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Egypt puts financial squeeze on opposition Islamists 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 9:49 AM
Egypt has tightened the noose on the opposition Muslim Brothers by freezing the assets of the Islamist movement's financiers it accuses of seeking to revive the group's secret apparatus.Egypt Derides 7 Wonders Of World Contest CBS News - Jan 29 9:28 AM
Egypt is scoffing at a global contest to name the new seven wonders of the world, saying it is a disgrace that the ancient Pyramids of Giza _ the only surviving structure from the traditional list of architectural marvels _ must compete for a spot.Egypt: Hamas ready to recognize Israel UPI - 2 hours, 6 minutes ago
CAIRO, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Egypt's top political adviser to the president says the Palestinian Hamas movement is ready to recognize Israel if the latter talks with the group.Egypt/Kenya: Hockey - Egypt's Police Union Stop Forces AllAfrica.com - Jan 29 3:25 PM
Egypt's Police Union proved too wily for Kenya's Armed Forces and ran away with a deserved 1-0 victory as the Africa Cup of Clubs championship started at the refurbished City Park stadium, Nairobi, yesterday.Egypt paper blames Iran for murder of diplomat AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 28 12:01 PM
Iranian intelligence services were responsible for kidnapping and killing Egypt's top diplomat in Iraq two years ago, the state-owned flagship daily Al-Ahram reported.Egypt frets Pyramids could lose top-7 rank Seattle Times - Jan 29 12:26 AM
Cairo, Egypt -- Egypt is scoffing at a global contest to name the new seven wonders of the world, saying it is a disgrace that the ancient...RF, Egypt agree on date of anti-terrorism group session FM Itar-Tass - Jan 29 9:12 AM
MOSCOW, January 29 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Egypt have agreed on the date of a session of the inter-departmental group for counteracting international terrorism, the Foreign Ministry reported on Monday.Egypt scorns new 7 wonders contest Sun-Sentinel - Jan 29 12:14 AM
CAIRO, Egypt · Egypt is scoffing at a global contest to name the new seven wonders of the world, saying it is a disgrace that the ancient Pyramids of Giza -- the only surviving structure from the traditional list of architectural marvels -- must compete for a spot.Egypt wants more foreign investment in mining sector Mena Report - Jan 29 5:26 AM
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, have signed an agreement for a technical assistance project to strengthen Egypt s framework for private sector mining investments.World News: Tele Atlas launches digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt Telematics Update - Jan 29 7:10 AM
Tele Atlas has expanded its digital map coverage to 64 countries across six continents, with the addition of digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt. (1/29/2007)Egypt pans 7 Wonders vote Richmond Times-Dispatch - Jan 28 9:20 PM
CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt is scoffing at a global contest to name the new Seven Wonders of the World. Egyptians are saying it is a disgrace that the ancient Pyramids of Giza - the only surviving structure from the traditional list - must compete for a spot.Egypt Derides 7 Wonders of World Contest ABC News - Jan 28 11:35 AM
Egypt Scoffs at Popular 'New 7 Wonders of the World' Contest, Refusing to Meet With OrganizerEgypt freezes assets of 29 Brotherhood members The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 29 2:08 AM
Egypt's public prosecutor on Sunday froze the assets of 29 members of the Muslim rotherhood after accusing them of "money laundering and financing an illegal group," a judicial source said. The move applied to 29 members of the movement and their families, and marked the first time such measures - typically reserved for cases of fraud and embezzlement - were taken against the country's largest ...Egypt's Zamalek make home victory in African Champions League opener People's Daily - Jan 29 2:18 AM
Egypt's famed Zamalek, five-time African Champions League title based in Cairo, celebrated their African Champions League return with a thrashing 4-1 home win overBurundi's Vital'O in the first-leg of the competition's preliminary round on Sunday, local soccer news website filgoal.comreported.Egypt scoffs at new 7 wonders of the world contest Deccan Herald - Jan 28 10:24 PM
Egypt is scoffing at a global contest to name the new seven wonders of the world, saying it's a disgrace that the Pyramids of Giza - the only surviving structure from the original list of architectural marvels - must compete for a spot.Egypt steps on the press as it backtracks on democratic reform The Christian Science Monitor - Jan 29 2:19 PM
Two recent cases have caused journalists and bloggers to fear a government crackdown on freedom of expression. Iran blamed for killing of Egypt envoy in Iraq Gulf Times - Jan 28 9:29 PM
