Human rights organizations, NGOs, decry Saudi lashing sentence on Egyptian doctor
CAIRO: Local and international human rights organizations and NGOs decried the punishment of 1,500 lashes handed down to two Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia in a memo they will send…
No public participation in sukuk, says report
CAIRO: Poverty and illiteracy may limit public participation in managing state holdings, according to a new report examining the legality of people's ownership of public shares. A report, titled Sukuk:…
Abdel-Fadil eager to leave Ismaili
CAIRO: Ismaili defender Sherif Abdel-Fadil decided to deal with a "renowned agent, whose identity hasn't been revealed yet, in order to move away from the coastal club in the near…
Ahly beat Contractors to ensure league supremacy
CAIRO: Ahly registered a narrow 2-1 victory over Arab Contractors on Wednesday to go five points clear at the top of the Egyptian Premier League table. Second-placed Petrojet surprisingly slumped…
Ahly re-launch contract talks with Gomaa, Hosni
CAIRO: Ahly officials have resumed talks with defender Wael Gomaa and striker Osama Hosni in order to extend the pair s contracts with the club.The Red Devils official website confirmed…
From rock bottom to red carpet: Oscars comeback kids
From rock bottom to the red carpet: win or lose on Oscar night, Mickey Rourke and Robert Downey Jr. are the undisputed comeback kids of the 81st Academy Awards.Both actors…
Egyptian indexes slip again, NSGB up on results
CAIRO: Key Egyptian stock indexes dropped between 2.3 and 2.7 percent on Wednesday, dragged down by what brokers called corrections in Orascom Telecom (OT) and Orascom Construction (OCI). National Societe…
Egypt to send troops and police to Congo
CAIRO: Egypt announced on Tuesday that it plans to send troops and police to join the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Egypt will send 1,325 soldiers and…
Israel's Gaza truce pointman lashes out at Olmert
JERUSALEM: Israel s pointman in talks with Egypt on a Gaza truce has lashed out at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for linking the issue to the release of captive Israeli…