Three new cases test positive for bird flu
CAIRO: Two Egyptian children were infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, the Ministry of Health announced on Saturday.Ibrahim Mahmoud Helmy, a four-year-old boy from Qena city and Mahmoud…
UN Goodwill Ambassador Youssra visits Coptic Orphans
CAIRO: If it hadn't been for the cameras and bunches of flowers, you wouldn't have known there was a celebrity in the room. Otherwise, last week's visit by actress and…
Al-Gohari tipped for Egypt youth team job-reports
CAIRO: Former national team manager Mahmoud Al-Gohari has been tipped to take charge of the Egyptian Under-20 team that will compete in the 2009 Under-20 World Cup on home soil,…
Top Palestinian security official in Egypt for talks
CAIRO: The Palestinian government s advisor for national security arrived in Cairo on Thursday in the wake of a US official s announcement that Israelis and Palestinians would meet there…
Former Iran president calls for healing Sunni-Shia divide
CAIRO: Iran s former president Mohammed Khatami called on Friday for Sunnis and Shias to lay aside their differences, in a speech to students at Egypt s Al-Azhar university, the…
Abu Omar pays surprise visit to torture forum
CAIRO: Former ghost detainee Abu Omar paid a surprise visit on Friday to a conference organized by the 3rd Cairo Social Forum where he recounted his personal experiences of torture…
Chinese restaurant food draws criticism
The typical Chinese restaurant menu is a sea of nutritional no-nos, a consumer group has found. A plate of General Tso s chicken, for example, is loaded with about 40…
Traditional Mulid treats lose their zest
By The Daily Star Egypt staffToday, Egypt and the Muslim world celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed - Al Mulid Al Nabawi - according to the lunar calendar.And like…
Beirut is still the 'pearl of the Middle East'
Beirut, Friday night, 9 pm. Hordes of the city's young party elite wading through the mushroom of tents occupied by various anti-government groups and Hezbollah supporters in the city center."I…