CAIRO: Iranian intelligence services were responsible for kidnapping and killing Egypt s top diplomat in Iraq two years ago, the state-owned flagship daily Al-Ahram reported yesterday.Egypt's Sedki stages a grand rally Khaleej Times - Jan 28 7:15 PM
DUBAI Marwan Sedki of Egypt swept aside early opposition from Saudi Arabia s Sunai Ounalla for a 6-7, 6-3, 7-6 victory in the third round qualifying match of the Emirates Academy Tennis Open tennis tournament at the Safa Park here on Saturday.Egypt scoffs at new 7 wonders of the world contest New Kerala - Jan 28 8:09 PM
Cairo, Jan 29: Egypt is scoffing at a global contest to name the new seven wonders of the world, saying it's a disgrace that the Pyramids of Giza - the only surviving structure from the original list of architectural marvels - must compete for a spot.Egypt's top cleric rules Islam bars women from presidency AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 27 12:26 PM
Islam bars women from becoming head of state, Egypt's top Muslim cleric or mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, ruled in an official fatwa or religious edict published.Egypt says Iran has no role in ex-diplomat assassination Islamic Republic News Agency - Jan 28 9:21 AM
Iran - Egypt - Diplomat Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Sunday rejected a claim by Al-Ahram daily that Iran was involved in the killing of Egypt's former ambassador to Iraq Ihab Sharif.Egypt denies suicide bomber entered Israel from Egypt People's Daily - Jan 29 4:28 PM
An Egyptian security source on Monday denied the report that suicide bomber in the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat earlier in the day entered Israel from the Egyptian border, a local Egyptian TV reported.Vintage Egypt: Cruising the Nile in the Golden Age of Travel The Globalist - Jan 27 11:22 PM
A Bugatti at the foot of the pyramids? A local sailboat transformed into a sumptuous yacht? A few tourists in white suits and Panama hats? These are the images of Egypt under the last kings, Fuad and Farouk, between 1917 and 1952.Free trade agreement with Egypt signed NZZ - Jan 28 1:22 AM
Switzerland and its fellow European Free Trade Association (Efta) members have signed a free trade agreement with Egypt. An economics ministry statement, issued on Saturday, also announced that Efta ministers had met the Indonesian trade minister with a view to concluding a similar accord.Egypt blood donations plunge after 'bags scandal' AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 28 11:53 AM
Egyptian health officials are scrambling to persuade people to give blood after a 70-percent plunge in donations caused by a scandal over "defective" blood bags.Palestinian suicide bomber kills 3 Israelis in Eilat International Herald Tribune - Jan 29 5:43 AM
The bomber reached the resort town by walking from Egypt, then hitching a ride from a motorist.Avian Influenza Causes More Human Deaths in Indonesia, Egypt U.S. Department of State - Jan 29 12:12 PM
U.S. Navy scientists and their Egyptian partners working in Cairo are helping confirm new human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in North Africa and the Middle East, and are building laboratory capacity in that region and elsewhere to allows scientists and technicians in many countries to quickly identify and diagnose human illness that arises from outbreaks of deadly bird flu in Asia ...Egypt urged to free blogger TVNZ - Jan 27 3:49 PM
US-based Human Rights Watch urged Egypt to free an opposition blogger on trial over writings that prosecutors charge defame Islam and insult President Hosni Mubarak.Egypt: Drop Charges Against Blogger Kansas City InfoZine - Jan 29 3:59 AM
Trial Shows Need to End Curbs on Free SpeechWill Libya one day be a member of the EU? Financial Times - Jan 29 6:28 PM
Is it conceivable that the European Union might expand to include Morocco, Libya or Egypt? Richard Jenkins, London Olli Rehn: Geographical, historical and cultural elements all contribute to the European identity. Values define Europe's borders as much as geography.Egyptian Paper Accuses Iranians of Complicity in Envoy?s Death New York Times - Jan 28 5:35 PM
Attributed to anonymous sources and denied by the foreign ministries of both Egypt and Iran, the report could strain already tense relations between the countries.Hassan El-Khatib named Managing Director on new MENA team AME Info - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group announced that Hassan El-Khatib will join the new Middle East and North Africa (MENA) team as a Managing Director advising on investments in Egypt and Northern Africa.Egypt Offers More Seats to Study Medicine BruDirect.com - Jan 27 6:59 PM
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam and Egypt will be embarking on a closer cooperation in the field of medicine with the training of healthcare professionals, more study opportunities for Bruneian students and increased employed opportunities for Egyptian doctors to practice in Brunei. Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - 9 minutes ago
