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Egypt stocks slip 0.31٪ as Sinai hostage crisis lingers
Egypt's main stock index slid 0.31 percent on Monday to sit at 5,432.15 points, as a North Sinai hostage crisis entered its fifth day. A total of 108 stocks fell on Monday, as nervous Egyptian and Arab investors net sold a combined LE6.38 million worth of shares. "The continued lack of resolution (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
Egypt sends military reinforcements to Sinai
Egypt's army sent dozens of armoured vehicles and personnel carriers across the Suez Canal into North Sinai early on Monday, a security official has told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. The move comes as speculation grows that force could be used to rescue seven Egyptian soldiers kidnapped last (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
Workers at North Cairo Electricity Co. end strike
Workers at state-owned North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company (NCEDC), which serves 3.8 million people, will return to work on Monday after their detained colleagues were released on Sunday and management retracted a plan to remove certain bonuses,a member of the company's workers syndicate (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Morsi appoints new head of constitutional court
Judge Adly Mansour was named the new head of Egypt's High Constitutional Court (HCC) on Sunday. Mansour, formerly the court's vice-president, succeeds Judge Maher El-Beheiry whose term will end on 30 June. According to HCC law 48, which was amended in 2011, “The head of the court must be appointed (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Govt 'will not be blackmailed' over kidnapped soldiers: Egypt's Morsi
President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday declared that all Egyptian state apparatuses were working "in unison" to secure the release of seven Egyptian soldiers kidnapped on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula. At a Sunday meeting with party leaders and public figures convened to discuss the issue, the (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
State radio employees strike at Egypt's Maspero
A number of editors employed by Egypt's state-owned Radio Misr radio station declared an open strike on Sunday following a decision by Information Minister Salah Abdel-Maqsoud to transfer chief editor Shady Gamal to a radio station devoted to youth affairs and sports. Employees expressed their (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Ahram Online returns after two hours of technical difficulties
The staff at Ahram Online would like to apologise to our dear readers who faced difficulties accessing the site between 4 and 6 PM (CMT). Our technical department raced against time to put us back in business. Stay tune for upcoming stories on the crisis of kidnapped soldiers in Sinai, new bank (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Egypt stocks fall half-percent in Sunday trading
Egypt's benchmark EGX30 index dropped 0.43 percent on Sunday in a session that recorded a feeble LE179.8 million in turnover. Forty-nine listed stocks enjoyed gains, while 55 registered losses by the close of the session, in which non-Arab foreign investors represented the day's only net buyers to (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Ismaily on brink of Confederation Cup elimination after 3-0 loss
Ismaily, one of two Egyptian representatives in the CAF Confederation Cup, are on the verge of an early elimination after suffering a 3-0 defeat at Tunisia's Bizertin in the first-leg of the competition's round of 16 on Sunday. The Dervishes were totally outplayed by Bizertin, who were knocked out (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Egypt bourse to revive same-day trading by week's end
The Egyptian Stock Exchange will reinstate the practice of buying and selling single stocks within the same daily trade session by the end of the week, bourse officials announced on Sunday. The ability to buy and sell a particular stock in the same trade session was halted in February 2011 after (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Germany Bundesliga Top 5 teams & scorers
Top five teams: Bayern Munich 91 pts Borussia Dortmund 66 pts Bayer Leverkusen 65 pts Schalke 55 pts Freiburg 51 pts Top five scorers: Robert Lewandowski 25 goals (Borussia Dortmund) Stefan Kiessling 24 goals (Bayer Leverkusen) Alexander Meier 16 goals (Eintracht Frankfurt) Marijo Mandzukic 15 (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Italian Serie A Top 5 teams & scorers
Top five teams: Juventus 87 pts Napoli 78 pts AC Milan 72 pts Fiorentina 70 pts Udinese 66 pts Top five scorers: Edinson Cavani 29 goals (Napoli) Antonio Di Natale 23 goals (Udinese) Stephan El Shaarawy 16 goals (Milan) Pablo Osvaldo 16 goals (Roma) German Denis 15 goals (Atalanta) (For more sports (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
England Premier League Top 5 teams & scorers
Top five teams: Manchester United 89 pts Manchester City 78 pts Chelsea 75 pts Arsenal 73 pts Tottenham 72 pts Top five scorers: Robin van Persie 27 goals (Manchester United) Luis Suarez 23 goals (Liverpool) Gareth Bale 22 goals (Tottenham) Christian Benteke 19 goals (Aston Villa) Miguel Perez (...)

