New paramedics services to be launched within next 3 months, says health minister
CAIRO: Quelling concerns about Egypt's ambulance service, the Ministry of Health is launching two new paramedic services in the coming three months, Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabaly announced in a…
Pharmacists' Syndicate rejects new tax regulations
CAIRO: At a meeting at its headquarters Friday, the Pharmacists' Syndicate denounced a recent decision by the Tax Authority to cancel a 2005 agreement between the authority and the syndicate.…
Verdict in Tamim press ban case postponed to Feb. 26
CAIRO: The South Cairo Misdemeanors Court decided Thursday to pronounce the verdict in the case of the Suzanne Tamim press ban trial on Feb. 26.Five journalists from Al-Masry Al-Youm and…
Sports Talk: Too bad Adebayor was there
It wasn t even close. By a 74 to 53 vote margin, Togo and Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor beat out Egypt s Mohamed Abou-Trika for the best soccer player in…
Three killed in a landmine explosion in Egypt
CAIRO: A medical official says a land mine, left over from the Arab Israeli wars, has exploded in Egypt s Sinai Peninsula, killing three teenagers and wounding two others.Ibrahim Ali,…
Masri appoint Bicskei as manager
PORT SAID: Hungarian Bertalan Bicskei was named new head coach of Masri, the Port Said club said on Wednesday.The 65-year-old signed an 18-months-contract with the coastal club, where he had…
Nazi hunter questions how suspect evaded capture
BERLIN: A top Nazi hunter urged the German government on Wednesday to examine how one of the world s most wanted Nazis was able to hide in Egypt until his…
Hawass unseals sarcophagus
SAQQARA: Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing - for the first time…
News in brief
Egypt Kuwait Holding says 08 profit up 28 pct Egyptian Kuwait Holding revised its earnings upwards, saying its profit grew 28 percent in 2008, according to a statement on Egypt…