Mali make miracle recovery to draw with Angola
LUANDA: Mali made a miraculous recovery to pull back from a four goal deficit to hold Angola to a 4-4 draw in the opening game of the 2010 Africa Cup…
Oil hits new 15-month high on demand, dollar
LONDON: Oil prices rose 1 percent on Monday, hitting a fresh 15-month high near $84 a barrel, supported by data showing China s crude oil imports surged by nearly 25…
Israel border fence does not concern us, says Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt has stated that an Israeli decision to build a high-tech barrier fence along its border with Egypt was something that concerned Israel alone, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki…
Columnist Fahmi Howeidi claims Egyptian border guard killed by friendly fire
CAIRO: The death of Egyptian border guard Ahmed Shaaban in Rafah could have been caused by friendly fire, claimed Al-Shorouk columnist Fahmi Howeidi in an article published Monday.Shaaban, 22, was…
Suez Canal revenues reach $390 mln in December
CAIRO: Egypt's Suez Canal revenue fell 0.5 percent to $390 million in December, for the smallest year-on-year fall since November 2008 when faltering global trade began to hit shipping traffic,…
Egypt's core inflation up, annual inflation steady
CAIRO: Although the annual headline inflation rate has remained at 13.3 percent for the third consecutive month, Egypt's core annual inflation rose from 6.59 percent to 6.85 percent from November…
'Must you go?' Antonia Fraser remembers Harold Pinter
On the first evening the acclaimed British playwright Harold Pinter met his future wife Lady Antonia Fraser, he asked her: "Must you go? Fraser, a glamorous historical biographer, said she…
60th Berlinale: First films debut in Panorama section
Works of old and new masters as well as newcomers comprise the program of the Panorama section of the 60th edition of the Berlin Film Festival. Back with new works…
NBC ending Leno's nightly prime-time show
NBC said Sunday it decided to pull the plug on the Jay Leno experiment when some affiliate stations considered dropping the nightly prime-time show, and the network is waiting to…
Spanish leadership for Europe's Roma
NEW YORK: Continued discrimination against Roma in Europe not only violates human dignity, but is a major social problem crippling the development of Eastern European countries with large Roma populations.…