Sports talk: Egyptian patriotism to shine at upcoming Games
CAIRO: Nothing gets the patriotic adrenalin going more than wars and sport. Thank God, we're not involved in the former which makes the Pan-Arab Games and All-Africa Games, both to…
German-Egyptian Year of Science and Technology
Cairo: The year 2007 will be dedicated to scientific discourse and co-operation between Germany and Egypt. On Jan.8 at 10:30 am Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Professor Dr…
2007's first capital punishment sentences passed
CAIRO: Two men have been sentenced to death for killing another man who had reportedly courted a girlfriend of one of the accused, reported Al Akhbar, highlighting that this is…
Police crack down on sexual harassment during Eid
CAIRO: A redux of the sexual harassment incidents that shocked Cairenes during Eid El-Fitr in October 2006 plagued the city yet again on Eid Al-Adha. Incidents of harassment were reported…
New web portal to improve Iraq news coverage
While the crises in Iraq led global news coverage in the past year, the effects of escalating violence on journalists' mobility and ability to report safely in the war-ravaged country…
Brotherhood talks on party line
No sooner had this notion been floated, apparently by a group of (officially independent) Assembly members, than it was denied by the MB secretary-general, Mahmoud Ezzat.He said of a recent…
Delta Sugar nears deal with Sheikh Zayed Family to establish new Sharkeyya factory
LE 750 million facility to double current outputCAIRO: Delta Sugar announced Wednesday it is considering an offer from the family of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late president…
Cost of diabetes and heart medicines to go up
CAIRO: The cost of 94 different medicines used to treat diabetes and heart disease increased over the Eid Al-Adha holiday by between 10-55 percent.Sherif Bassawy, secretariat for the Pharmacist's Syndicate,…
10 ways to get your resume in the trash can
Some think that putting information together on a piece of paper is what a resume is all about. They are wrong. In a world with thousands of job seekers, if…
Nutrition – Don't throw out the raisins
When I was a kid, I hated raisins - their texture, the painful sweetness, how they looked so wrinkled and dry. It was bad enough having that granola cereal every…
