Egypt works towards Palestinian national unity government
CAIRO: Egypt mediated a fresh truce between warring Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Gaza late Tuesday in an effort to facilitate the forming of a national unity government.Former Ambassador…
Zamalek quickly headed for the gutter
CAIRO: Kuwaiti club Qadsia s Mousaed Nada heaped more misery on already-under-pressure Zamalek when he scored twice to hand the beleaguered club a 2-1 defeat in the Arab Champions League…
Mido wants Chelsea final showdown
LONDON: Egyptian striker Mido insists Tottenham would not fear a League Cup final showdown with English champions Chelsea.Mido helped Tottenham book their place in the semi-finals as he set up…
Aboutrika credits coach Jose for strong run over the years
Zamelek, Ismaili lost without coaches?Ahly superstar Mohamed Aboutrika heaped praise on coach Manuel Jose and said the Portuguese is the main reason behind his improvement over the past few years.He…
Selling your baby not a crime, says prosecutor
CAIRO: The deputy prosecutor's office for the Al Marg district released Adel Ahmed, 41, who had been arrested a few days earlier for selling his child to a lawyer for…
A pinch of salt of the earth
CAIRO: I know it is difficult to imagine, but let's take a trip back through time to when there were no steam engines, no pharmaceutical companies and no iPods. A…
Boat of illegal immigrants reaches Sicily
ROME: A boat carrying more than 600 illegal immigrants from Egypt reached Sicily s southern coast and the migrants were being transferred Tuesday to several holding centers in the region,…
After unipolarity, Europe's time to make a difference
Listen carefully these days to the Israelis and South Koreans. What they are hinting at is no less than a tectonic shift in the international system: the shift from a…
