Ismaili slam players with fines
CAIRO: Ismaili have taken instant action against a host of players after the 2-1 league defeat to lowly Al Masri on Monday.General manager Ali Gheit revealed that defender Hani Saied,…
Greed prolongs Darfur crisis, says Sudanese lawyer
CAIRO: Local government-affiliated authorities from Sudan are critical of what they perceive to be foreign meddling, which is prolonging the Darfur crisis indefinitely as international bodies attempt to mediate between…
Reform strategies not palpable to average citizen, says PwC's Mansour
CAIRO: Although Egypt's economy has improved immensely over the years, some industries must expand and others must be founded for the nation to sustain its progress, Tarek Mansour, PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC)'s…
ICT investment volume to reach $1.3 bln by 2011, says BMI
CAIRO: Egypt's ICT investment volume is expected to reach $1.306 billion by 2011, according to British Business Monitor International's (BMI) and Forecast Series' last quarterly report for 2007.By 2011, the…
Etisalat to reach 3 mln subscribers by year end
CAIRO: Etisalat Egypt expects the number of subscribers to reach three million by the end of 2007, said CEO Saleh El-Abdooli at a press conference Monday.Egypt's newest mobile phone operator…
'Noises' brings backstage onstage
The British fondness for comic schadenfreude is captured perfectly in Michael Frayn's farce "Noises Off, directed by Leila Saad and running at AUC's Falaki Theater until Dec.8.The play, written in…
The Romanians are coming
With disordered press conferences, lack of transparency from the festival team and poor competition, it would be fair to call this year's Cairo Film Festival a disappointment. Yet, for the…
The middle road
AMMAN - So much for Hamas hope. Those willing to give the movement the benefit of the doubt, even after its June takeover of the Gaza Strip, have posited the…
Putinomics
President Vladimir Putin turned Russia' parliamentary election into a referendum on himself - and won by a landslide. But, while he refuses to spell out his plans for remaining in…
Asia in the world
Before I became the UN's Secretary-General, I was an Asian diplomat. While I was foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, my Government and I strongly advocated détente with the…