We are standing under a concrete awning in the Great Western Desert of Egypt. The temperature is 104 degrees in the shade. Out on the road in the sun our Brunton compass reads 119 degrees.Works of art enter competition's fray The Southern Illinoisan - Jan 29 5:32 PM
MARION - Chris Brown admitted he didn't work very hard to earn his second-place ribbon in the Little Egypt Art Association's high school invitational.World Ag Markets Off to Busy Start Ag Report - Jan 29 8:21 AM
CHICAGO - Jan 29/07 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets opened the week on a busy note, helped by Egypt's weekend purchase of U.S. and Russian wheat and the announcement of tenders for grains and oilseeds by Jordan and the Philippines.Egyptian court orders release of 16 Brotherhood members People's Daily - Jan 29 5:12 PM
An Egyptian court Monday issued orders to release 16 members of the legally banned Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's official news agency MENA reported.Paper links Iran to Egyptian envoy's killing in Iraq San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 29 3:37 AM
A front-page article in Egypt's semi-official state newspaper on Sunday accused Iranian intelligence of involvement in the 2005 killing of Egypt's ambassador to Iraq. The report, which was denied by Egypt's Foreign Ministry and by a source at Iran's... Egypt Arrests Would-Be Suicide Bomber in Sinai Israel National News - Jan 29 1:49 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Egyptian security forces Sunday arrested a young terrorist who intended to stage a suicide bombing attack in Israel. There was no evidence whether the arrested man was connected with the suicide bomber who struck an Eilat bakery Monday morning.Iran involvement in Egypt assassination denied IranMania.com - Jan 28 10:17 PM
LONDON, January 29 (IranMania) - Tehran rejected an Egyptian press claim that it had been involved in the assassination of former Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, IRNA reported.Egypt: Hamas Will Recognize Israel in Return for Direct Talks Israel National News - Jan 29 12:19 PM
(IsraelNN.com) The Hamas terrorist organization, which heads the Palestinian Authority (PA) legislature, will recognize Israel if Jerusalem agrees to sit down at the negotiating table with its leaders, a senior Egyptian leader said.Opinion: The veil replaces rope in Egypt's tug of war New Straits Times - Jan 28 4:15 PM
The use of the hijab has long had the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood locked in a battle for public support. But now, Egyptian women are turning this Islamic dress into fashion, sparking new religious concerns for the competing forces, writes MICHAEL SLACKMAN.New vs Old: vying over the wonders The Hindu - Jan 29 11:37 AM
Egypt scoffs at a contestEgypt: MB Assets Frozen India Daily - Jan 29 7:40 AM
The Egyptian public prosecutor froze the assets of 29 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Jan. 29. Authorities said the people implicated were laundering money and financing an illegal organization. It was the first time the government has taken such action against the organziation.Egypt's top cleric rules Islam bars women from presidency INQ7.net - Jan 27 4:01 AM
CAIRO -- Islam bars women from becoming head of state, Egypt's top Muslim cleric or mufti, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, ruled in an official fatwa or religious edict published Saturday.In Egypt, a New Battle Begins Over the Veil New York Times - Jan 27 3:21 PM
For Islamists, the head scarf isn?t enough. And this scares the government.Hotlinks Tiscali - Jan 29 4:05 PM
Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for what was the first suicide attack in the Red Sea town, and named a 21-year-old from Gaza as the bomber. Israeli police said he infiltrated from Egypt.Expenditures on advertising on the rise in Arab markets Mena Report - Jan 29 12:53 PM
A recent financial study by the Pan Arab Research Center (PARC) revealed that expenditures on advertising in Gulf countries as well as those of the Arab Mashreq (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Oman) rose by a staggering 21 percent in 2006.Egypt blood donations plunge News 24 South Africa - Jan 28 9:53 PM
Egyptian health officials are scrambling to persuade people to give blood after a huge decline in donations caused by a scandal over "defective" blood bags.Rights group asks Egypt to free blogger Gulf News - Jan 27 7:21 AM
Cairo: US-based Human Rights Watch urged Egypt on Saturday to free a blogger on trial over writings that prosecutors claim defame Islam and insult President Hosni Mubarak.5:45AM The New Zealand Herald - Jan 29 9:03 AM
