Production condition Kone sale to Zamalek
CAIRO: Military Production want more than one Zamalek player in exchange for their Ivorian striker Abou Kone.Zamalek made a move for the 27-year, offering out-of-favor center-half Amr Adel in return,…
Albums that marked the decade
Radiohead, Kid A (2000)(Number one in Rolling Stone s best 100 albums of the decade, number two in Billboard critics top 20 albums of the decade, number 14 in NME…
Oil backs off 5-week high near $79, dollar firm
LONDON: Oil traded flat at below $79 a barrel, off a five-week high the previous session, as a firming dollar offset colder US weather and concerns over political developments in…
Orascom Telecom rallies, Egypt index up
CAIRO: Index heavyweight Orascom Telecom rallied 6.5 percent on Tuesday after two sessions of losses, driving Egypt s benchmark index higher. It s a normal rebound because the stock has…
Mideast, North Africa IPOs sink 83 pct: report
DUBAI: The value of IPOs fell 83 percent in the Middle East and North Africa this year as issuance ground to a halt in the wake of the global financial…
Pro-government rallies reported across Iran
TEHRAN: Tens of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Tuesday to call for the punishment of opposition leaders for fomenting unrest after June s disputed presidential poll, state…
Netanyahu in Cairo to discuss resumption of peace process
CAIRO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on US efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace negotiations.But the talks…
Gaza Freedom March continues Cairo protests for permits to enter Gaza
CAIRO: Members of the Gaza Freedom March (GFM) in Cairo continued to protest on Tuesday, demanding that the Egyptian government allow them into Gaza."My question is, what is the Egyptian…
Egypt launches new campaign to lure tourists
CAIRO: The Ministry of Tourism presented this week a new advertising campaign to lure tourists to Egypt. The previous campaign, "The Gift of the Sun, launched in 2006 to mixed…
Standing in the shadow of a lost home
In film, portraying suffering in its own element is a powerful tool. Taking that same suffering to the backseat, however, often has a much stronger effect on the viewer. In…