Shikabala to feature in Zamalek friendlies
CAIRO: Zamalek playmaker Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdel-Razek is set to take part in the team s two friendly games in preparation for his league comeback on Oct. 26.The 21-year-old was serving…
Ismaili appoint new football committee
CAIRO: Ismaili have appointed board member Nasr Aboul-Hassan as head of the club s new football committee.Aboul-Hassan will replace former committee chief Mohamed Salah Abu-Greisha as the latter is set…
Human rights crusaders in China, Russia tipped for Nobel Prize
OSLO: The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize could go to a Chinese or Russian dissident in an attempt to highlight the human rights situation in those countries, where the award would…
Town riots after woman dies in police search
CAIRO: More than a hundred Egyptians attacked policemen with rocks and sticks in a town south of Cairo on Thursday after a pregnant woman died during a police search of…
Traders look for direction on oil market
VIENNA: Oil prices looked for direction Thursday as traders weighed fears that a looming world recession will crimp demand against speculation that OPEC may cut output to keep prices from…
Egyptian stocks follow global markets higher
CAIRO: Egyptian stocks broke two sessions of massive declines to follow Arab Gulf and international stock markets higher on Thursday, a day after coordinated global interest rate cuts. Traders said…
Fatah-Hamas talks set for Oct. 25 in Cairo
CAIRO: Fatah and Hamas will meet in Cairo on Oct. 25 for Egyptian-mediated talks aimed at forming a transitional government comprising ministers acceptable to the rival factions, Hamas said on…
Inflation sees slight drop to 21.5 pct
CAIRO: Skyrocketing inflation may be starting to slow, settling at 21.5 percent in the year to September, according to figures released yesterday by Egypt's state-run statistics agency CAPMAS.The 21.5 percent…
Rushdie has no regrets over 'The Satanic Verses,' 20 years on
British author Salman Rushdie has no regrets about writing The Satanic Verses, he said in comments published last week, 20 years after the release of the book which earned him…