Palm Hills Tournament to build a foundation for tennis champions
CAIRO: Potential tennis champions are born every day. Well maybe not every day, but you get the idea. The difficult part is finding them and getting them to stick with…
Border police kill one Sudanese woman, arrest second with infant
EL-ARISH: Egyptian police on Tuesday fatally shot a Sudanese woman and arrested a second one who was with an infant as they tried to cross into Israel, a security official…
Hassan eyes Belgian Cup
CAIRO: Ahmed Hassan said he eyes signing out from Anderlecht on a high note through winning the Belgian Cup.The Egypt captain scored for the second successive league game during the…
Cavenaghi has high hopes for Egypt game
CAIRO: Argentina striker Fernando Cavenaghi hopes to put in a good display against Egypt later this month after earning a rare call-up to his national team squad.The Bordeaux frontman last…
Mubarak says unrestricted population growth affects quality of life
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Monday that the unchecked rise of the population would wipe away all the returns of the country s economic growth.Mubarak s remarks came during a…
BRIEFS
6 telecom companies eye Egypt licenseFrance Telecom has expressed interest in buying Egypt s second fixed-line license, joining five Arab companies that are also interested, Egypt s telecom regulator said…
Japan to hold climate, Africa summits at G8: minister
TOKYO: Japan said Tuesday it will hold parallel summits on climate change and African development on the sidelines of the Group of Eight gathering of major rich nations in July.…
Oil prices steady above $106 a barrel after overnight plunge
SINGAPORE: Oil prices steadied Tuesday in Asia after falling more than $4 a barrel overnight as investors worried that the sale of Bear Stearns Cos. is a sign of deep…
Israeli defense official in Egypt for Gaza talks
CAIRO: Senior Israeli defense official Amos Gilad was in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman on the situation in Gaza and the possibility of reopening…
Five years on, Iraq's future is still uncertain
CAIRO: As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion descends upon us, the war-torn country is still bogged down with no solution in sight. What was sold as a swift…
