Mali looks next to advance in African World Cup qualifying
JOHANNESBURG: Mali moved closer to joining Nigeria in the final round of African World Cup qualifying Sunday, while South Africa continued to struggle.Seydou Keita scored a pair of goals six…
Abou Trika starts rehabilitation
CAIRO: Mohamed Abou Trika has started rehabilitation after more than a month of rest due to knee problems.The international playmaker started his program in Germany, where Ahly are holding their…
UN refugee agency visits detained Eritrean migrants
CAIRO: A UN refugee agency spokeswoman says Egyptian authorities allowed the organization to visit for the first time two detention centers housing 160 detained African migrants.Abeer Etefa, of UNHCR in…
Death toll rises in Lebanon clashes
BEIRUT: Fierce sectarian battles raged in north Lebanon for a second day on Monday as the army vowed to use force if needed to contain the violence threatening to derail…
Mubarak, Olmert to discuss Gaza truce
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrives in Egypt today for talks with President Hosni Mubarak focused on the Gaza truce andCairo's efforts to mediate a prisoner swap between Israel…
Rolling out Wimax technology on the information highway
CAIRO: Wimax technology is the pathway to the next generation of connectivity in Egypt, Amr Badawi, executive president of the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) said at the opening of…
Rumors of rising railway ticket fares
CAIRO: News leaked Monday that Egypt's Ministry of Transport plans to hike ticket fares for first-class railway vehicles and metro lines by 25 percent beginning July 1.According to local reports,…
In Poland, Chopin's heart may hold secret of his death
WARSAW: The heart of Frederic Chopin, one of the world s most cherished musical geniuses, could hold the secret to his untimely death.The renowned 19th century Polish-French pianist and composer…
A break in the road: A postmortem of the 9th Festival for Modern Dance Theater
I have attended and declined to review a few performances at this year's dance theater festival, mainly on the grounds that the work I was seeing felt so much like…
A League of Democracies?
Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, has been calling for the creation of a "League of Democracies. This new international group would possess a formidable military capacity, based partly…
