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Egypt bloggers reveal new torture case 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 9:20 AM
Egypt's politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the regime's security services amid a rising tide of outrage over police brutality.Egypt denies delivering weapons to arm pro-Abbas forces People's Daily - Feb 01 4:15 PM
An Egyptian official in Gaza Thursday denied Hamas' allegation that weapons has been sent to the Gaza Strip through Egypt to arm forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Egypt bloggers reveal new torture case TODAYonline - Feb 01 9:31 AM
An Egyptian human right activist with chained hands protests against torture in police stations in Cairo in January 2007. Egypt's politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the regime's security services amid a rising tide of outrage over police brutality.Ridding Egypt of socialism Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:42 AM
"Egypt has not seen such a large number of proposed amendments since 1980," President Hosni Mubarak told the nation on 26 December, in reference to his 34 suggested changes to the constitution. Topping the list are 14 articles dealing with three aspects of economic policy.More violent incidents foreseen along fenceless border with Egypt J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California - Feb 01 12:59 PM
jerusalem | A suicide attack that killed three people in an Eilat bakery this week once again shows the threat that Israel faces from Palestinian terror organizations trying to enter Israel over the fenceless border with Egypt.Diana Haddad celebrates her victory in Egypt Al Bawaba - Feb 01 11:35 AM
Lebanese singer Diana Haddad has won the Annual Lion s Award for Best Female Arab Singer for 2006. She will attend the awards ceremony in Egypt on February 11 to formally receive her award.Irish trade delegation to visit Egypt before end of year Sunday Business Post - Feb 01 8:24 AM
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern has confirmed that there will be an Irish trade mission to Egypt before the end of this year. Mr Ahern made the announcement after talks with Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister in Cairo today on his four-day trip to the Middle East.Irish trade delegation to visit Egypt before end of year Belfast Telegraph - Feb 01 5:00 AM
Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has confirmed that there will be an Irish trade mission to Egypt before the end of this year. Mr Ahern made the announcement after talks with Egypt's Trade and Industry Minister in Cairo today on his four-day trip to the Middle East.Uhde to build turnkey propylene/polypropylene complex in Egypt Rubber World - Feb 01 7:50 AM
Egypt/Germany -- Egyptian Propylene & Polypropylene Company (EPPC), under the lead of Oriental Weavers Group, has commissioned Uhde, a company in the technologies segment of the ThyssenKrupp Group, to build a turnkey petrochemical complex in Port Said, some 170 kilometres north-east of Cairo.Egypt censors Zorba the Greek, Kundera at book fair AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 11:45 AM
The Egyptian government censored several Egyptian and foreign titles at its annual book fair, including the classic novel "Zorba the Greek" as well as books by Czech author Milan Kundera, a Lebanese publisher said.Africa: Egypt Jets in Today AllAfrica.com - Feb 01 4:21 AM
Egypt, a nation widely deemed favourites for the upcoming 2007 All Africa Games qualifiers/Zone V Basketball Championships due in Kigali, is expected to jet in the country today.Kenya: Egypt's Police Win Second Tie to Enter Final AllAfrica.com - Feb 01 1:51 AM
Police Union of Egypt have qualified for the final of the Crown Berger Africa hockey club championship after winning their second match against Ghana's Golden Sticks at City Park Stadium yesterday.Egypt: Trial of blogger expands realm of repression Amnesty International - Jan 31 4:56 PM
Amnesty International today called for the immediate and unconditional release of Karim Amer, the first Egyptian blogger to be tried for writing blogs criticizing Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities, President Husni Mubarak and Islam.Egypt proposes unified Palestinian force The Washington Times - Jan 31 5:41 PM
Egypt is lobbying Palestinians to form a force made up of members of all Palestinian factions, to try to resolve the crisis in the Palestinian Authority.Kuwait fund's contribution to development in Egypt, Morocco quite tangible The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 01 3:01 AM
Contributions of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, namely the financing of development ventures in Egypt and Morocco have been "quite effective and positive," according to officials.Egypt's Minister of International Cooperation Dr. Fayza .Egypt emerge champs, SA finish third Gulf Times - Feb 01 12:30 AM
EGYPT produced a late resurgence to drub Belarus 4-1 and emerge champions in the sixth edition of the Under-23 International friendly football tournament at the Qatar Sports Club here yesterday.BP Egypt announces Gas discovery in the offshore West Nile Delta Zawya - Feb 01 12:02 AM
01 February 2007 BP Egypt BP Egypt announced today that it has drilled a successful well, Giza North-1, in the North Alexandria concession held by BP, RWE Dea and EGPC/EGAS. The well encountered a significant gas accumulation as part of a large channel complex.Egypt new torture case revealed News 24 South Africa - Feb 01 12:54 AM
