Killer strangles victim after she dies
CAIRO: Twenty-eight year old Ayman Awadallah confessed to the murder of his relative, Gihan Hassan Mohamed, following a heated argument over LE 200 that were missing from a loan Awadallah…
Saudi woman reaches agreement with victim's family
CAIRO: The family of a woman who killed a taxi driver and one other person during a road accident has reached a financial settlement with the victim's family, reported Al-Masry…
Weary Egypt unlikely to reach summit again
CAIRO: Weariness could be the biggest threat to Egypt when they defend the African Nations Cup in Ghana. Heavy legs and tired minds were evident when Cairo club giants Al-Ahly…
Emam, Abdullah out of Cup match
CAIRO: Zamalek captain Hazem Emam was dropped from his squad for the Egyptian Cup game with Maleyet Kafr Al-Zayat on Friday.The 32-year-old playmaker was initially named in a 20-man squad…
Bush meets Abbas in Ramallah, says he'll press Palestinians on attacks
RAMALLAH: US President George W. Bush arrived at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's headquarters on Thursday for his first-ever visit to the Palestinian territories, saying he won't be shy about pushing…
MB accepts democracy, regime impedes reform, says Habib
CAIRO: It is the incumbent regime and not the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) that is the real obstacle to reform in Egypt, deputy head of the banned group Mohamed Habib told…
UK prosecutors drop charges against civil servant
LONDON: British prosecutors on Wednesday dropped charges against a civil servant accused of leaking secrets about government anti-terrorist policy to journalists. Foreign Office worker Derek Pasquill, 48, was charged last…
Developing countries could face 'severest economic test' in 2008, says UN report
CAIRO: After several years of robust growth, the world economy is now facing some serious challenges in sustaining its brisk pace. Meanwhile, developing countries as a group are increasingly running…
Egypt must diversify tourist products to spur expenditure, say experts
CAIRO: The most common way to evaluate the success of a country's tourism strategy has proven to be determining the annual number of tourists visiting.According to the Central Agency for…
Controversial movie scene stirs outrage of Islamic scholars
Ascene in Khaled Youssef's latest movie "Hena Maysara (In Time) has angered a number of Islamic scholars who accused the filmmaker and other members of the crew of conspiring against…