News ombudsmen at your service
TORONTO: It's not easy being a news ombudsman these days. Some newspapers, especially in the United States, believe that eliminating the ombudsman position is a painful but necessary cost-saving measure…
Egypt to stand up against poverty
CAIRO: Egyptian citizens will join millions of people around the world for the United Nation's "Stand Up initiative between Oct. 16 and 19. Last year Egypt recorded one of the…
Lawyers confident of guilty verdict for police colonel after forensic cross-examination
ALEXANDRIA: Lawyers for a man severely beaten while in police custody say that they are confident that a guilty verdict will be handed down after Thursday's court session, during which…
Faraday: A physics genius without the math
CAIRO: Is it possible to like physics without the complicated mathematics? Well, other than the fact that Albert Einstein formulated his theory of Special Relativity using only basic high school…
First Egyptian school closes for swine flu
CAIRO: Egypt on Thursday announced the closure of a Christian school in Cairo because of swine flu, the education system s first casualty of the (A)H1N1 virus.The College of the…
Homosexual scandal tabloid trial adjourned to Oct. 26
CAIRO: The trial of Al-Balagh Al-Gadid newspaper was adjourned to Oct. 26 due to clashes that erupted between the plaintiff's defense committee and journalists present at the Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanor…
Ghana, Brazil shoot for the record breaking U-20 World Cup
CAIRO: After 51 matches between 24 teams, Ghana's Black Satellites and Brazil's Samba dancers will go head to head tonight at Cairo Stadium vying for the U-20 World Cup trophy.The…
We will make our nation and the African continent proud, says Adiyiah
CAIRO: Dominic Adiyiah played an instrumental role in Ghana's impressive campaign to their third final appearance in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Ahead of Friday's final clash against four-time-U-20 World…
Egypt eyes attendance record in U-20 World Cup, army helps
CAIRO: Organizers of the Under-20 World Cup in Egypt said Wednesday they were set to break the attendance record for the event, but conceded that conscripts from the country s…
