Abdel-Fadil plays first match with Ahly
CAIRO: Sherif Abdel-Fadil played his first match with Ahly as the Red Devils slumped to a surprising 2-0 defeat to Egyptian league newcomers Military Production in a friendly game on…
Colombian peacekeeper dies from gunshot in Egypt
CAIRO: The spokesman for an international peacekeeping mission in Egypt says a Colombian soldier died of a gunshot wound sustained when another Colombian peacekeeper fired from his weapon.Normand St. Pierre…
Les Paul, guitar revolutionary, dies at 94
Les Paul, a virtuoso guitarist and inventor who shaped the sound of rock n roll, died Thursday in New York state, Gibson Guitar company said. He was 94.Paul passed away…
Egypt denies report of banning GM imports: state agency
CAIRO: Egypt s state news agency MENA on Thursday quoted an agriculture ministry official as denying an earlier report that Cairo had banned the import and export of genetically modified…
AUC student fights deportation after Israeli detainment
CAIRO: An American University in Cairo (AUC) student has been granted an extension on an Israeli deportation order after being held in an Israeli detention center.AUC English literature undergraduate Sarah…
Coloring the city mural by mural
A drive down Maadi's Road 9 - where coffee shops, bakeries and vegetable stalls are lined alongside old villas - is a bit more colorful these days. A mural stretches…
Take in Sanaa in just 48 hours
It's edgy. Rough. Exciting. And it'll make for a hell of a vacation. Make a leap down the Arabian Peninsula and visit Sanaa, Yemen for a weekend. Bet you it'll…