Head: Egypt, Sudan brace for Nile spate after Ethiopia floods
CAIRO: Egypt and Sudan braced Saturday for a major spate on the Nile after the worst flooding in a generation killed more than 600 people in the Ethiopian highlands where…
Ship home to stranded crew from Egypt to be auctioned
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: The crew of a stranded Egyptian freighter may have to stay on board another month, after a U.S. judge ordered the vessel be auctioned amid a shipping…
Egyptian workers stage Jordan pay protest
AMMAN: Around 200 Egyptian workers staged a peaceful protest Sunday outside the Amman governorate accusing their employer of not paying them, state-run Petra news agency reported. It said the unidentified…
Al Ahli wins with early four-goal blitz
CAIRO: Holders Al Ahli scored four goals in an opening 20 minute blitz to easily beat Asante Kotoko of Ghana in their African Champions League Group A match on Saturday…
In Cairo, boom times for Arabic language schools
Demand for Arabic-speakers fuels surge in language school enrolmentsCAIRO: Tomader Rifaat has been in charge of the International Student Service Offices at AUC for 21 years, and she has never…
Sports Talk: Uneven playing fields
This really is the summer of the cheat. Laboratory tests have caught three of the most compelling champions of their sport using banned substances to enhance their performances.World and Olympic…
While the world focuses on Lebanon, Gaza lay in ruins
CAIRO: The Gaza Strip has become a place where workers take pictures with anachronistic 200 Sheqel bills (approximately $50), and an entire community drops soldier into mundane telephone conversations to…
Lebanon war tarnishes Egypt diplomatic prowess
Reuters CAIRO: Egypt s flagging prestige as a key broker in the Middle East has taken a further blow after its slow and indecisive response to the war between Hezbollah…
Cairo bids joyous farewell to giant Ramses statue
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Hundreds of thousands of people lined Cairo s streets Friday to bid farewell to one of the metropolis s landmarks as the colossal statue of Ramses II…
