Al-Ashri unhappy with media focus
CAIRO: Following his team s 1-0 defeat to Ahly, Harras Hodoud coach Tarek Al-Ashri said that the recent media focus on his team affected his players performance.Al-Ashri said that beating…
Police resume preparations for second term
CAIRO: Police Union is set to start a training camp as part of the team s preparations for the Egyptian Premier League second term games.Club assistant coach Mohamed Ibrahim told…
Train drivers go on strike
CAIRO: Train drivers went on strike Tuesday in another protest at the failure of the Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA) to uphold a pay promise.Between 200 and 300 drivers congregated on…
Warner Bros. to slash 800 jobs
Studio giant Warner Bros. said Tuesday it planned to axe around 800 jobs worldwide in the coming weeks, despite a record-breaking year at the box-office.The studio confirmed it had emailed…
Home-grown hip hop catches on in northern Nigeria
Broke and with time on his hands, Naziru Hausawa, an unemployed biology graduate, decided to introduce his own blend of rap and hip hop to the most conservative city in…
Sewedy extends tumble, weighs on Egypt stocks
CAIRO: Sewedy Cables extended a tumble on Wednesday, falling at one point more than 17 percent and helping to drag Egypt s benchmark index to an eleventh day of losses.…
Mubarak urges Obama to make Mideast 'urgent' priority
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak, hoping to negotiate a lasting truce between Israel and Hamas, has urged US President Barack Obama to make the Middle East his urgent priority. This region…