Emotional farewell for Anderlecht's Hassan
CAIRO: Ahmed Hassan couldn't hope for a better farewell after playing his last home game for Belgian side Anderlecht.The Egypt skipper was introduced as a second-half substitute in Anderlecht s…
Tour agencies suspended after fatal crash
CAIRO: Egypt has suspended three tourist firms pending the outcome of a probe into a coach crash that left eight foreign tourists dead and 29 people hurt, state news agency…
ANALYSIS: From Dubai to Doha
There is a rich history of trading in Dubai that stretches back to the 1850s. And it is this mindset which is at the heart of the Emirate s business…
Mideast Quartet presses Israel over settlements, Gaza blockade
LONDON: The Middle East Quartet called Friday on Israel to stop building or extending settlements in the West Bank, while voicing deep concern over the Gaza Strip due to an…
Al-Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo
KHARTOUM, Sudan: An Al-Jazeera cameraman released from US custody at Guantanamo Bay returned home to Sudan early Friday after six years of imprisonment that drew worldwide protests.Sami Al-Haj, along with…
Gagged on World Press Freedom Day
CAIRO: On May 3 an Egyptian court will hear an appeal against a six-month prison sentence handed down to the editor of El-Dostour for an article published concerning the health…
Brotherhood blogger prevented from leaving the country
CAIRO: An Egyptian blogger and journalist Abdel Moneim Mahmoud was stopped at Cairo Airport Thursday evening and prevented from travelling from to a conference on press freedom in Morocco.Mahmoud, who…
Sami Al-Arian ends hunger strike in US jail
RICHMOND, Virginia: A former professor who pleaded guilty to conspiring to aid a Palestinian terrorist group but has refused to testify in a related investigation has ended a nearly two-month…
Egyptian gas will supply a fifth of Israel's electricity
CAIRO: Egyptian gas will supply a fifth of Israel's electricity in the coming decade according to the government-owned Israel Electricity Corp.A pipeline pumping gas from Egypt was integrated into the…
