Zamalek congratulate Ahly, prepare for derby

CAIRO: Zamalek board have issued a statement on the club s official website congratulating Ahly for winning the CAF Champions League trophy.Zamalek football director Ahmed Refaat said that the club…

Amro Hassan

Nagi pays Abdul-Hamid tribute

CAIRO: Ahly goalkeeping coach Ahmed Nagi dished out praise for Amir Abdel-Hamid, saying that the keeper was the hero of the CAF Champions League final against Coton Sport.The Red Devils…

Sherif Tarek

Egypt policemen dragged man to death, says report

CAIRO: A court in the southern Egyptian city of Sohag sentenced two policemen to three years in jail on Saturday for dragging a man to his death behind a car,…

AFP
AFP

Suez Canal traffic halted briefly after ships collide

ISMAILIA: Traffic through the Suez Canal was halted briefly on Sunday after a collision between a Panamanian cargo ship and an Egyptian passenger ferry, a canal official told AFP.There were…

AFP
AFP

Hafez, prominent Egyptian writer, dies at 70

CAIRO: Salah El-Deen Hafez, a prominent Egyptian writer who spent the later part of his journalism career advocating press freedom, has died. He was 70.The state-owned Middle East News Agency…

AP
AP

Self-censorship hits big bucks videogames over religion

Violence may still be rife in the world of videogames, but when it comes to religion, caution remains the watchword in the big bucks business.Sony s decision this month to…

AFP
AFP

Actress Charlize Theron appointed UN peace envoy

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed activist and actress Charlize Theron as a United Nations messenger of peace, announced Friday UN spokesman Farhan Haq.The South African-born actress, who won…

AFP
AFP

Mexico violence overtakes fiction

We want to be writers but they turn us into prophets, said Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, one of the Spanish-speaking world s best-known living novelists, whose latest book explores Mexico…

AFP
AFP

Egypt stock indexes dip over 4.5 pct, big caps weigh

CAIRO: Egypt s top two share indexes skidded over 4.5 percent lower on Monday as declines in big cap stocks such as Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) triggered a selling frenzy,…

Cynthia Johnston