Egypt stun England to take women's squash team title

CAIRO: Egypt beat defending champions England 2-1 to win the women s world team championship title for the first time on Saturday.Egyptian number one Omneya Abdel Kawy, ranked seven in…

AFP
AFP

Four dead in El Tebbein clashes

CAIRO: Four people are presumed dead following clashes between two families in El Tebbein, in Nazlet Elian Village, approximately 40 km from central Cairo. The entrance to the village is…

Sarah Carr

Egypt diplomats worst traffic offenders, says London paper

CAIRO: Egyptian diplomats along with their Saudi Arabian, Afghani and Sudanese counterparts are the worst violators of London's traffic laws, reported the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday.According to the newspaper, "the…

Yasmine Saleh

Journalists arrested at thwarted Gaza caravan assembly point

CAIRO: Egyptian authorities again prevented the departure of an aid caravan destined for Gaza on Saturday, and arrested two journalists at the caravan's assembly point outside Cairo's State Council.According to…

Sarah Carr

In Focus: Post Mumbai Jihadists

The recent Mumbai bombings which killed nearly 180 people and injured 300 will be a turning point in the future of "jihadism around the world. Now it is possible to…

From neoliberalism to no liberalism?

WASHINGTON, DC: The era of free-market capitalism launched in the 1980's by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan - often called "neoliberalism by its opponents - is over. This ideological wave…

Daily News Egypt

The last of the neo-cons

NEW YORK: With George W. Bush's presidency about to end, what will happen to the neo-conservatives? Rarely in the history of American politics has a small number of bookish intellectuals…

Ian Buruma