US trial set in alleged frozen chicken fraud
NEW ORLEANS: In 1986, Alexander Legault was living in Canada when a grand jury in New Orleans indicted him on charges he duped the government of Egypt into paying more…
Ahly fine Farag
CAIRO: Ahly assistant coach Hossam Al-Badri fined striker Ahmed Hassan Farag after the player protested against his exclusion from the Ittihad game. The Red Devils will face Ittihad in the…
Agogo dropped from Zamalek lineup
CAIRO: Zamalek coach Michel Decastel has dropped Junior Agogo for Friday s Egyptian Premier League game against Olympic in Alexandria.The Ghanaian striker, whose dispute with Zamalek s board has been…
Egypt stock index gains 1.3 pct as OT climbs
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock index climbed 1.31 percent on Thursday led by gains in Orascom Telecom, despite institutional profit-taking that set in late in the session, dealers said. Shares…
Egypt intel chief meets Clinton
WASHINGTON: Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman held talks on Wednesday with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a US official said."She met him, the State Department official told AFP on…
Sudan's Al-Beshir ready to expel ambassadors, says report
CAIRO: Sudan is ready to expel foreign ambassadors "if they exceed their diplomatic mission, President Omar Al-Beshir was quoted as saying on Thursday in his latest act of defiance of…
Ambassador to Israel denies all is forgiven and forgotten with Lieberman
CAIRO: Egypt's ambassador to Israel Yasser Rida denied making statements in an Israeli newspaper that Egypt was willing to forget scathing remarks about it by the right-wing Avigdor Lieberman, who…
Austrian businessmen explore opportunities in Egypt
CAIRO: An Austrian trade mission spent much of this week in Cairo in an effort to promote trade and investment between one of Europe's powerhouse economies and the Middle East's…