Barakat goal keeps Ahly on track in Africa
HARARE: Al-Ahly of Egypt closed in on a place in the African Champions League semi-finals thanks to a 1-0 win over Dynamos of Zimbabwe Saturday.The Red Devils of Cairo now…
Iranian film explores transsexual world
Organizers of the Venice Film Festival waited to announce "Khastegi (Tedium) by first-time Iranian director Bahman Motamedian until the last minute to avoid alerting authorities to its sensitive subject: transsexuals…
Egypt bourse extends gains, foreigners buy
CAIRO: Foreign investors continued to buy into the Egyptian market on Sunday, helping its main indexes rise for the third straight session, brokers said.The benchmark CASE 30 index gained 0.89…
Egypt to buy Kazakh wheat, grow grain in Uganda
CAIRO: Egypt has agreed to buy a million tons of wheat from Kazakhstan to meet local market needs, and Uganda has allocated farmland for the Arab country to grow wheat…
Egypt FM moots Arab force for Gaza
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said an Arab force for the Gaza Strip could help end violence in the impoverished territory, the official news agency MENA reported on Saturday.However…
Gaza-Egypt crossing opens for second day
GAZA CITY: The Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was open for a second day Sunday to allow hundreds of people to pass into and out of…
Italy to compensate Libya $5 bln for colonial rule
BENGHAZI: Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya $5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943.Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Libyan leader Moammar…
Court hearing for the 1967 POWs postponed
CAIRO: The compensations department at a Cairo civil court has postponed to Nov. 1 the hearing of a lawsuit filed by families of deceased 1967 war prisoners, who are demanding…
Analysts say state must invest in online security
CAIRO: While the boundaries of Gaza and Kashmir garner far more headlines, a less tangible set of borders are proving to be almost equally vital to state security: those that…
Ezz Steel cuts prices by 12 percent
CAIRO: Mirroring declines in international prices, El Ezz Steel Rebars lowered Sunday its retail steel prices by LE 820 to LE 6,150 per ton, a 12 percent decline from its…