Daily News Egypt (Egypt) back issues from November 2008:
Al Khan 3 November 2008.
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On Screen Success.
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War films garner top honors at Rome film festival.
Nov 02, 2008 ... Two war films, "Resolution 819" about the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and "Opium War" set in contemporary Afghanistan, won top honors Friday at the Rome Film Festival. Afghan filmmaker Siddiq Barmak, whose film relates the adventures of two US soldiers, one white and one black, ...
British royals shaken and stirred at London Bond premiere.
Nov 02, 2008 ... Princes William and Harry joined James Bond actor Daniel Craig and a host of other stars on the red carpet at the world premiere of new 007 film "Quantum of Solace" in London Wednesday. Craig, 40, who received the biggest cheer of the night from hundreds of excited fans, was ...
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Here comes the sun.
Nov 02, 2008 ... We are not only on the verge of a new leader of the free world, which should be known at breakfast on Wednesday morning, but we are on the verge of the cold weather too. By my calculations it is just a little early yet to reach for the woollies, I think we have at least another ...
US Election Watch.
Nov 02, 2008 ... There's been a crucial question hanging over the US election campaign from the very start: Would US voters be willing to elect an African-American? There's another even uglier question about race that keeps getting raised as well, in conversations I've had from South Carolina ...
A conspiracy so immense.
Nov 02, 2008 ... NEW YORK: Is this the Age of the Conspiracy Theory? Plenty of evidence suggests that we are in something of a golden age for citizen speculation, documentation, and inference that takes shape -- usually on the internet -- and spreads virally around the globe. In the process, conspiracy ...
Stocks and the long run.
Nov 02, 2008 ... BERKELEY: After the second 40 percent decline in America's Standard & Poor's composite index of common stocks in a decade, global investors are shell-shocked. Funds invested, and reinvested, in the S&P composite from 1998-2008 have yielded a real return of zero: the dividends earned on the ...
The American leader we need.
Nov 02, 2008 ... LONDON: Around the world, America's presidential election campaign has attracted as much attention as domestic political controversies in each of our own countries. The interest the world has taken in America's vote is the best example of America's soft power, and a lesson in democracy ...
News in brief.
Nov 02, 2008 ... Qatar eyes Barclays' capital increase Barclays Bank's board of directors announced Sunday a proposal to raise up to Au7.3 billion of additional capital from existing and new strategic and institutional investors, the bank said in a press statement. "The capital ...
Egypt stocks gain on broad retail buying, OT soars.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Egyptian stocks gained almost 6 percent on Sunday, with local retail investors seeking bargains across the board and buying into leading stocks like Orascom Telecom, traders said. OT shares gained 7.53 percent to LE 34.42 ($6.18), in part because the firm's GDRs added ...
IMF needs hundreds of billions of dollars, says Brown.
Nov 02, 2008 ... RIYADH: The IMF needs hundreds of billions of dollars to protect struggling economies from the global financial crisis, Britain's Gordon Brown said on Sunday, as he led a business and ministerial delegation to the Gulf States. With many developed countries strapped for cash, ...
Push for privatizing transportation grows, though tempered by some worries.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: A glance at the decrepit trains running to Ismailia or at the clogged byways of Cairo's downtown make one thing clear: Transport has not recently kept pace with a swiftly-growing population and economy in Egypt. Many businessmen, officials and the citizens who use Egypt's ...
Southgate hails Mido impact.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Middlesbrough coach Gareth Southgate hailed the impact of Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' as his side salvaged a 1-1 draw with West Ham in the Premier League on Saturday. The Egypt striker came off the bench and blasted in a powerful free kick with eight minutes remaining to cancel ...
Masri claim first league win since August.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Struggling side Masri gave Coach Hossam Hassan a much-needed respite after securing their first win since August with a 3-1 defeat of Asyut Petroleum. The Port Said-based club trailed to Ashraf Khattab's opener for Asyut early in the game. Ahmed Galal leveled ...
Hodoud crush ENPPI to register third consecutive win.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Harras Hodoud won their third successive match in the Egyptian League after claiming an easy 3-0 home victory over ENPPI on Saturday. Talented midfielder Abdul-Salam Nagah opened the scoring two minutes before the break. He tapped into an empty net after being ...
Belal out of Coton clash.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Ahmed Belal did not make Ahly's 19-man squad for the CAF Champions League final first-leg clash against Coton Sport due to a groin injury. The 28-year-old striker suffered a groin muscle strain that ruled him out of Sunday's anticipated game. He will be ...
