Mansour fired as Zamalek assistant coach, Helmi named
Ayman Mansour has been fired as Zamalek assistant coach on Saturday, with Mohamed Helmi named as his successor. Zamalek chairman Mamdouh Abbas said Helmi will be playing an effective role…
Border police shoot, wound 2 Africans trying to sneak into Israel
EL-ARISH: Egyptian border police on Monday shot and wounded a Sudanese and a man from Ivory Coast in two separate incidents as they tried to illegally cross into Israel, a…
European Parliament chief condemns cartoons but says his hands are tied
CAIRO: In a visit to Cairo, President of the European Parliament (EP) Hans-Gert Pottering said that while he is against the publishing of the cartoons depicting Prophet Mohamed, he cannot…
University students demand release of their professors
CAIRO: Over 1,000 students demonstrated at Cairo University Monday demanding the release of eight university professors who will hear the verdict of their military tribunals today. The professors, who are…
Mubarak holds talks in Saudi
RIYADH: President Hosni Mubarak discussed with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday ways to solve Lebanon's political crisis, state media reported. They held talks in Riyadh on "the current crisis…
Steel mogul Ahmed Ezz faces mock trial
CAIRO: The Hisham Mubarak Law Center, an Egyptian NGO which monitors legal violations, held a mock "public trial on Sunday for steel mogul and MP Ahmed Ezz, head of the…
Cairo ICT forum kicks off
CAIRO: The four-day Cairo Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) forum kicked off Sunday at the Cairo International Conference Center in Nasr City under the slogan, "The world as we know…
Vocational training program 'puts people in the center of the process'
CAIRO: Technical and vocational education is Egypt's ultimate answer to unemployment, industrial competitiveness, and illegal immigration, agreed political and business leaders on Sunday. "Egypt has to create every year close…
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Beltone acquires Obelisk Beltone Financial Holding has completed the acquisition of Obelisk Securities, a brokerage and financial services firm, previously owned by a group of individual investors. Aladdin Saba, Chairman…
Oscar and the Pink Lady
The inexorable wait for death is a rarely known thing. Perhaps that's why Eric-Emmanuel Schmit chose to describe it in "Oscar and the Pink Lady, a simple yet poignant play…