Lebanon's Daily Star shut down
BEIRUT: The publisher of Lebanon s only English-language daily says a court order forced the newspaper to shut down over financial troubles.Jamil Mroue says judicial authorities shut and sealed the…
Blogger heavily fined in rare case of corporate libel
CAIRO: Egyptian NGO the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has condemned the "cruel judgment issued against a blogger convicted of defamation.Tamer Mabrouk, author of the "Egyptian Truth blog…
Sports Talk: Still occupied
Now that the Israeli blitzkrieg is over, and most international TV crews have gone elsewhere to cover the next nine o clock news crisis, it would be easy to forget…
French tourists killed in Egypt road crash
CAIRO: A French couple holidaying in Egypt was among four people killed when a truck hit their vehicle head-on Thursday on a highway near the Red Sea coast, a security…
Olympic sign former Egypt striker Abdel-Latif
CAIRO: Olympic have signed former Egypt striker Walid Abdel-Latif on a free agent, the Alexandrian club said on Thursday. We signed Abdel-Latif until the end of the season for LE…
Shabab withdraw Flavio offer
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia s Shabab are no longer interested in Flavio Amado as they have signed Kuwaiti striker Ahmed Agab instead. Ahly hitman Flavio, who joined the Cairo giants in…
Mido close to Wigan move
CAIRO: Middlesbrough s Egyptian striker Ahmed "Mido Hossam could join his compatriot Amr Zaki at Wigan Athletic before the closure of the January transfer window, according to Sky Sports.Mido would…
US-based watchdog slams Mideast governments
CAIRO: A leading international human rights group has slammed what it called routine repression shown by Middle East governments during recent protests against Israel s offensive on the Gaza Strip.…
EFG-Hermes cuts Orascom Construction fair value
Egyptian investment bank EFG-Hermes said it cut its long-term fair value estimate on Orascom Construction Industries because of volatility in oil and commodity prices. EFG-Hermes cut its estimated fair value…
