Ahly held to bore draw by Mahalla
CAIRO: Ahly couldn t break the strong defense lines of Ghazl Mahalla in a goalless Egyptian Premier League game on Monday.The title holders now have 52 points on top of…
Rights group hails Interior Ministry decree on ID cards
CAIRO: An interior ministry decree has for the first time recognized the right of Egyptian Bahais to obtain personal ID cards and other essential documents without having to lie about…
Legendary music producer Phil Spector guilty of murder
Legendary US music producer Phil Spector on Monday was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of an actress at his mansion in Los Angeles six years…
US Mideast envoy Mitchell arrives in Morocco
RABAT: US special envoy George Mitchell arrived in Rabat on Monday to meet with Moroccan officials before heading to the Middle East later in the week, officials said. Details of…
Pirates seize Egyptian fishing boats off Somaliland
CAIRO: Pirates have seized two Egyptian fishing boats off the coast of the Somali breakaway region of Somaliland, a senior Egyptian official said on Monday. Our ambassador in Somalia has…
NKorea says will boycott six-party nuclear talks
SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea vowed Tuesday to restore its nuclear facilities and boycott international talks on its atomic weapons program to protest the UN Security Council s condemnation of…
Lawyer refutes allegations of Hezbollah attacks in Egypt
CAIRO: Egyptian newspaper reports claiming that the main suspect in the Hezbollah cell case had admitted to planning attacks on Egyptian soil were refuted by his lawyer Tuesday.The state-run Al-Ahram…
QUEST MEANS BUSINESS: Riding to the Rescue
Yee Haa! The sight of the Wells Fargo Stage Coach was a welcome one across the American plains in the Wild West days of the 1800s. It took 20 days…
HP launches Proliant G6 server line
CAIRO: Following the worldwide launch of its Proliant G6 server line on March 30, HP hosted an information session at the Intercontinental Hotel CityStars to introduce the new product line…
'We need to improve quality of our leaders in gov't,' says Rachid
CAIRO: Officially, the theme was trade between Egypt and Germany. A German-Arab commerce group sponsored the talk. Yet there was relatively little mention of Germany. At a business lunch Tuesday,…