Trial date set for refugee gang murder, lawyers insist wrong men are charged
CAIRO: More than four months after the annual World Refugee Day at the American University in Cairo was disrupted by gang violence that left one man dead outside the university…
Report on Israel boycott debate leaves AUC staff bewildered
CAIRO: The question of whether universities have an ethical duty to boycott Israeli universities and traveling scholars caused a furor in Britain a couple of years ago. According to an…
Zidane to visit Egypt for charity campaign
CAIRO: France legend Zinedine Zidane is set to visit Egypt on Oct. 31 as he takes part in a worldwide campaign to support handicapped and homeless children. The three-day event…
Al-Badri eyeing victory in Tunisia
CAIRO: Al Ahly assistant coach Hossam Al-Badri insisted that his side will be looking for a win rather than a draw when they visit Tunisia s Etoile Sahel in the…
Civil servants protest over low wages
CAIRO: At least 2,000 civil servants demonstrated in Cairo on Sunday to demand increased wages, a security source said, in the latest protest by public sector employees to challenge the…
Investigation continues in steel monopoly charges
CAIRO: Research and investigation on steel companies charged with monopolistic and anti-competitive practices are still pending, says the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA)."Contrary to what has been reported in , our…
CIA seized Egyptian terror suspect in Europe in 1995 in early alleged rendition case, says report
COPENHAGEN: CIA renditions in Europe date back as far as the mid-1990s, with US agents allegedly seizing an Egyptian terror suspect in Croatia in 1995 and sending him to Egypt,…
Friction between EU, Egypt over nuclear-free Middle East
VIENNA: The refusal by most EU countries to back Egypt s call for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East at a UN conference last month appears to be causing…
Peace conference postponed to avoid Camp David fate, says expert
CAIRO: Recent news that the Middle East peace conference is to be postponed to January is to ensure that the conference is more successful than the Camp David II meeting…
