Portsmouth to bid for Meteb: Agent
CAIRO: Premiership strugglers Portsmouth want Emad Meteb on loan, said the Ahly striker s agent Nader Shawki. Portsmouth want Meteb on loan for six months. They are willing to pay…
Hossam Hassan in Zamalek warning
CAIRO: Zamalek boss Hossam Hassan implied that he may quit the team if the board failed to bring in new players in January.The ex-Masri manager revealed that he has been…
Khmer Rouge killing machine exposed at Sundance
PARK CITY: Ten years in the making, a documentary showing at the Sundance Festival explores the inner workings of the Cambodian regime through hundreds of hours of interviews with the…
Music in forms
Tucked away on the second floor of the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art is a structure that does not look like much. It has two surfaces, one flat on the…
EFG-Hermes has $1.2/$1.3 bln for investments: CEO
DAVOS: Egypt s number one bank EFG-Hermes has $1.2-$1.3 billion of spare capital after the sale of its stake in Audi Bank that it will use for purchases and to…
Egypt says Doha trade deal unlikely this year
DAVOS: World trade talks are unlikely to be completed this year because the economic slowdown has raised Western fears about the impact of trade liberalization, Egypt s Trade Minister said…
Jordanian formally takes over Mediterranean Union
PARIS: Ahmad Massaadeh, a former Jordanian ambassador to the EU and NATO, has formally been named head of the Mediterranean Union project, making him the first leader of the forum…
Iraq war ending, all troops coming home, says Obama
WASHINGTON: The war in Iraq is ending and all US troops are coming home, US President Barack Obama said Wednesday in his State of the Union address, vowing continued US…
Barak calls on Palestinians to 'seize' chance for talks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called on Palestinians on Wednesday to seize the opportunity to resume peace talks, as both sides failed to agree on the conditions for…
Egypt still involved in secret detentions, says UN report
CAIRO: Egypt is among a host of countries including the US that is still involved in secret detentions of terrorism suspects around the world, according to a UN report.The report,…
