Hadari's Sion reach Swiss Cup second round
CAIRO: Essam Al-Hadari s Sion reached the Swiss Cup round of 16 after defeating Le Mont LS 5-2 on Sunday.Hungarian full-back Vilmos Vanczak needed 11 minutes to put Sion ahead.Nigerian…
David and Ashour on top of the world
MANCHESTER: Egypt s Ramy Ashour claimed the men s World Open on Sunday while Malaysian golden girl Nicol David clinched her third title.The men s event brought a new champion…
PA discussions of organ transplant law to exclude Religious Committee
CAIRO: The People's Assembly (PA) is set to take a final decision on the new controversial organ donation law as it gears up for the new parliamentary session in a…
Pyramids' facelift continues
CAIRO: Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny and Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), visited the Pyramids complex Saturday to inspect the latest of an ongoing…
Nubians still hold their breath for repatriation
CAIRO: The Nubian repatriation saga, which dates back to over one century when the inhabitants of what was then known as Nubia in Upper Egypt were first asked to leave…
Pope Shenouda III back in Egypt after US treatment
CAIRO: The elderly head of the Coptic church Pope Shenouda III, returned to Egypt on Monday following four months of medical treatment in the United States, according to the official…
Rights groups demand public prosecution clampdown on torture
CAIRO: Eighteen Egyptian human rights groups on Sunday blamed the abdication by the public prosecution office of its role in combating torture and police transgressions, for the increasing rate of…
Hard Talk: Egypt's Haphazard Choice of Ministers
A mix of confusion and indifference was the main characteristic of the Egyptian government s handling of the global financial crisis before Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak s meeting with economic…
Nobel Injustice
SINGAPORE: Martti Ahtisaari is a great man. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his life work. But it was a mistake for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to cite his…