Egypt calls urgent meeting to fight piracy.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Egypt has called an urgent meeting of Arab countries bordering the Red Sea to combat rampant piracy off Somalia, the foreign ministry said on Saturday. Egypt and Yemen will coordinate the meeting, which will be held later this month, the ministry said in a statement, ...
NDP comes out swinging at opponents at party conference.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Amid a worldwide economic crisis and a year of scandals, the National Democratic Party's (NDP) fifth annual conference kicked off this Saturday confronted with circumstances the ruling party has never faced before. The conference slogan "New Thought for our Country's ...
Egypt not top priority for next US president, says Pintak.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: McCain or Obama? Everyone's wondering and on Saturday, about 300 people, mostly Egyptian, packed a conference room at the Semiramsis InterContinental Hotel in downtown Cairo for a conference on the upcoming elections. Sponsored by the American University in Cairo's Center ...
Sufi order finds strength in numbers.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: "Madad ya Sheikh El-Arab" (Give us strength, O'Sheikh El-Arab). "Shi-allah ya sidi ya Badawi" (Give us charity, O' Sayed El-Badawi,). These words echoed in my mind as we set off from Cairo to Tanta a night before Moulid Sayed El-Badawi, a festival celebrating the birthday of a ...
Egypt's screen stars in Syrian festival.
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Brotherhood students launch "morality" campaign at Egypt's universities.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: A young Muslim Brotherhood group recently launched a "morality" campaign at Egyptian universities that is reportedly attracting more crowds than their vocal demonstrations ever have. Titled "Raqi Bi Akhlaqi" (exalted by my manners), the five-week campaign was launched in ...
El-Gamal touts success rates, teacher reiterate demand for unconditional pay raise.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: Education Minister Yosry El-Gamal announced a "85.9 percent" success rate in assessment exams sat by teachers in August, while lobby group Teachers Without a Union (TWU) have renewed their opposition to the exams. El-Gamal told the MENA news agency Saturday that 850,000 ...
Alexandria teacher's trial set for Nov. 16.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: The Alexandria Criminal Court set Nov. 16 as the trial date of 23-year-old mathematics teacher Haitham Nabil Abdel Hamid, who kicked 11-year-old Islam Amr Bader to death last week. The story, which made headline news last week, triggered a delayed official reaction, with ...
ED medicine TV ad pulled in Egypt 'weapon' row, says report.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: A television advertisement for erectile dysfunction medication has been pulled from the air in Egypt after viewers protested about its use of popular song "Keep the Weapon Awake," media reported on Saturday. The song was penned in 1973 by Egyptian poet Ahmed Shafiq Kamel, ...
Low turnout at anti-NDP protest.
Nov 02, 2008 ... CAIRO: A few dozen people gathered Saturday outside the Journalists' Syndicate in Cairo at a scheduled protest against the National Democratic Party (NDP) during its fifth annual conference. Opposition leaders and senior activists were mostly absent in a demonstration which ...
Al Khan 4 November 2008.
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A night to remember.
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Springsteen rocks 80,000 for Obama.
Nov 03, 2008 ... Legendary US rocker Bruce Springsteen wowed a crowd of 80,000 with a rousing set at a rally for Democrat Barack Obama here Sunday on the White House campaign's final stretch. Obama took the stage with his wife Michelle and two young daughters when Springsteen was done, and said ...
Singer George Wassouf held in Sweden on drug charges.
Nov 03, 2008 ... Syrian-Lebanese crooner George Wassouf was arrested in Sweden during the weekend on drug charges just hours before he was due to perform a concert, police told AFP on Sunday. Wassouf "has been held in police custody since yesterday [Saturday] on drug charges," a police officer ...
Ethiopian film 'Teza' scoops top prize at Carthage Film Festival.
Nov 03, 2008 ... Ethiopian film "Teza" scooped four main awards at Africa's Carthage Film Festival Saturday, including the coveted Golden Tanit for its "modesty and genius." The film by Haile Gerima bagged the top prize on the last day of the festival in Tunisia, beating the Palestinian film ...
From Palestine to Egypt.
Nov 03, 2008 ... According to her fans, singer Rim Banna is "a real Palestinian."Aa While her marriage to a Ukrainian, her upbringing inside the 1948 borders of Palestine, her education in Russia and her growing popularity in Europe could belie this statement in theory, the passion she ...
Kipling's Wisdom.
