Male, female metro users adapt to new system
CAIRO: Passengers that were left disoriented and angry after the Cairo Metro Authority's decision to allocate middle cars strictly for women are starting to come around less than three weeks…
Egypt brush aside Sudan in Nile battle
KUMASI: Defending champions Egypt continued their African Nations Cup title defense by beating neighbors Sudan 3-0 in Group C on Saturday.Egypt tops the group with six points from two matches…
Eto'o ties African Cup scoring record as Cameroon routs Zambia 5-1
KUMASI: Samuel Eto o tied a 38-year-old record for the most goals at the African Cup of Nations during Cameroon s 5-1 win over Zambia on Saturday.The FC Barcelona scored…
Arab world shivers in the midst of unusual cold snap
AMMAN: The lone de-icing machine at Jordan s busy international airport worked frantically on Tuesday to clear planes for take off when a freak snowstorm blanketed this small desert country…
Kuwait raises budget oil-price multiplier to 50 dollars
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has raised the price at which it estimates oil revenues for budget purposes to $50 a barrel from the $36 used for the past two years, the…
Nasdaq CEO says no more acquisitions until 2009
DAVOS, Switzerland: Bob Greifeld, the chief executive of Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said Thursday that it won t pursue any major acquisitions until the middle of 2009.Speaking to Dow Jones…
Bill Gates launches $306 million in aid to boost African farmers
DAVOS, Switzerland: Bill Gates, making what he called his last appearance as a Microsoft employee at the World Economic Forum, announced Friday that he was giving $306 million to use…