Emam denies retirement plans
CAIRO: Zamalek captain Hazem Emam played down speculations that he will put an end to his career at the end of the season and become a candidate for a board…
Zamalek ease past APR
CAIRO: Zamalek beat APR of Rwanda 2-0 on Sunday to reach the CAF Champions League second round with a 4-1 aggregate.Mahmoud Fathallah opened the scoring in the 52nd minute with…
Sion chairman warns Ahli
CAIRO: FC Sion Chairman Christian Constantin warned Ahli of fielding Essam El-Hadary, stating that the Egypt goalkeeper is tied with the Swiss side.Al-Hadary regretted leaving Ahli without approval as he…
Belgian author of bestselling Holocaust book admits survival story is not true
BOSTON: Almost nothing Misha Defonseca wrote about herself or her horrific childhood during the Holocaust was true.She did not live with a pack of wolves to escape the Nazis. She…
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OT says agrees $2.5 bln debt facilityReuters reported that regional mobile operator Orascom Telecom said on Sunday it agreed to a $2.5 billion five-year debt facility with 12 Egyptian and…
New book by Al-Zawahri rebuts jailed militants rejecting violence
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda's chief ideologue and strategist, Ayman Al-Zawahri, has published a 212-page book on militant websites slamming his former radical colleagues in Egyptian prisons for disavowing armed struggle and turning…
Stop the Gaza massacre, say protestors
CAIRO: Members of various political forces took part in a joint protest in solidarity with Gaza Monday, held at the Lawyers' Syndicate Downtown. Holding up newspaper pictures of the victims…
Egypt continues to let in Gaza's wounded
CAIRO: For the second day running Egypt has kept the Rafah border crossing open to allow wounded Palestinians from Gaza to receive treatment in Egyptian hospitals on Monday.As Gaza continues…
65 more Brotherhood members arrested ahead of municipal elections
CAIRO: At dawn on Monday security forces arrested 65 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Sharqeya, Kafr El-Sheikh, Sohag, Gharbeya, Giza, Qena, and Menufiya, said a Brotherhood press statement.The…