Godwin favors Etoile over Al Ahly
CAIRO: Hilal striker Godwin Ndubuisi has decided to join Tunisia s Etoile Sahel, favoring the African champions over Al Ahly, according to Sudanese reports.The Nigerian hot shot has been pursued…
Basri promises Ittihad survival
ALEXANDRIA: Ittihad new boss Taha Basri has promised to keep the team among the elites despite being second from the bottom at the end of the Egyptian League's first round.…
Sarkozy's Egyptian Christmas eclipsed by love interest
CAIRO: French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to spend Christmas on the banks of the Nile amid tight security and a swarm of paparazzi seeking intimate shots of his new companion,…
Barak-Mubarak to meet in Cairo soon
JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo in the coming days, as tensions rise in the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli official…
Sarkozy to discuss Mediterranean Union in Egypt
PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy will make a pitch for his proposed Mediterranean Union when he pays an official visit to Egypt on Dec. 30 and 31, his spokesman said.…
Policeman shot by human traffickers on Egypt-Israel border
CAIRO: News reports quoted security sources as saying that an Egyptian policeman was shot on the border with Israel by traffickers attempting to smuggle in African immigrants, but sources from…
Emirates in spat with Sri Lanka gov't over airline management
COLOMBO: Dubai-based airline Emirates said Friday it was standing by the chief executive it had appointed to run Sri Lanka s national carrier, just days after the island revoked his…
Ahmadinejad on defensive as Iran inflation soars
TEHRAN: A sudden jump in Iran s inflation has increased domestic criticism of President Mamhoud Ahmadinejad ahead of key elections, forcing him into a televised defence to deflect the growing…
Case lifts price limits on 50 stocks
CAIRO: The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (Case) trading committee decided Monday, Dec. 17 to add 50 stocks to the list of companies traded without price limits. The decision took…