New Zealand's Jaclyn Hawkes has finished runner-up at the Dayton Squash Open in Ohio. The fifth seed, who upset New Zealand No 1 Shelley Kitchen in the semifinals, lost the decider to world No 9 Omneya Abdel Kawy of Egypt 9-5, 9-5, 3-9, 9-5.Fatah Blames Iran, Syria for Palestinian Violence Crosswalk.com - Jan 29 3:13 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Egypt and Saudi Arabia offered to mediate a truce between rival Palestinian factions, which were fighting each other for a fifth straight day on Monday.Rights group urges Egypt to drop charges against blogger AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 27 12:22 PM
Human Rights Watch urged Egyptian authorities to immediately free a blogger who faces up to nine years in prison for having criticised the country's Islamic authorities.Suicide Attack Is First in Israel in 9 Months New York Times - Jan 29 5:50 PM
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself inside a bakery in the Red Sea resort town of Eilat Monday.State paper blames Iran in death of ambassador Sun-Sentinel - Jan 29 12:14 AM
CAIRO, Egypt · A front-page article in Egypt's semi-official state newspaper on Sunday accused Iranian intelligence of involvement in the 2005 killing of Egypt's ambassador to Iraq, Ihab Al Sharif.Tele Atlas Expands Digital Map Coverage to 64 Countries SYS-CON Media - Jan 29 6:44 AM
Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, today announced the availability of digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, bringing the number of countries that Tele Atlas maps cover to 64 across six continents. The total amount of road coverage in the company's database now stands at 21.3 million ...Oakland boys elevated to No. 1 in Class AAA Daily News Journal - Jan 29 11:04 AM
Oakland's boys basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Class AAA Top 10 released today. The Patriots received six first place votes and were able to leap-frog Raleigh-Egypt, which received nine first place votes, into the top spot.Israel strikes Gaza following suicide attack AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
Israeli warplanes have launched their first attack against the Gaza Strip in two months, one day after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat.Israel weighs response to resort suicide attack AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
Israel is weighing its response after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed three people in the Red Sea resort of Eilat in the first such attack in the Jewish state in nine months.Israel bombs tunnel after Palestinian suicide attack kills 3 USA Today - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
A Palestinian suicide bomber killed three Israelis at a bakery Monday in the first such attack inside the country in nine months, and the two radical groups that claimed to have sent him said they were trying to end weeks of Palestinian infighting by taking aim at Israel instead.Super 25 boys basketball rankings USA Today - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
For the second consecutive week, no teams enter the Super 25 boys basketball rankings. St. Benedict's (Newark, N.J.) remained in the top spot while Huntington, W. Va. and Oak Hill Academy round out the top three. But expect some shake up this week with eight teams involved in key games, including seven ranked in the top 10.Associate pastor ends year abroad to settle in Ridge eld Northwest Herald - Jan 29 2:09 AM
RIDGEFIELD The Rev. Teri Peterson quickly learned to keep her green eyes averted when walking along the streets of Cairo, Egypt. As an American woman living in the Middle Eastern country, she had to learn to blend in with her female peers.Investigations of Terrorist Bombing Continue Israel National News - Jan 29 8:34 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Security forces continue to investigate Monday morning's suicide bombing attack in an Eilat bakery. Top security officials, including Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter, believe that the terrorist infiltrated Israel from Egypt.Spring Arts Preview: Arts Philly.com - Jan 29 8:10 AM
Two years of anticipation will finally end Saturday, T-Day in Philadelphia, when "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opens at the Franklin Institute. This city is the last of four American stops for this dazzling display of royal tomb treasures from ancient Egypt.Ways to End the Nightmare in Iraq (7 Letters) New York Times - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
To the Editor:.Diplomatic odd couple tries to avert war in Lebanon International Herald Tribune - Jan 29 6:43 PM
In an unusual collaboration, Iran and Saudi Arabia are mediating an agreement to end Lebanon's violent political crisis.Three Israelis died Monday when a human bomber blew himself up in a bakery in the southern resort town of Eilat the ... Al Jazeera - Jan 29 4:24 AM
Police say the explosion hit the Lehamin Bakery in a residential neighborhood at about 0940 (0740 GMT). Roadblocks have been set up outside Eilat, a popular diving resort that lies on the southern-most tip of Israel on the border with Egypt and Jordan.Egypt eyes 7.5% growth AME Info - Jan 26 8:09 PM
