Ittihad extend Cabral contract
ALEXANDRIA: Ittihad manager Carlos Cabral extended his contract at the Alexandrian club for two seasons. The new deal stipulates that the Brazilian tactician's monthly wage will be $25,000, Ittihad's board…
Mubarak promises fair elections in Sinai Day speech
CAIRO: “I affirm my commitment to the integrity of these elections,” President Hosni Mubarak said at his first televised speech since undergoing surgery in Germany last month. The address was…
Ghanem risks the wrath of Zamalek
CAIRO: The future of Zamalek right-back Ahmed Ghanem is unclear as he skipped training for several days after the club said it wanted to extend his contract. Ghanem was criticized…
Al-Badri blames Ahly loss on defense blunders
Ahly boss Hossam Al-Badri held his team's rearguard responsible for Friday's 2-0 loss at Ittihad of Lybia in the CAF Champions League round of 16. Younes Al-Shibani and Ahmed Zuway…
HRW calls for release of Coptic blogger
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release Hany Nazeer, the Coptic blogger detained since October 2008 under the emergency law. Despite an April 3, 2010…
Female judges to oversee Shoura elections
CAIRO: Head of Cairo Cassation Court and the Higher Electoral Commission judge Entisar Niseem announced Saturday that female judges and their counterparts in the administrative prosecution will participate in monitoring…
55 killed in Darfur border clashes, says tribal chief
KHARTOUM: At least 55 people were killed and 85 wounded in fighting between the south Sudan army and Arab nomads from the western region of Darfur, a tribal chief said…
Obama and the Muslim World: A year after Cairo
CAIRO: More than three decades ago Jacques Ellul, the French moral philosopher and sociologist argued that the development and impact of mass media revolutionizes politics in a negative sense, because…
Emerging markets reshaping economic order, says report
CAIRO: Western businesses, once the unquestioned leaders in global capitalism, are finding their position increasingly challenged by their rivals in emerging markets, according to a recent report. Adrian Wooldridge, managing…
Hamas broadcasts cartoon about captured Israeli soldier
GAZA CITY: The armed wing of the Islamist Hamas movement on Sunday broadcast a grim cartoon warning Israel over the fate of the captured soldier for whom it has demanded…