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…
Housing and Land banks to merge in 2009
CAIRO: News reports on Wednesday suggested an imminent merger between the Housing Development Bank and the Egyptian Arab Land Bank. The merger is set to take place in 2009 pending…
Noor: A ray of light for Arab audiences
One lazy weekend three months ago, I decided to do nothing but watch TV.The first evening, I turned to MBC 4 looking for the usual dose of silly American sitcoms…