Ahly lose Gomaa for rest of season
CAIRO: Ahly and Egypt defender Wael Gomaa has been ruled out for the rest of the season after he picked up an injury in Monday s 2-2 league draw with…
FIFA calls for Africa security experts to meet in Cairo
ZURICH, Switzerland: FIFA said Monday that World Cup match referees have the authority to delay kickoffs for safety reasons, after 19 fans were killed in a stampede at a stadium…
Flu scourge has a pig of a name for Jewish state
JERUSALEM: It may be called swine flu around the world, but a senior Israeli official on Monday changed the term in order not to pronounce the name of the animal…
Hallelujah or Highway to Hell? Songs to die for
Frank Sinatra s My Way is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices were revealed in a poll published in Britain.Australian rockers AC/DC…
Chinese modern dance enjoys taste of freedom
Chinese modern dance is enjoying a renaissance thanks to the energy of choreographers and performers who find in it a feeling of liberty rare in an art form often used…
Mideast growth to halve as oil falls: World Bank
WASHINGTON: Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa is set to halve to 3 percent this year with the collapse of oil prices, demand and worker remittances, a…
Mideast, Africa hotel occupancy down in March: report
DUBAI: Hotel occupancy in the Middle East and Africa fell 11 percent in March and margins fell 16 percent from the same month in 2008, with regional tourism hubs Dubai…
EU to boost ties with Egypt, says presidency
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union has decided to deepen its relations with Egypt, the Czech EU presidency announced Monday. The EU supports Egyptian efforts to work on closer ties with the…
Brother of Hamas spokesman arrested in Arish
CAIRO: Yousef Abu Zuhri, brother of Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri, was arrested in Al-Arish Monday night on suspicion of entering Egypt illegally through an underground tunnel.Abu Zuhri was arrested…
Quest Means Business: An apple a day.
It should be simple to work out whether a company is doing well. Ask yourself, "Did it make a profit or loss? Was that profit or loss bigger or smaller…