Zidan named Bundesliga Player of February
In three years, I want to play for Barcelona, says ZidanCAIRO: Egyptian forward Mohamed Zidan has been named German Bundesliga Player of the Month in a poll carried out by…
Female parliamentarians at an alltime high but far from equality
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS: Nearly 17 percent of the world s parliamentarians are women, an all-time high but a long way from equal representation of the sexes in legislative chambers,…
Egyptians with Sinai observer force die in crash
ISMAILIA: Nine Egyptians, including eight engineers working for the multinational peace monitoring force in Egypt s Sinai peninsula, have been killed in a road crash, security sources said on Friday.…
Third mobile phone operation to start business in March
CAIRO: The third mobile phone operator in Egypt Etisalat will start business in the domestic market by the end of March, according to Hassan Samy, sales officer at Etisalat Egypt.Samy…
Market shares trim losses, Telecom Egypt rises
CAIRO: Stocks trimmed losses to close higher on Thursday, with Telecom Egypt rising on demand from foreign investors and Ezz Dekheila gaining despite a 15 percent drop in 2006 net…
Global Integrity report ranks Egypt low on fighting corruption
CAIRO: Global Integrity, a Washington D.C.-based organization, ranked Egypt No. 34 out of 43 countries in its annual corruption and governance report for 2006.With a score of 57 out of…
Riot police clear out vendor stalls
Crackdowns are being enforced to preserve public space, says lawyerCAIRO: Vendors in the historic Wakalit Al-Balah market say that government harassment is damaging their livelihood after three days of crackdowns…
Saad Eddin Ibrahim and students reflect on meeting with Nasrallah
CAIRO: While most students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) relaxed at home over their winter break, MA candidate Sahra Gemeinder was sitting in a ramshackle hovel on the…