19 - 05 - 2013
Court sets verdict date in jailed activist Hassan Mostafa's case
An Alexandria court will issue its verdict in the appeal case against jailed activist Hassan Mostafa on 15 June, reported Al-Ahram Arabic website Saturday. Mostafa is serving a two-year sentence in prison in Alexandria charged with physically attacking and verbally abusing a prosecutor. He was (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
CAF Confederation Cup play-off round: 1st results & fixtures
Friday 17 May ES Sétif (ALG) 2-0 US Bitam (GAB) Scorers: Benhadouche, Amine Aoudia FUS Rabat (MOR) 1-0 ASFAR (MOR) Scorers: Yassine El Kordi (o.g.) 9 Saturday 18 May JSM Bejaia (ALG) vs ESS (TUN) St Malien (MLI) vs Lydia (BUR) Sunday 19 May St. George (ETH) vs. ENPPI (EGY) Bizertin (TUN) vs Ismaily (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
FJP member faces criminal charge of insulting Egypt's judiciary
Member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), lawyer Hassan Salah, has been referred to criminal court Saturday accused of insulting the High Constitutional Court (HCC). The General Prosecution added Salah to the case already ongoing in which two other Brotherhood lawyers are (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
One killed in clashes between Muslims and Copts in Alexandria
One person has died and dozens injured in clashes between Muslims and Coptic Christians in Egypt's north coast city of Alexandria, the Ahram Arabic news website reported. Clashes erupted Friday night in Al-Geish Street in western Alexandria, after a fight started between two young men, one Copt and (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Tunisia Salafists urge supporters to defy congress ban
Tunisian Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia called on its hardline Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress, setting the scene for a possible showdown Saturday on the eve of the planned meeting. Ansar al-Sharia urged its supporters to travel to the venue in the historical (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
VIDEO: Atletico win King's Cup after 2-1 victory over Real Madrid
Miranda's extra-time goal completed Atletico Madrid's dramatic 2-1 comeback win against Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey on Friday, with Cristiano Ronaldo and coach Jose Mourinho sent off for the losing team. Ronaldo headed Madrid in front in the 14th minute, but Radamel Falcao set up Diego (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Colombian president hints he will run for re-election in 2014
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to ensure continuity of his policies - including peace talks with Marxist FARC rebels - though he did not explicitly announce his candidacy "I want clearly and firmly to see that the government's (...)

17 - 05 - 2013
Interior ministry tightens security ahead of march for Egypt's 'bearded policeman'
Central Security Forces have formed a security cordon around the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, in preparation for a planned march to the building by Salafist groups on Friday, according to Al-Ahram's Arabic news website. The march aims to support the right of policemen who have grown beards, (...)

17 - 05 - 2013
'Rebel' signature campaign is just a survey: Brotherhood's El-Beltagy
Mohamed El-Beltagy, an influential Muslim Brotherhood leader, dismissed the proclaimed target of the newly-launched ‘Rebel' campaign, which seeks to secure signatures in favour of ousting President Mohamed Morsi. "I welcome any peaceful means by which the people express their views, including the (...)

17 - 05 - 2013
Clashes erupt near Tahrir Square between police, unknown civilians
Police forces used teargas Friday while confronting dozens of civilians in front of the Semiramis InterContinental hotel just off Tahrir Square, which has witnessed frequent clashes over the past few months. Crowds threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at security forces as two police vehicles pursued (...)

17 - 05 - 2013
Egypt's Premier League fixtures (15th matchday)
(All times GMT +2) Thursday 16 May 17:45 Wadi Degla vs. Ghazl El Mahala Friday 17 May 20:00 Zamalek vs. El-Entag El-Harby Saturday 18 May 17:45 Bani Suef Telephones vs. Gouna Sunday 19 May 15:30 Ittihad of Alexandria vs. Dakhleya 17:45 Talae El-Gaish vs. Petrojet Monday 20 May 17:45 Smouha vs. (...)

16 - 05 - 2013
Egypt sports minister appoints 'temporary' Zamalek chairman
Egyptian Sports Minister El-Amry Farouk on Thursday announced his decision to temporarily appoint Galal Ibrahim as chairman of Cairo's Zamalek football club in order to supervise the upcoming election of the club's board. Ibrahim is slated to take charge of the club's activities from 28 May until a (...)

16 - 05 - 2013
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