Editorial: Press freedom or hate speech?
CAIRO: Mother's Day wasn't the only festivity to be marked in Egypt on March 21. Most Egyptians didn't know that the date also marks the Bahai new year (the Nowruz…
When parents and pediatricians go head to head
CAIRO: When Marwa Yehia's four and a half year-old daughter was still an infant, she was coughing up blood. But it was only five months, three pediatricians, three surgeons and…
Egypt making strides towards autism awareness
CAIRO: Around the world, April 2 is dedicated to celebrating the talents and skills of people with autism as well as raising awareness about the disorder. World Autism Awareness Day…
Furious Bruce rounds on Zaki
WIGAN: Wigan manager Steve Bruce said Thursday he was at the end of my tether with Amr Zaki after the on-loan Egypt forward failed to return on time from international…
EFA to investigate Mido-Zaki saga
CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) is set to investigate the recent public spat between Egypt and Wigan Athletic strikers Ahmed "Mido Hossam and Amr Zaki. No decisions will be…
Beheira toddler contracts bird flu
CAIRO: A toddler has contracted bird flu, the 61th recorded case since the first outbreak of the disease in the country in 2006, state-news agency MENA reported on Wednesday.The two-year-old…
Downey gives Sherlock Holmes an action update
Leave it to Robert Downey Jr. to turn Sherlock Holmes into a wisecracking action hero who ends up handcuffed naked to a bed.Downey offered a sneak peek Tuesday of Sherlock…
'People will die' in crisis fallout, says Boutros Ghali
LONDON: People will die in the world s poorest countries if rich nations push them aside in the scramble to escape the global economic crisis, Egypt s finance minister said…
