What next for Jordan?
AMMAN: Jordan s King Abdullah II is holding his breath as US President Barack Obama pursues a strategy for comprehensive Middle East peace that promotes the creation of an independent…
Farouk Hosni loses, Bulgarian wins top UNESCO job after anti-Semitism row
PARIS: Bulgarian career diplomat Irina Bokova won the top job at the UN culture agency Tuesday after a race clouded by anti-Semitism accusations against her Egyptian culture minister rival, UNESCO…
Egypt press cries foul after UNESCO vote
CAIRO: The day after the UNESCO director general vote, the Egyptian press was united under one banner: We were robbed.Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni was the victim of a concerted…
H1N1 vaccine to be available in October for LE 35
CAIRO: The H1N1 vaccine is expected to be available in Egypt by October and will cost LE 35, Hamdallah Zedan, chairman and CEO of the Egyptian Organization for Biological Products…
U-20 World Cup kicks off today
CAIRO: The 17th FIFA U-20 World Cup will kick off today with a match between Egypt and Trinidad and Tobago in the Egyptian Army Stadium in Alexandria.The match will be…
Fathallah to resume full training next month
CAIRO: Zamalek defender Mahmoud Fathallah will resume full training by mid-October, according to chief medic Mostafa Al-Monayeri.The Egypt defender dislocated his shoulder ahead of the recent World Cup qualifier in…
ENPPI through to semis
CAIRO: ENPPI qualified for the Confederation Cup semi-finals after claiming a deserved 3-1 victory over ES Setif in Algeria on Saturday.Ahmed Raouf and Zeka Goore scored two first-half goals and…
Google digital books can become instant paperbacks
More than two million books in the public domain can be turned into instant paperbacks under a deal announced last week between Google and the company behind a high-speed book-printing…