Mokhtar pleased with Port Said performance
PORT SAID: Petrojet coach Mokhtar Mokhtar said that he was glad with the way his team played in the 2-2 draw against Masri on Saturday. Of course we want to…
Students and teachers alike skip first day of school
CAIRO: The new academic year got off on the wrong foot on Saturday as teachers and students decided to take the day off.A shortage of school books and lack of…
Church leaders back Mubarak's son for president
CAIRO: Most leaders of Egypt s Coptic Orthodox Church would vote for President Hosni Mubarak s son Gamal if he chose to run in the 2011 presidential election, a top…
Egypt holds to its aspiration and plans to fight poverty
CAIRO: Egypt is moving steady towards achieving the United Nations' eight Millennium Development Goals, says the latest report about Egypt's progress in the world wide campaign. All speakers at the…
Religious freedom in Egypt 'declining', says report
CAIRO: Freedom of religious belief in Egypt "declined between July 2007 and June 2008, according to the US State Department's annual assessment of religious freedom throughout the world, the International…
Thousands suffer from burning Kwaisna factory waste
MENUFIYA: Close to 20,000 residents of two villages in Kwaisna, located in the delta governorate of Menufiya, filed petitions to their local council complaining from environmental violations committed at the…
Egyptian tycoon denies ordering death of singer
CAIRO: Egyptian business tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa has denied he hired a hit man to slay a Lebanese pop singer in Dubai, according to a letter published Saturday in a…
Gaza-Egypt crossing opens for Muslim pilgrims
GAZA CITY: The Rafah crossing between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Egypt was opened on Saturday to allow hundreds of Muslim pilgrims to leave the besieged territory, Palestinian officials said.The…
Arab achievements and challenges in the pursuit of MDGs
At the Millennium Summit in 2000, world leaders made an ambitious, but critical promise. They went beyond imprecise proclamations on the urgent need to fight poverty by signing up to…
