Winning start to Al Ahli's defense of African crown

JOHANNESBURG: Al Ahli made a winning start to the defense of their African Champions League crown on Saturday, defeating Tusker FC of Kenya 2-0 in Nairobi in the first leg…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Identifying the fathers

CAIRO: In 2005, Egyptian courts witnessed 14,000 parenthood proving cases. The women who filed these lawsuits were trying to prove their marriage (whether orfi, unregistered, or otherwise) to the men…

Sarah El Sirgany

Second suspected case of human bird flu discovered

CAIRO: An Egyptian man has apparently recovered from a suspected case of bird flu, the health ministry said on Sunday, a day after announcing the virus had killed a woman…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egyptian born every 23.4 seconds

CAIRO: An Egyptian is born every 23.4 seconds, raising the country s population to 73.6 million since last year, newspapers reported Sunday, citing the National Centre for Mobilization and Statistics.…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Islamic row over Prince Charles' visit to Egypt

CAIRO: Prince Charles flies into Egypt today facing controversy at Cairo s most renowned Islamic institution over the awarding of an honorary degree to the heir to the British throne.…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Judges stand by colleagues, seek independence

CAIRO: Judges on Friday stood by four colleagues summoned for questioning about comments on last year s elections and voted against any concessions to the government on a draft law…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Estonian soldier held in UAE for alleged assault against Egyptian woman

DUBAI: An Estonian soldier who served as peacekeeper in Afghanistan has been detained in the United Arab Emirates for an alleged sexual assault against a policewoman, a newspaper reported Sunday.The…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Mohieddin reassures American investors

CAIRO: Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin visited the United States for 48 hours late last week to promote investment in Egypt and met with 14 representatives of financial institutions, funds…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Egypt finds foot-and-mouth disease in eight calves

ASSIUT, Egypt: Egyptian vets have detected foot-and-mouth disease in eight calves on a government-owned farm in southern Egypt, an official said on Sunday. Mohammed Marzouq, head of veterinary medicine for…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Lawmaker who owned ferry that sank in Red Sea stripped of immunity for questioning

CAIRO: Egypt s upper house of parliament on Saturday stripped one of its deputies of immunity so he could be questioned about the tragic sinking of a ferry owned by…

Daily Star Egypt Staff