Kalou inspires Ivory Coast as Michel's Lions maul Namibia
ACCRA: Ivory Coast lived up to their billing as serious title contenders with their victory in Monday s crunch African Nations Cup game against fellow regional giants Nigeria.Salomon Kalou produced…
Electrocuted patient dies
BEHEIRA: A patient in a private hospital in Beheira died from an electric shock following a short circuit at the hospital. The victim's family expressed their anger by destroying the…
Al-Hadari sustains minor injury
CAIRO: Essam Al-Hadari slightly twisted his ankle in Sunday s training session but the minor injury will not rule him out of Egypt s African Cup of Nations opener against…
Sympathizers hungry for Al-Qaeda answers
CAIRO: Sympathizers submitted hundreds of questions to Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman Al-Zawahri's "on-line interview before a recent deadline. Among them: Why hasn't Al-Qaeda attacked the US again, why isn't it…
Egypt deploys troops on Gaza border fearing violence
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities deployed hundreds of additional troops Monday to secure the Gaza border after receiving warnings that blockaded Palestinians might attempt to storm into Egypt.The Gaza Strip is now…
Business as usual as Europe and Egypt put human rights behind them
CAIRO: European and Egyptian officials held a crisis meeting in Cairo Sunday night to dispel the recent human rights furor triggered by a contentious European Parliament (EP) resolution.The Egyptian-European Economic…
SODIC's Allegria wins landscaping award
CAIRO: Allegria, a residential development project created by SODIC, has received an award of merit for its master plan from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The master plan was…
Once the cheapest fast food, now a luxury
CAIRO: Mohamed Gaber, a 27-year-old civil servant, like many in the lower income brackets, drops by a street vender selling fuul medames (cooked fava beans) everyday to have a relatively…