Egypt's economy should grow by around 7.5% this year, up from 7% last year, according to Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and cited by Reuters. Nazif said economic growth would take precedence over curbing rising inflation and distanced himself from possible interest rate hikes.Tutankhamen liked his wine white New Scientist - Jan 28 11:33 PM
Despite there being no record of white wine in Egypt until 1600 years after he died, it appears he had six jars of the stuff in his tomb Father Sues Airline After Wife Leaves Country With Child WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 3:47 PM
Didier Combe hasn't seen his 3-year-old-daughter, Chloe, since March of last year when his estranged wife boarded a Continental flight with their child, eventually making connections to Mexico City.Holy Land Comes to Oklahoma The Morning News - Jan 29 1:28 AM
Over the past couple of decades, a succession of special events in cities like Memphis and Chicago has allowed visitors to experience the Egypt of the pharaohs.Palestinian militants kill three in Eilat attack Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 9:40 AM
Palestinian militant groups mounted their first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months on Monday, killing 3 people in the Red Sea tourist resort of Eilat.Suicide bombing kills 3 in Eilat Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 9:12 AM
Palestinian militant groups carried out their first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months, killing 3 people in the resort of Eilat on Monday.Abbas in Cairo for talks with Mubarak AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 11:57 AM
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrived in Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak centring on violence in the Gaza Strip which has left 33 people dead in four days, an airport source said.Suicide bomber kills three in Israeli resort AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 10:31 AM
A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in a bakery in Israel's Red Sea resort of Eilat, killing three people in the first such attack in the Jewish state in nine months.Israel bakery bomber kills three CNN.com - Jan 29 11:11 AM
EILAT, Israel (AP) -- A Palestinian suicide bomber attacked a bakery in this southern Israeli resort town on Monday, killing himself and three people, police said. It was the first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months.Cairo denies report on Iran's involvement in Egyptian ambassador's abduction in Iraq People's Daily - Jan 28 4:58 PM
Egypt denied on Sunday a press report that the Iranian intelligence was behind the kidnapping and murder of a former Egyptian ambassador to Iraq in 2005, the official MENA news agency reported.Suicide bomber kills 3 at Israeli bakery AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 10:30 AM
A Palestinian suicide bomber attacked a bakery in this southern Israeli resort town on Monday, killing three people and himself, police said. It was the first suicide bombing in Israel in nine months and the first ever to hit Eilat, Israel's southernmost city.China's Hu to Visit Eight African States as Nation Seeks Oil Bloomberg.com - 10 minutes ago
Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will bring billions of dollars in investments and loans to eight African countries this week -- his second trip to Africa in a year -- in a bid to secure resources from oil to gold.Drive-by shooting injures one near Egypt Lake Tampa Bay's 10 - Jan 26 12:40 PM
Tampa, Florida - Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies are searching for two masked men in a drive-by shooting near the Egypt Lake area of the County.Kenya: Forces Start With Egypt's Police AllAfrica.com - Jan 26 3:16 PM
Former premier league champions Armed Forces start their men's campaign against in form Police Union of Egypt according to the draws released yesterday by the organising committee of the Africa Cup of Clubs Championship which kicks off on Monday at City Park Stadium.Mother of Eilat suicide bomber proud of her son AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 9:36 AM
Mohammed al-Siksek left his Gaza home two days ago. Family members have no idea how he reached Eilat to become Israel's latest suicide bomber, but they are proud of his "honourable" death in an attack that killed three people.Egyptians have been vocal against police torture and brutality[AFP] Aljazeera - Jan 28 2:29 PM
Egypt's public prosecutor has frozen the assets of 29 members of the Muslim Brotherhood and their families after accusing them of "money laundering and financing an illegal group", a judicial source has said.Egypt fumes over fresh seven wonders competition for pyramids AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 25 9:50 AM