Nov 03, 2008 ... LONDON: The beginning of October marked the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the American-led bombardment of Afghanistan. Seven years later, the Taliban are still fighting. Some 50 insurgents died recently in an assault on Lashkar gar, the capital of Helmand province. Osama bin ...
An Israeli looks at Obama.
Nov 03, 2008 ... JERUSALEM: A neighbor in Jerusalem asked me to write to his American father-in-law, who has been showering him with emails attacking Barack Obama. At a local bakery, the owner suggested in a whisper that I might talk sense to the tourist proclaiming in a New York accent, between sips of ...
Beware of non-violence; it's dangerous!
Nov 03, 2008 ... LONDON: The non-violent tactics of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King are pushing at an open door. Even the Pentagon has begun to look at their value in situations of conflict and political impasse. Today's news is covering the essentially non-violent struggle of the ...
HARD TALK: Who's resisting change in Egypt?(Conference notes)
Nov 03, 2008 ... A considerable effort and little return; this is the summary of the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP) annual conference, which ended yesterday. This is not the first conference for which some NDP leaders exert great effort in preparation. This has frequently happened ...
News in brief.
Nov 03, 2008 ... Mobinil says Q3 net income up 15 pct Mobinil said on Sunday its third quarter net income rose by 15 percent to LE 541 million ($97 million). It also said it was preparing to take legal action after Egypt's telecoms regulator ruled in favor of state-owned landline monopoly ...
Indian hair care company to open third plant in Egypt.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Marico India will officially inaugurate Wednesday its third plant in Egypt's Sadat City that will bring Parachute, the company's largest selling hair care brand worth LE 700 million, to the Arab world's most populous market. "The fact that we are setting up our third ...
Egypt needs to capitalize on GSPs when trading with US, say experts.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Egyptian and American trade leaders convened Monday to discuss ways of maximizing trade potential between Egypt and the United States. The event, put on by the American Chamber of Commerce, featured speakers from the office of the United States Trade Representative ...
Mido comes off the bench to save Middlesbrough.
Nov 03, 2008 ... MIDDLESBROUGH: Ahmed "Mido" Hossam rescued a 1-1 draw for Middlesbrough against West Ham as the Egypt striker came off the bench to score a late equalizer at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday. Gareth Southgate's side looked to be heading for a third home defeat of the season ...
Coton Sport coach pledges revenge.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Coton Sport coach Alain Ouombleon said his side will face Ahly in the second-leg of the Champions League final with a whole different demeanor. The Cameroonian outfit lost 2-0 to the Red Devils on Sunday, but Ouombleon believes it's going to be the other way around in ...
Average win not good enough for Ahly captain.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Ahly skipper Shadi Mohamed said that his side's 2-0 victory over Coton Sport in the Champions League final round is unsatisfactory. The Reds could have defeated the Cameroonian outfit by a larger margin in the first leg on Sunday, but they squandered many clear-cut ...
Tersana part ways with Salah.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Tersana coach Mohamed Salah has left the club following the team's 1-0 league defeat at the hands of Gaish on Sunday. "I had a meeting with club president Hassan Farid and we both decided that it will be for the best that I leave," Salah told FilGoal.com on Monday. ...
Darwish crushes Shabana in Qatar, more glory for Nicol.
Nov 03, 2008 ... DOHA: Karim Darwish, the sixth seed, crushed fellow Egyptian Amr Shabana 11-4, 11-5, 11-3 in the final of the Qatar Open late Friday for the biggest win of his career. Nicol David of Malaysia meanwhile pocketed her third straight Doha title with an 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 win over ...
Obama in command on eve of US vote.
Nov 03, 2008 ... JACKSONVILLE: Barack Obama stood on the threshold of history Monday as polls gave the Democrat a solid lead over John McCain on the last day of campaigning for the most dramatic US presidential vote in a generation. But McCain, who has no room for error in the tense battle for a ...
Mediterranean union meets to iron out differences.
Nov 03, 2008 ... BRUSSELS: Mediterranean-rim nations are discussing today ways to overcome divergences that have plagued the 43-nation union since its birth three months ago. Launched with great fanfare in Paris on July 13, the Union for the Mediterranean --brainchild of French President Nicolas ...
Pensioners demand back-pay, raises.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Some 250 pensioners protested outside the National Organization for Social Insurance on Monday against what they described as the failure of the Ministry of Social Solidarity to implement a court ruling which increased their financial entitlements. The protest was ...
MB protest against police brutality in Alexandria.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) staged a protest in Alexandria Sunday, condemning the "violations committed against the Egyptian citizens by the police," Osama Gado, parliament member affiliated with the group, told Daily News Egypt. However, the protest, which was held in ...
