Jose happy with Ahli's winning start
Ahli coach Manuel Jose said that the 2-0 victory over Hilal of Sudan in the opening game of the CAF Champions League quarter-finals on Sunday was a good start to…
Teenage girl dies during circumcision procedure, re-opens debate
CAIRO: Young Bodour Ahmed Shaker died in a private medical clinic in Minya while undergoing a genital mutilation operation, reopening the debate over the procedure.The operation is a tradition whereby…
Perpetrator continues to send offensive text messages
CAIRO: Text messages by an unknown perpetrator were received by residents of Al Usayrat City in Suhag, slandering a daily opposition newspaper's reporter and his family.The issue began two years…
Congratulations, you won the lottery!
Victims of worldwide Internet scams tell their sorry talesCAIRO: Have you ever been the victim of a cyber-scam?Sayyed Masry has. One day the self-proclaimed netizen won $ 500,000 - at…
Renowned Iraqi poet Al-Malaika buried in Egypt
CAIRO: Away from her war-torn country, Iraqi poet Nazek al Malaika, famous for being the first to write Arabic poetry in free verse rather than classical rhyme, was buried Thursday…
Thanaweya amma saga continues
CAIRO: In a report revealed to the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm dated November 2003, the paper claimed that the high school thanweya amma board has been in violation of standard regulations…
Do pets need a couch? A look at the "human" side of animals
CAIRO: Like humans, animals experience fear, grief, anger and other emotions. But if humans resort to psychiatric help to resolve their grievances, where does that leave animals?The idea might have…
US donates $24 mln to fight bird flu in Egypt
CAIRO: In the wake of the thirty-seventh bird flu case in humans diagnosed in Egypt, the US government has pledged $24 million to help the country fight the deadly virus,…
Paltry blood donation rates aggravated by heat wave
CAIRO: Specialists in charge of the national blood donation campaign are unable to attract donors to their many ambulances dotting the city.Despite the hot weather and the possibility of spending…
Southern hemisphere not spotting Atlantis-ISS space tandem
CAIRO: Space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station (ISS) were visible from earth in some cities in the northern hemisphere as Atlantis undocked from the international outpost before its…
