The Occupied Territories: Israel's moral, political millstone
With one stroke of a pen, Education Minister Yuli Tamir managed recently to restore to the public agenda the basic question that should not have been marginalized in the first…
US military bloggers ponder another Christmas in Iraq
Thanks to a military blogger who calls himself "Blackfive ("The Paratrooper of Love ), we have a snapshot of what Christmas looks like this year at Camp Taji, just over…
How can the Arab Christians survive?
"A commandment of love was the theme that the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah stressed when I asked him last week about what Arab Christians should be doing to…
Residents to pay LE 150,000 to salvage sinking building in Sayyeda Zeinab
CAIRO: On an unassuming side street in Sayyeda Zeinab neighborhood stands a six-floor apartment building supported by a number of impromptu wooden crutches, after the ground underneath gave way early…
Bird flu claims yet another victim
CAIRO: A 15-year-old girl was the ninth victim to die of the H5N1 avian flu virus in Egypt yesterday, following the death of her relative on Sunday.Her brother is still…
France's Michel chosen as new Zamalek coach
CAIRO: French coach Henri Michel has taken a short-term contract with Egypt s Zamalek after the club had a last-minute change of heart over a new trainer.Michel, recently fired after…
Aboul-Ella will make it to Ahly standoff, Al-Sayed makes return
Zamalek club midfielder Mohamed Aboul-Ella was left out of his side s squad for Harras Al-Hodoud game in the Egyptian League on Tuesday due to injury, the club said. Aboul-Ella…
Kidnapped Egyptian, Jordanian ship crew head for Colombo
COLOMBO: The 25-member crew of a Jordanian ship which ran aground near rebel-held territory off Sri Lanka s coast last week were on their way to the capital Colombo Monday,…
Export Development Bank to increase facilitated loans
The Egyptian Export Development Bank is mulling over a proposal to increase its facilitated credit to exporters and to cut interest rates in order to encourage export-oriented industries, said the…
Egyptian bourse quiet in pre-holiday lull
CAIRO: Egyptian share indexes were barely changed on Sunday after a day of quiet trade as foreign investors began their holidays and local and Arab investors adjusted their portfolios ahead…