OT helps push Egyptian stocks up for second day.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Regional mobile phone operator Orascom Telecom rose 5.65 percent on Monday on plans to buy back shares, helping lift main Egyptian stock indexes for the second straight session. Shares in the biggest Arab mobile phone operator by subscribers last traded at LE 36.11 ...
Ahly strike early to build two-goal final lead.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: Early headed goals by Wael Gomaa and Flavio Amado gave title favorites Al-Ahly of Egypt a 2-0 victory over Cotonsport Garoua of Cameroon on Sunday in the first leg of the African Champions League final. The result just about leaves the destiny of the $1 million first ...
Gamal Mubarak says question of succession premature.
Nov 03, 2008 ... CAIRO: The question of succession within the National Democratic Party (NDP) was posed to President Hosni Mubarak's son Gamal during the ruling party's fifth annual conference, who responded by inferring that such a question was premature. Asked by reporters Sunday about the ...
Al Khan 5 November 2008.
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An official reception.
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Sacha Baron Cohen crashes LA rally as 'Bruno'.
Nov 04, 2008 ... Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as his alter ego Bruno on Sunday by crashing a rally in support of a ballot measure that would ban gay marriage in California. The British comedian is working on a film based on the fictional character Bruno, a gay Austrian fashion reporter who ...
DiCaprio says Obama embodies 'dreams of America'.
Nov 04, 2008 ... Leonardo DiCaprio is crossing his fingers for a US election win by Democrat Barack Obama and said Monday he believes the rest of the world is, too. "I think it is the true ideals and dreams of America to have an African-American president named Barack Obama to be the ...
Italy's Veronesi picks up French book prize.
Nov 04, 2008 ... Italy's Sandro Veronesi picked up France's prestigious Femina prize for best foreign author Monday, while Jean-Louis Fournier won the French writer's prize with a book on having handicapped children. Veronesi was awarded the prize for his 2005 bestseller "Caos calmo" (Quiet ...
THE REEL ESTATE: In the land of knuckleheads and losers.
Nov 04, 2008 ... Hot on the heels of this year's Best Picture Oscar winner "No Country for Old Men," the anticipation for The Coen Brothers' latest release "Burn After Reading" couldn't be more vehement. I waited patiently in a long queue to buy my ticket -- The Brothers, along with Terrance ...
A Middle Eastern Union?
Nov 04, 2008 ... TOLEDO, SPAIN: This autumn, the Toledo International Centre for Peace convened a meeting devoted to water cooperation in the Middle East. One conclusion that emerged was that any effective response to the unequal distribution of natural resources in the region must be regional. With this ...
Towards a winning Palestinian strategy.
Nov 04, 2008 ... AMMAN: I must say I wasn't surprised when I read the statements made by outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. I had been informed by an Israeli friend of mine about Olmert's dramatic conversion over the past few years, and especially last ...
Keeping our friends in the Muslim world: it's not about the feel-good factor.
Nov 04, 2008 ... LONDON: Covering developments in Pakistan in recent weeks, I've been struck by how many Pakistanis blame the United States for the disturbing turn their country is taking. Standing inside the gutted Islamabad Marriott late September, some eyewitnesses saved their most bitter remarks not ...
IN FOCUS: Why Opposition Coalitions fail in Egypt ?
Nov 04, 2008 ... Perhaps the only time an opposition coalition succeeded was in the 1919 Revolution, when the entire political movement spectra united in a revolution against the monarchy and British occupation. This coalition succeeded unexpectedly. One of its fruits was the establishment of the liberal ...
News in brief.
Nov 04, 2008 ... Egypt to be added to Dow Jones Islamic index The Dow Jones Indexes announced that Bahrain, China, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Turkey and the UAE will be added to the Dow Jones Islamic Market World Index and all of its sub-indexes ...
Mobinil says interconnect rates unfair.
Nov 04, 2008 ... CAIRO: Mobinil, one of Egypt's three mobile operators, said it could accept a drop in interconnection rates but that levels suggested by the regulator were "not reasonable." The firm said on Monday a change in interconnection rates between it and state-owned fixed-line monopoly ...
Samsung expects regional business to 'remain robust'.
Nov 04, 2008 ... CAIRO: At times when major corporations are jittery about sustaining their businesses -- especially those with international reach -- Samsung Electronics is looking forward to further growth in the region. "Even though global economy is tumbling, we expect strong growth from ...