With a Grain of Salt: The Ten Magic Rules
A friend of mine from France sent me an article by Bernard Langlois where he lists the ten magic rules in the Western media's Middle East coverage and thanks to…
Child workers a growing problem as food prices rise
CAIRO: Each day, 14-year-old Ali Abdel-Nasser works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Cairo, loading a donkey cart with new bricks to be taken to a nearby furnace…
Not for rent: Cairo's haunted houses
CAIRO: Following 20 years of living as an expat in the US, only Adel Samy and a few other Egyptians who have recently returned to their native land could have…
8 cardiac patients die in Mahalla, investigation launched
CAIRO: Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud initiated an urgent investigation into the mysterious death of eight heart patients in a hospital at the Delta city of Mahalla, the local press…
Volleyball- Zamalek crowned league champions
CAIRO: Zamalek have clinched the volleyball League after beating Petrojet 3-0 on Wednesday.The Cairo club won three successive sets with 25-20, 25-19 and 25-21 victories to secure the league title…
CAS to hold hearing over Shikabala case
CAIRO: The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) will a hold a hearing on Monday, which will focus on Mohamed "Shikabala Abdel Razek s ongoing transfer wrangle between Zamalek and…
Prosecutor demands harsher sentence for Ibrahim Eissa
CAIRO: State security prosecutor has appealed a six-month jail sentence for an outspoken newspaper editor on the grounds that it is too light, the official news agency reported. Prosecutor Hesham…
News In Brief
World rice output seen up 1.8 pct in 2008Reuters reported that world rice production is set to increase by 1.8 percent this year as government incentives and high prices spur…