Deported Frenchman alleges torture by state security
CAIRO: A deported French national who was detained by Egyptian security bodies for two months has alleged that he was tortured while in custody.Arrested on April 21, 2009, 35-year-old Romauld…
Ministry bans trucks on highway during summer
CAIRO: Trucks are now banned from traveling on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road on Thursdays and Saturdays from 12:00 pm to 12:00 am during the months of July and August.The decision…
Al-Badeel reporters continue sit-in as paper folds
CAIRO: Journalists from independent daily Al-Badeel continued their sit-in yesterday, a day after the newspaper went into liquidation.Journalists staged a protest on Saturday outside the Journalists Syndicate, the same day…
Islamophobia victim was pregnant, body arrives from Germany
CAIRO: Egyptian Marwa Al-Sherbini, who was stabbed to death 18 times in a Dresden courtroom in front of her three-year-old son on July 1, was three months pregnant, according to…
Ahly thrash Gelsenkirchen as youngster hits treble
CAIRO: Ahly battered Gelsenkirchen 5-0 in their first pre-season exhibition match that saw promising youngster Ahmed "Manga Nabil score a hat-trick. Osama Hosni and Hani Al-Egeizi completed the rout, while…
Internationals to sit out Ahly camp
CAIRO: Ahly coach Hossam Al-Badri said that the club s international players will not be taking part in the pre-season training camp currently held in Germany.Wael Gomaa, Sayed Moawad and…
Abou-Treika focused on Rwanda
CAIRO: Egypt playmaker Mohamed Abou-Trika said that he and his teammates will be taking the World Cup qualifications campaign one game at a time.After drawing at home to Zambia and…