Egypt is fuming over a competition to choose the world's "new seven wonders," deriding it as a marketing stunt that demeans the pyramids of Giza, the only surviving ancient wonder.Palestinian Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Israeli Resort City Washington Post - Jan 29 9:42 AM
JERUSALEM, Jan. 29 -- A 21-year-old Palestinian from the Gaza Strip blew himself up Monday inside a bakery in the Israeli resort city of Eilat, killing himself and all three people inside.MECC Health Program Conference for Christian Hospital Directors [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Jan 29 1:35 AM
A Conference organized by the MECC Unit on Life and Service/Health Program for Christian Hospitalsą Directors and Doctors took place on January 17, 2007 in Cairo Egypt. The Conference was hosted by H.H. Pope Schenouda III i n the Coptic Papal Residence.Tele Atlas Expands Digital Map Coverage to 64 Countries [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Jan 29 3:00 AM
HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tele Atlas , a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location based solutions, today announced the availability of digital maps for Saudi Arabia and Egypt, bringing the number of countries that Tele Atlas maps cover to 64 across six continents.Egypt produces first Jeep car in cooperation with US ArabicNews.com - Jan 27 9:55 PM
An Egyptian report said that the Egyptian Organization for Industrialization has succeeded in cooperation with the United States in producing first jeep car at its plants.Egypt's minister of religion rejects the veil Daily Telegraph - Jan 27 6:33 PM
The Egyptian government is embroiled in an angry dispute with conservative Muslims after trying to clamp down on women who cover their faces with a veil.Egypt's Orascom plans $500 mln 7-yr bond -banker Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Jan 26 6:10 AM
LONDON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Telecom plans to sell a $500 million seven-year bond after a roadshow, a banker familiar with the sale said on Friday.Factional clashes renew in Gaza despite mediation efforts People's Daily - Jan 28 5:43 PM
Armed clashes between Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement recurred in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night, in spite of the ongoing mediation efforts by Egypt and Saudi Arabia.Africa serves as inspiration to Palestinian cause: Abbas AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 8:43 AM
Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas has told African leaders that their fight for independence served as an inspiration to his people's quest for statehood.Brave Rwandans stun Congolese in Champions League AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 29 8:31 AM
Rwandan army club APR have provided the shock of the first African Champions League qualifiers with a 2-1 triumph over Saint Eloi Lupopo in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend.Study: Tens of thousands fleeing Baghdad's violence Los Angeles Times - Jan 29 6:37 PM
WASHINGTON -- Sectarian violence has driven 181,000 Baghdad residents from their homes in the past three months, and more than 1 million more could be forced to flee in the next six months if trends continue, an international relief group said Monday. Intel head links technology, health care USA Today - Jan 29 6:58 AM
New technologies are ready to be used to advance health care, while a plan to bring computers and fast Internet access to the developing world is being undertaken, the chairman of Intel said in an interview Saturday.Bird Flu Mutations Found Northwest Florida Daily News - Jan 28 5:11 PM
LONDON Mutations in the bird flu virus have been found in two infected people in Egypt, in a form that might be resistant to the medication most commonly used to treat the deadly disease, the World Health Organization said Thursday.Egyptian daily accuses Iran of killing diplomat The Daily Star Lebannon - Jan 28 12:53 PM
Iranian intelligence services were responsible for kidnapping and killing Egypt's top diplomat in Iraq two years ago, the state-owned flagship daily Al-Ahram reported Sunday. Unidentified "diplomatic sourcs" quoted by the newspaper said that Ihab al-Sharif, Egypt's ambassador-designate to Iraq.Suicide Bomb Kills 3 at Bakery in Israel New York Times - Jan 29 6:22 AM
It was the first suicide bombing inside Israel in nine months. And the location made it even more unusual.Egypt under Amitabh Bachchan's spell Daily News - Jan 26 12:29 PM
EGYPT : It is not only in India that Amitabh Bachchan is "Big B", an unparalleled icon of the masses, he has cast his spell over far-away Egypt too.Leaping into the future CNN.com - Jan 29 4:02 AM
"I never think of the future" Albert Einstein once said, "It comes soon enough". But at the beginning of the 21st Century even the great scientist might have been taken aback by the pace of scientific and engineering advances of recent times.