Hassan out of Young Africans clash
CAIRO: Ahly midfielder Ahmed Hassan is set to miss his team s game against Young Africans in the CAF Champions League on April 5 due to injury.The former Anderlecht man…
Shikabala back in training, Agogo absent
CAIRO: Zamalek playmaker Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdel-Razeq has returned to full training following a family bereavement, whereas Junior Agogo is yet to arrive from Ghana. Shikabala missed training during the past…
Abou-Trika to be honored by Algerian paper
CAIRO: Ahly playmaker Mohamed Abou-Trika has traveled to Algeria in order to attend a ceremony that will be held by renowned newspaper Al-Hadaf to honor the 30-year-old.The Egypt ace was…
21 drown as migrants boat sinks off Libya
TRIPOLI: A ship carrying illegal migrants bound for Europe has sunk off the coast, with 21 people drowned and an unknown number missing, a Libyan interior ministry source said on…
Egypt stock index dips on profit-taking, OCI lower
CAIRO: Egypt s main stock index declined on Tuesday as profit-taking continued across the board for a second day, with declines in heavyweight Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), dealers said. OCI…
Chavez to seek Arab backing for 'petro-currency'
DOHA: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought Arab support Tuesday for his idea of a new oil-backed currency to challenge the US dollar at a twin-region summit whose agenda focuses on…
Hamas delegation arrives in Egypt for unity talks
RAFAH: Hamas officials arrived on Tuesday in Egypt from the Gaza Strip, on the eve of the resumption of Palestinian unity talks, an Egyptian border official said.Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between…
Quest Means Business: G20 leaders look for a way out
I can't remember a time when so many people were so familiar with something so obscure as the Group of 20. Leaders from these 20 countries will meet in London…
Insurance firms push "micro-insurance" for poor and middle class
CAIRO: Arab Misr Insurance Group, a subsidiary of the Gulf Insurance Company of Kuwait, will begin to offer micro-insurance for Egypt's poor and middle class within two months, pending the…
Conference emphasizes auto safety as key to insurance growth
CAIRO: Egypt's still-nascent insurance market faces, among other challenges, poor highway safety, an outdated pension system and low awareness among the nation's poor and middle class, according to panelists speaking…