Amnesty urges authorities to disclose whereabouts of detained blogger
CAIRO: Rights group Amnesty International is urging the Egyptian authorities to reveal the whereabouts of a blogger who disappeared 14 days ago.According to his mother, Amal Abdel Fattah Ahmed, 23-year-old…
Nour's release met with flurry of speculation
CAIRO: The arbitrary nature in which former presidential candidate Ayman Nour was released from prison Wednesday without prior notice has led to a flurry of speculation over the reason and…
Human rights organizations, NGOs, decry Saudi lashing sentence on Egyptian doctor
CAIRO: Local and international human rights organizations and NGOs decried the punishment of 1,500 lashes handed down to two Egyptian doctors in Saudi Arabia in a memo they will send…
No public participation in sukuk, says report
CAIRO: Poverty and illiteracy may limit public participation in managing state holdings, according to a new report examining the legality of people's ownership of public shares. A report, titled Sukuk:…
Abdel-Fadil eager to leave Ismaili
CAIRO: Ismaili defender Sherif Abdel-Fadil decided to deal with a "renowned agent, whose identity hasn't been revealed yet, in order to move away from the coastal club in the near…
Ahly beat Contractors to ensure league supremacy
CAIRO: Ahly registered a narrow 2-1 victory over Arab Contractors on Wednesday to go five points clear at the top of the Egyptian Premier League table. Second-placed Petrojet surprisingly slumped…
Ahly re-launch contract talks with Gomaa, Hosni
CAIRO: Ahly officials have resumed talks with defender Wael Gomaa and striker Osama Hosni in order to extend the pair s contracts with the club.The Red Devils official website confirmed…
From rock bottom to red carpet: Oscars comeback kids
From rock bottom to the red carpet: win or lose on Oscar night, Mickey Rourke and Robert Downey Jr. are the undisputed comeback kids of the 81st Academy Awards.Both actors…
Egyptian indexes slip again, NSGB up on results
CAIRO: Key Egyptian stock indexes dropped between 2.3 and 2.7 percent on Wednesday, dragged down by what brokers called corrections in Orascom Telecom (OT) and Orascom Construction (OCI). National Societe…