Olympics: Rogge pledges support for embattled Egyptian IOC member
BEIJING: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge pledged his support for embattled Egyptian IOC member Mounir Sabet on Wednesday and promised to hold talks with the Egyptian government.The 65-year-old…
Zaki scores another winner for Wigan
CAIRO: Amr Zaki has once again scored the winning goal for Wigan Athletic in a pre-season friendly at Hibernian.The Egyptian scored the only goal of the game in the 70th…
Tunisian coach Mahjoub set for Ismaili
ISMAILIA: Tunisian coach Mrad Mahjoub is set to take charge of Ismaili, only two days before the Egyptian Premier League s kickoff. We have no time before the league s…
Egypt reach best FIFA ranking in 2008
CAIRO: Egypt have jumped three spots in the monthly FIFA Ranking for national team, to reach a year-high in 21st place.Despite the fact that Egypt have not played since the…
Egyptian guards kill illegal Sudanese migrant
El-ARISH: A Sinai medical official says border guards have shot dead a Sudanese migrant who was trying to cross illegally into Israel.Imad Kharboush, head of the Northern Sinai ambulance department,…
For Nobel literature laureate, China is part of the past
HONG KONG: A friend of Gao Xingjian, the first and only Chinese writer to win the Nobel prize for literature, recently managed to find a pirated copy of his banned…
Economic integration vital to Arab national security, says FM
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has stated that the Arab Economic Summit due to take place in January 2009 must be a starting point for greater Arab economic integration…
Israel offers to help build Egypt-Gaza wall
CAIRO: Israel has offered to assist Egypt in building a technologically advanced wall along its border with the Gaza strip, the Israeli press reported Monday.The Israeli newspaper Haaretz cited an…
President detained in Mauritania coup
NOUAKCHOTT: Troops overthrew Mauritania s president in a military coup on Wednesday after he tried to sack senior army officers accused of being behind a political crisis destabilizing the country.President…
Lecico Egypt half-year net profit up 33 pct
CAIRO: Lecico Egypt net profit for the second quarter of 2008 rose 38 percent to LE 37.9 million, bringing increases in its net profit for the first half of the…