Editorial: Proud to be Egyptian
CAIRO: I made a vow not to write a word about the dismal events preceding and following the Egypt-Algeria World Cup qualifiers last month. In both countries, the media's frenzied,…
Israeli firm behind world's most advanced traffic information system
Imagine being able to look at your mobile phone and see whether traffic is cruising along or standing still on the road up ahead.The Israeli firm Waze has made this…
UNAIDS concludes year of raising HIV awareness
CAIRO: UNAIDS, The United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS, celebrated the end of Egypt's World AIDS campaign for 2009 by awarding the local partners that contributed to the campaign. Head…
Pope delivers Christmas message after assault
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI reappeared in public Friday urging tolerance for migrants in his Christmas message, hours after a woman knocked him to the floor during evening mass in…
Egyptian doctors sentenced in Saudi get pardon
CAIRO: Two Egyptian doctors sentenced to prison and lashes in Saudi Arabia for illegally selling pharmaceuticals have returned home after being pardoned by the Saudi king, the state news agency…
H1N1 vaccine available next week, says health minister
CAIRO: Egypt's Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabali, has announced that starting this week the swine flu vaccine will be available at the ministry's vaccination centers in Cairo and Alexandria for…
'Rapidly fatal' swine flu kills in different ways, says study
WASHINGTON: People who die of swine flu contract a "rapidly fatal form of the disease and tend to die of lung injury, although it strikes different people in different ways,…
Arab gov'ts can't stop the internet, says rights group report
CAIRO: The internet is a "snowball of democracy in the Arab world and cannot be stopped by governments, the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) said in a report…
Ahly's Gilberto named in Angola squad
CAIRO: Ahly winger Felisberto Sebastião de Graca Amaral (Gilberto) has been named in Angola s 23-man squad for January s African Cup of Nations on home soil.Portuguese coach Manuel Jose,…
Ismaili play down Al-Hadari exit claims
CAIRO: Ismaili board member Sayed Sedik said recent comments made by Essam Al-Hadari were meant to motivate the players and the goalkeeper has no intention of leaving. Following the Dervishes…