French screen icon Bardot fined for anti-Muslim remarks
PARIS: France s 1960s screen icon Brigitte Bardot was fined ?15,000 euros Tuesday for inciting hatred against Muslims by attacking the ritual slaughter of animals in Islamic culture.In December 2006,…
UN celebrates peacekeeping 60th anniversary in Cairo
CAIRO: While May 29 marked the 60th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping, Francesco Manca, senior advisor with United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), and Major General Ian Gordon, head of the…
Property rights for poor can help cut global poverty: report
UNITED NATIONS: Granting property rights to the poor could help roll back global poverty, a report by an independent commission said here Tuesday.The study by the Commission on Legal Empowerment…
Human rights groups condemn EIPR's exclusion from AIDS meeting
CAIRO: Eighteen Egyptian human rights groups have condemned the government's decision to prevent the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) from participating in a United Nations meeting on HIV and…
Ismaili boost squad with four signings
ISMAILIA: Ismaili have started their summer recruitment with the signing of four players.Masri defender Amr Bassiouni inked a five-year deal and Mohamed Eid was signed from Gaish for the next…
Six players dropped from Djibouti trip
CAIRO: Six players have been dropped from Egypt s squad before heading to Djibouti for the second game of the World Cup qualifiers.Abdullah Al-Saied, Sherif Abdel Fadil, Ahmed Raouf, Amir…
Olympic appoint Nabil as new manager
ALEXANDRIA: Newly-promoted Olympic announced on Tuesday that Alaa Nabil is the team s new head coach.Nabil, who was sacked by Arab Contractors only three days before the end of last…
Fierce debates over child law continue in PA
CAIRO: Amidst heated debate, the People's Assembly continued discussing amendments to Child Law 12/1996, which aims to extend the legal protection of children.On March 4, President Hosni Mubarak signed the…