Ghad headquarters set ablaze as party factions clash
CAIRO: Clashes between factions in the independent Al-Ghad party led to a fire in its downtown headquarters Thursday morning, and the blame game began shortly after. Seven people were injured…
COMMENTARY: What Obama means for the Arab World
The election results were coming in between midnight and 6 am Cairo time - usually a time when the streets are empty, the bakeries are firing up their stoves and…
Parent beats daughter's teacher, principle
CAIRO: The father of a student attending Kafr Al-Zayat Primary School in El-Gharbiya governorate assaulted her teacher and school principal on Wednesday. Mahmoud Karkor, Sohaila's father, kicked both her teacher…
Egypt releases French tourists after 'dangerous' safari
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have released five French tourists and four Egyptians accused of endangering themselves by travelling on an unauthorised desert safari, a security official said on Thursday.The tourists, aged…
Mido is more efficient than Zaki: report
CAIRO: A report carried out by Middlesbrough's official website stated that Ahmed "Mido Hossam has a better scoring record than Wigan Atheltic's Amr Zaki.Zaki is currently the Premiership's top scorer…
Al-Qaeyi refutes Hamza rumors
CAIRO: Ahly marketing director Adli Al-Qaeyi denied that the club had signed Zamalek striker Gamal Hamza.Earlier reports speculated that Hamza, whose contract with Zamalek expires by the end of the…
Exchange of fire in Gaza, first time since June
JERUSALEM: Israeli rescue services Wednesday reported a massive cross-border rocket barrage by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip - hours after an Israeli air strike in the first major exchange…
Yes we can, says Obama after landslide victory
CAIRO: Forty years after the assassination of civil rights activist Martin Luther King and 45 years after his stirring "I have a dream speech, the United States elected the first…
