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Michel was fired after the Cairo giants' suffered their fifth loss of the league season at the weekend. The 2-0 defeat by Police Union leaves Zamalek 15 points behind their great rivals Al Ahly, who top the table. Hassan is...

Border police said the man, described as in his twenties and of unknown sub-Saharan origin, ignored orders to stop. At least 17 migrants have been killed at the Egypt-Israel border in 2009. Human rights activists have previously criticized Egypt for...

Muslims traditionally wear their best or new clothes during Eid al-Adha The Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha is a time for feast and family for Muslims across Egypt. And as the BBC's Eva Dadrian reports, the economic slowdown and swine...

It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13,000 years ago are almost certainly fossilised bacteria. The so-called bio-morphs are embedded beneath the surface layers of the rock, suggesting that they were already...

Hamas 'debating Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal' Members of the Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, are in Cairo to discuss a prisoner swap for the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, reports say. Hamas and Israel are said to be close to...

President Shimon Peres prepared to go to Cairo on Sunday for a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, expected to focus on the diplomatic process with the Palestinians, Iran and kidnapped soldier St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit. Peres met with Prime Minister...

Parts of Cairo are under police lockdown amid some of the worst football violence ever seen in the region. More than a thousand security personnel deployed to protect the Algerian embassy and other key locations came under attack from angry...

Never mind the "hand of Henry" – the "foot of Yahia" has caused an even greater World Cup fallout in north Africa as rioting erupted in the early hours of yesterday morning in Cairo. It was Algerian defender Antar Yahia's...