Ismaili beat Olympic to ease pressure
CAIRO: Ismaili registered a much-needed 1-0 win over Olympic in the Egyptian Premier League on Sunday to atone for their last week s surprising defeat. Mostafa Karim, who was kept…
Maridive rises on dollar hopes, Egypt index up
CAIRO: Maridive & Oil Services posted its sharpest single-day gain in almost two weeks on Monday, lifting Egypt s index as investors bought its US dollar-denominated shares on hopes the…
Mideast states condemn Cairo bombing
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and other nations in the Middle East on Monday joined France in condemning a deadly bombing at a famed Cairo bazaar that killed a French teenage tourist…
Olmert sacks lead negotiator on Gaza truce
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sacked his lead negotiator on a Gaza Strip truce for publicly criticizing the Israeli leader s handling of the talks, Olmert s office said…
Three suspects questioned over Hussein bombing
CAIRO: Egyptian police have detained three suspects who were present at the scene of the Al-Hussein blast Sunday night which killed a 17-year-old French girl and wounded 25 others.The bomb…
Microsoft VP on maneuvering the economic crisis
CAIRO: Seldom will you meet a senior executive in a multinational corporation that will candidly compare the global economic crisis to a car accident. This is precisely how Ali Faramawy,…
ANALYSIS: As the price of oil goes down, so do Mideast economies
CAIRO: While consumers in the West might be happy about falling gas prices, the oil-producing countries in the Gulf region are certainly not. In a region that over the last…
'Slumdog' best in show at Oscars with eight awards
Rags-to-riches drama "Slumdog Millionaire swept the board at the 81st Academy Awards here Sunday, winning eight Oscars including best picture on a night of high-voltage Hollywood glamour.The feel-good film about…
Unlocking Palestinian politics
BERLIN: With the world s focus on the recent war, a less-noticed aspect of the current Palestinian malaise is the expiry of President Mahmoud Abbas' term this January. While the…