Egypt wins seventh world golf croquet championship
CAIRO: In the Hawke's Bay Seventh Golf Croquet Championship, Egyptian Mohammed Nasr claimed the world title after beating fellow Egyptian Salah Hassan in the final match.According to the World Golf…
Multi-national Lokomotiv Moscow sign north African pair
MOSCOW: Lokomotiv Moscow has signed Egyptian striker Amr Zaki and Tunisian midfielder Saker Zouaghi on five-year contracts, the Russian premier league club said on Saturday. Zaki, who helped Egypt to…
EgyptAir to sell off 20 percent of its shares
CAIRO: National carrier EgyptAir announced Saturday it is to sell off 20 percent of its shares on the stock market, with the airline s employees given priority to invest. EgyptAir…
Doing business despite boycott
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: Danish engineering company FLSmidth on Friday received an Egyptian order worth 450 million kroner ($72 million) despite a widespread boycott of Danish products throughout the Arab world over…
Qatar denies handing over Cairo bombing suspect
DOHA: Qatar on Saturday denied it had handed over to Egypt a man allegedly involved in attacks on tourists in Cairo last April, contradicting an earlier Egyptian report, the official…
EU health commissioner says eradicating bird flu requires regional cooperation
CAIRO: The European Union s (EU) Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection Markos Kyprianou met yesterday with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and Minister of Health Hatem El Gabali to discuss…
Gomaa sets up rival newspaper
CAIRO: Following its reissue, the Al-Wafd newspaper faces new trouble as overthrown Al-Wafd chairman Noaman Gomaa attempts to seize the newspaper by publishing a rival edition from new headquarters in…
The media buying business
CAIRO: The advertising industry, in all its shapes and forms, is in a tight jam. As consumers become better informed, the traditional methods of advertising and marketing no longer sell.…
The comic and the melodramatic do battle on the big screen
CAIRO: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me, will always be remembered as one of the classic lines of American cinema. But the words that shot Dustin Hoffman to stardom…
Opinion
CAIRO: With the recent annulment of Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Abdel-Nasser Al Zoheiry's sentence, this piece was almost unnecessary; but then, less than a week after his release, Amira Malash, a…