Fitness helped us through, says Hollmann
CAIRO: Zamalek manager Reiner Hollmann said that fitness, not tactical superiority, helped his side beat Masri on Sunday night.The Whites handed Masri their first league defeat this season, beating their…
Saudi court to rule on divorce plea by 8-year-old girl, says report
RIYADH: A Saudi court will next month hear a plea for divorce from an eight-year-old girl married off by her father to a man in his fifties, the Arabic-language daily…
Police prevent Copts from repairing church, says Egypt rights group
CAIRO: Police used violence earlier this month to prevent villagers from repairing the only church in their area, a rights group said on Monday, warning of a rise in sectarian…
Conference highlights need for hi-tech security software
CAIRO: Worms, spyware, zombie networks - the jargon alone is jarring.For many online firms, the untamed reaches of internet that lie outside their firewalled, password-shielded havens can prove to be…
Palestinian delegation in Egypt for talks on ending feud
CAIRO: An Islamic Jihad delegation arrived in Egypt on Sunday for talks with officials aimed at ending months of bitter infighting between rival Palestinian factions, the official MENA news agency…
Egypt steps up its war on Gaza smuggling tunnels
RAFAH: Hidden in the shadows of a Rafah residential zone, two Egyptian border police and their attack dogs stand guard at the entrance to a smuggling tunnel to the besieged…
Israel's Barak to meet Egyptian president Tuesday
CAIRO: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet Tuesday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.President Mubarak s office said Saturday that the meeting would take place in the coastal city of…
Alex Shalaby to replace Sawiris as Mobinil chairman
CAIRO: The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (ECMS), which trades under the name Mobinil, announced on Sunday a change of leadership, with longtime Chairman Naguib Sawiris stepping down."Naguib has been…
20 Egyptian cement executives found guilty of price-fixing
CAIRO: After a months-long trial, an Egyptian court on Monday found 20 cement industry executives guilty of price-fixing, slapping each with a LE 10 million ($1.87 million) fine and another…