Egypt's politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the regime's security services.Egypt to start building satellite to control air traffic: official People's Daily - Jan 31 4:45 PM
Egypt will start to manufacture an Egyptian satellite to control air traffic in a few weeks, a senior Egyptian official said on Wednesday.Ancient Egypt series gets new venue Courier-Post - Jan 31 1:19 PM
Camden County College's "Ancient Egypt in the New Kingdom" lecture series has been relocated to the 660-seat Dennis Flyer Memorial Theatre, on the Blackwood campus, due to a high volume of advance demand.Report warns Egypt against ignoring troubled Sinai AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 11:12 AM
Continued discriminatory policies against the population of Egypt's Sinai risk giving rise to further terrorist activity in the peninsula, a report warned.Egypt: Al-Jazeera Producer to Be Tried On Charges of "Harming National Interest" AllAfrica.com - Jan 31 12:40 PM
Reporters Without Borders has condemned a 27 January 2007 decision by judicial authorities to initiate trial proceedings against Al-Jazeera TV producer Howayda Taha on a charge of "harming national interest" in a documentary she was preparing about police torture in Egypt.Kenya/Egypt: Police No Match for Champs Egypt's Sharkia AllAfrica.com - Jan 31 3:09 PM
Kenya Police succumbed to a humiliating 3-0 defeat against defending champions, Sharkia from Egypt in the ongoing Africa Cup of Club Champions match played at City Park Stadium.Egypt needs to tackle Sinai tensions - report AlertNet - Jan 31 6:51 AM
Source: Reuters CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Egypt will not end militancy in its Sinai peninsula, where bombs have killed more than 100 people since 2004, until it tackles political and socio-economic grievances there, ... Turkey warns Lebanon and Egypt on drilling rights at sea International Herald Tribune - Jan 30 1:53 PM
Turkey warned Lebanon and Egypt on Tuesday not to press ahead with oil and gas exploration deals they have signed with Cyprus, saying Turkey and Turkish Cypriots also had rights in the region.Egypt cleric lawyer says had no access to files AlertNet - Jan 31 4:51 AM
Source: Reuters By Aziz El-Kaissouni CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A lawyer for a Muslim cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in Italy and handed to Egypt said he had been denied access to medical reports that ... BP Egypt: Huge gas well discovered Mena Report - Jan 31 7:44 AM
BP Egypt announced Wednesday that it had drilled a successful well, Giza North-1, in the North Alexandria concession held by BP, RWE Dea and EGPC/EGAS. The well encountered a significant gas accumulation as part of a large channel complex.BP Egypt announces gas discovery in the offshore West Nile Delta AME Info - Jan 31 5:23 AM
BP Egypt announced that it has drilled a successful well, Giza North-1, in the North Alexandria concession held by BP, RWE Dea and EGPC/EGAS.BP finds more gas in Egypt EARTHtimes.org - Jan 31 8:41 AM
Oil has been found in the offshore West Nile Delta, BP Egypt said Wednesday.Vodafone Egypt Launches paybox' TopUp Mobiliser -- Taking North Africa to the Next Level in m-Commerce [Press Release] PR Web - Jan 31 10:47 AM
With the paybox TopUp Mobiliser, Vodafone Egypt re-invents its prepaid card distribution processes to increase transparency across a layered network of more than 5.000 merchants and to lift their 5 million subscribers to the Next Level of mobile Commerce. (PRWeb Jan 31, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/chachingpr.php/Q291cC1TcXVhLU1hZ24tWmV0YS1NYWduLVplcm8=Zlatan absent from Sweden squad for Egypt friendly Reuters.co.uk - Jan 31 1:56 AM
STOCKHOLM, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been left out of the Sweden squad to face Egypt in a friendly next month while Henrik Larsson has refused to change his mind about retiring from the national side.(AFX UK Focus) 2007-01-31 14:04 GMT: Centamin Egypt expects to commission Sukari gold project plant in July 2008 Interactive Investor - Jan 31 6:17 AM
LONDON (AFX) - Centamin Egypt Ltd said it expects to commission its Sukari gold project plant in July 2008, assuming a go-ahead decision in February and subject to project financing being completed in the second quarter.Vodafone Egypt Launches paybox' TopUp Mobiliser -- Taking North Africa to the Next Level in m-Commerce [Press Release] PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 9:10 AM
Frankfurt, Germany, (PRWeb) January 31, 2007 -- paybox, the trendsetting company for mobile payment enterprise solutions, announced the launch of the paybox TopUp Mobiliser for Vodafone Egypt.Free jailed blogger, human rights groups urge Egypt Guardian Unlimited - Feb 01 7:42 AM
Human rights groups call for immediate release of Karim Amer, first Egyptian blogger to be put on trial after he criticised President Hosni Mubarak and Islam.Egypt steps on the press as it backtracks on democratic reform The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Jan 30 12:00 AM
Court proceedings started Sunday against Howaida Taha, an Al Jazeera journalist arrested while producing a documentary on police torture in Egypt. She's charged with harming national interests and faces five years in prison.Girls basketball spotlight: Kelly Cameron, New Egypt Burlington County Times - Jan 31 5:06 AM
