Amnesty calls for release of prisoners of conscience
CAIRO: Human rights group Amnesty International is calling for the release of jailed prisoners of conscience Musaad Abu Fagr and Kareem Amer. Amnesty International and other human rights groups consider…
Arab health ministers to ban elderly, young from Mecca pilgrimage
CAIRO: Arab health ministers agreed on Wednesday to ban certain people including the elderly and young children from pilgrimage to Mecca in an effort to contain the spread of swine…
Ahly sign Hibs striker
CAIRO: Ahly signed Hibernians Moroccan striker Abdessallam Benjelloun, the club s marketing director Adli Al-Qaeyi told FilGoal.com.Al-Qaeyi said that the 24-year-old signed a three-year-contract with Ahly on Monday.It is yet…
Ittihad to choose between Abdullah and Saied
CAIRO: Ittihad coach Taha Basri announced that his club will soon make a decision to sign either Zamalek midfielder Mohamed Abdullah or Ahmed Saied of ENPPI. We are watching both…
The man who went to the moon and came back an artist
Forty years after Alan Bean became the fourth man to walk on the moon, the now 77-year-old former astronaut still likes to share his memories of space flight with a…
Saudis reel as clerics say movie show must not go on
Saudis want music and movies like everyone else, but the cancellation of the Jeddah film festival highlights the tough war over entertainment within the country s conservative religious establishment.For several…
Oil prices flatten
LONDON: Oil prices were flat on Tuesday when traders turned cautious ahead of key testimony from US Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke, analysts said.New York s main futures contract, light…
US Middle East envoy returning to region
WASHINGTON: US special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will return to the region at the end of this week, State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Monday. George Mitchell…