Egypt draw and qualify for quarter-finals
KUMASI: Champions Egypt continued their march towards a possible sixth Africa Cup of Nations crown courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Zambia in a final Group C match here Wednesday.…
Radioactive material falls into farmer's hands
CAIRO: A farmer was assessed by doctors after he picked up a batch of radioactive material that fell from a delivery vehicle bound for Sohag Cancer Institute, on the Cairo-Sohag…
Egypt censors book fair
CAIRO: Egypt has banned a number of Western and secular books from the 40th Cairo International Book Fair, including works by Czech author Milan Kundera and Morocco s Mohamed Choukri,…
Egypt blames Israel, not Hamas for border breach
CAIRO: Egypt has blamed Israel rather than Hamas for the recent events in Rafah in which thousands of Palestinians broke through the border to fill up on fuel, food and…
Law giving power to impugn president unlikely, say MPs
CAIRO: Mohamed Omda, an independent Member of Parliament (MP), announced Monday that he is currently working on a law aimed at giving the People's Assembly (PA) the right to call…
Inception of capitalism on the streets of Rafah
RAFAH: In what can only be described as the shopping spree of poverty, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flooded the Egyptian border town of Rafah this past week to purchase…
Price hikes, energy subsidy cuts to affect fertilizers
CAIRO: The government's spree to unite domestic and international prices will soon affect fertilizers. The Ministry of Agriculture recently announced that prices of fertilizers would rise to international levels in…