Zamalek eye top spot against lowly Olympic
CAIRO: Zamalek are poised to regain top spot in the Egyptian league when they host minnows Olympic on Sunday.The Whites suffered a surprise 1-0 defeat to strugglers Gaish last week,…
Ahly eyeing Ittihad victory ahead of Coton clash
CAIRO: Egyptian league champions Ahly will be aiming to secure a morale-boosting victory when they visit Ittihad on Sunday.The Reds will play in Alexandria with their minds focused on the…
Palestinian home game historic, says FIFA
RAM: Palestinians may not have a state, but now they have a way to express their national pride - through football.On Sunday, the national team was hosting an international match…
First female marriage registrar starts work
CAIRO: Egypt s first female marriage registrar started work Saturday despite complaints by some conservative clerics that the move is against Islam, said the country s official news agency.During her…
Egypt TV boss fined after attacks on Mubarak posters
CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Sunday fined a television agency boss LE 150,000 ($27,000) after his company broadcast images of food rioters tearing down portraits of President Hosni Mubarak in…
CORRECTION
In a news brief titled "Cement prices drop, which ran on Oct. 23, 2008, Daily News Egypt erroneously reported that Italcementi Group said it would reduce its ex-factory cement prices…
Egypt median o/n interbank up, banks short of pounds
CAIRO: The median overnight interbank rate on the Egyptian pound rose to 12 percent on Sunday, from 11.959 percent on Thursday with traders saying some banks had a shortage of…
Egypt stocks extend falls, EFG-Hermes at 3-year low
CAIRO: Shares of EFG-Hermes, Egypt s largest investment bank, dropped to their lowest level in three years on Sunday, helping drag down Egypt s benchmark index as part of a…
Three Palestinians killed in Egypt-Gaza tunnel collapse
AL-ARISH: Three Palestinians were killed at dawn on Saturday when a tunnel collapsed under Egypt s border with the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian security official said.Police found the bodies after…