noticed dimension of the conflict that will have major repercussions for the…
The torturers of Tashkent
NEW YORK: President Islam Karimov's regime in Uzbekistan has survived for 19 years, in no small part because it has resorted time and again to police brutality and torture to…
What is God's zip code?
PHEONIX: "Hi, I'm Anne and I'm a Christian Scientist. "I'm Tex, a Methodist. "I'm John, a member of the LDS church. "I'm Dilara, a Muslim. No, this isn't a religious…
A camel caravan, a camera and a map
One of the many images the desert evokes is the infinite paths created by God, but the songs of Arita Baaijens in her latest book "Desert Songs are more earthly…
