Ittihad sign Bakri, eye Zamalek's winger
CAIRO: Ittihad completed the signing of Suez Cement defender Ahmed Bakri on a free transfer to become the club's eighth summer signing.The Alexandrian side has been struggling over the past…
Agogo's agent denies deal completion
CAIRO: Junior Agogo s agent Mohamed Mansour insisted his client is yet to accept Zamalek s offer, despite the Cairo club s assertion that the deal was sealed. Agogo is…
Inside the mind of a murderer
CAIRO: Episodically, Egypt wakes up to an alarming crime completely foreign to the nature of Egyptian society. One such particularly horrible crime, which took place just last week, was that…
Man tortured for refusing to be a police informer
CAIRO: Mottled with bruises and abrasions Reda Abdeen has been in a state of severe fatigue after being assaulted by Warraq Police Station officers who raided his house and took…
Case closed, culprit unknown
CAIRO: Will the Al-Zaitoun massacre be another John Doe case? This is the question asked by everyone keen to know how such a well-planned crime was committed. It is a…
Man kills his only son to please second wife
CAIRO: In a heartless and horrifying crime, a husband smashed the head of his son against the floor to appease his second wife, who then helped him hide the body…
Writers at Prague Festival remember May 1968
PRAGUE: Novelists hailing from countries as diverse as the United States, Russia, Mexico or the Czech Republic say the events of 1968 set off an internal revolution that brought to…
Lebanon responds to Olmert's peace call
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Premier's Office responded to Israel's call for direct talks, saying that the bilateral issues between the two countries had been addressed by United Nations Security Council resolutions…
Israel in new Egypt talks on Gaza truce
CAIRO: Israel joined a new round of Egyptian-brokered negotiations on a proposed truce in and around Gaza on Thursday after deciding to give the talks one last go while preparing…