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Christmas CarolsSt. Mark s Church Choir and Om El-Nour orchestra invite you to come and share in the Christmas spirit and listen to a selection of heartwarming carols that are…
Two Egyptians hanged for murdering toddler
QENA: Two Egyptians were hanged Tuesday for beating and electrocuting to death a toddler whose cries were spoiling their televised football game, security sources said. Hosni Ramadan Mahmoud Ahmed, a…
Al Ahly sets African record but ready to clash with Brazilian samba
With its Sunday bashing of New Zealand's Auckland City 2-0 at the Fifa Club World championship in Japan, Al Ahly became the first African team to win a Club World…
Wanted: producer for blockbuster on Egypt's 'October victory'
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak wants a blockbuster movie made on the October 1973 war when Egypt launched a surprise attack on Israel and crossed the Suez, the official MENA news…
Palestinian Sahar Khalifeh awarded Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
The American University in Cairo Press announced yesterday Palestinian author Sahar Khalifeh, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her work Sura wa ayquna wa ahdun qadim (An…
Clooney to drop by AUC
Superstar in town to discuss Darfur crisisCAIRO: Hoping to succeed where diplomats have failed, Hollywood superstar George Clooney is in town to press action on the genocide in Sudan s…
Desert fish, what's that?
Desert fish farming is fast-becoming a significant, environmentally friendly source of fish cultivationWhat started more than 50 years ago as an experiment, a dream, has now become a reality to…
Regional interests mean the ceasefire might lead nowhere
Beyond the current Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire there may lie nothing at all: no peace process, not even an interim process or agreement. If that is the case, then the ceasefire itself…