New Egypt High School forward Kelly Cameron gives new meaning to leading by example.Turkey sends warships to Cyprus amid row over oil deals: report AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 12:55 AM
Turkey has sent warships to international waters off Cyprus amid a growing row over oil and gas exploration deals the island's internationally recognised government signed with Egypt and Lebanon, the NTV news channel reported.Royal Philharmonic in Egypt AME Info - Jan 30 7:39 PM
London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is putting on concerts in Cairo and Alexandria, making Egypt the first country in the Middle East and Africa to host its performances. The Cairo concert was held on Tuesday night, while a performance will take place at the Alexandria Opera House on 1 February.Egypt set sights on title Gulf Times - Jan 30 10:17 PM
Sports Reporter STRONG contenders Egypt will be keen to pick up their third title when they take on Belarus in the final of the Under-23 International friendly football tournament at the Qatar Sports Club today.Two Tunisian players in Egypt's Zamalek tried for attacking policeman People's Daily - Jan 30 5:51 PM
Two Tunisian soccer players with Egypt's famed Zamalek club, Wissem El-Abdi and Yamen ben Zekri, are expected to go on trial Thursday on charge of assaulting a policeman, local soccer news website filgoal.com reported on Tuesday.BP Egypt Finds 1 Trillion Cubic Feet Gas Offshore Egypt Rigzone - Jan 30 11:06 AM
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum Tuesday said BP Egypt, a unit of BP PLC (BP), has discovered more than 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean Sea.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.Egyptian bloggers shed light on new case of torture by police The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 01 1:22 PM
Egypt's politically active blogger community has brought to light another torture case against the security services amid a rising tide of outrage over police brutality. On Saturday, lawyers from the Association for Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA) will go to court in a last-ditch effort to keep alive the case against.Hotlinks Tiscali - Feb 01 4:15 PM
Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor looked to have won the north London derby for Arsenal with a 77th-minute strike, only for Egypt striker Mido to head Spurs an 85th-minute equaliser just five minutes after coming off the bench.Palestinian truce in jeopardy The Australian - Feb 01 10:48 AM
The troubles erupted outside the entrance to the Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps in the heart of the territory, where a presidential guardsman loyal to Fatah was shot dead after Hamas gunmen ambushed a supply convoy from Egypt.Egypt court orders release of Islamist students AFP via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 3:43 AM
The Cairo criminal court has ordered the release of 42 students affiliated with the opposition Muslim Brotherhood held since December, a security source said.Lanka-Egypt MoU on cultural co-operation Daily News - Jan 30 12:45 PM
COLOMBO : Sri Lankan and Egypt Governments signed a long term Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in connection with cultural cooperation in Cairo recently. This MoU covers a vast range of fields, Cultural Affairs Ministry sources said.Tajik leader seeks economic ties on visits to Egypt, Syria Khaleej Times - Jan 30 7:02 AM
MOSCOW - Tajikistan s President Emomali Rakhmonov will visit Egypt and Syria next week to discuss political, economic and security issues, an official in his office said Tuesday.Posted: 01-02-2007 , 19:18 GMT Al Bawaba - Feb 01 11:27 AM
Lebanese television announcer Razan Moughrabi is preparing to film a music video for her latest song written by Egyptian singer Tamer Husni. Razan said that she reached an agreement with director Waleed Nasef to film the clip on location Egypt.Bernd Erbel: Germany's moment Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:47 AM
Egypt has a tremendously powerful emotional association for Bernd Erbel. The country has multifaceted associations for this most genial German Ambassador to Egypt, all nostalgic. He returns to the Egypt he loves dearly at a most opportune moment.Beyond dichotomies Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:45 AM
Lamenting Egypt's declining influence over regional politics has become a commonplace in newspaper commentaries as well as TV stations, especially after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. Pundits frequently express nostalgia for the 1950s and 1960s, when Egypt was perceived as the powerhouse of the Arab World.Irish trade mission for Egypt this year Ireland Business World - Feb 01 7:04 AM
Business World is a service of Media World Ltd. All rights reserved. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the data provided, neither Media World Ltd nor its agents or representatives will be responsible for any loss or damage on the part of users however caused.BP in major gas find off Egypt coast Sharewatch - Jan 30 8:40 AM
The discovery was made 668 metres below sea level north of Alexandria by BP Egypt and is equivalent to half of Egypt's annual gas consumption, the ministry said in a statement.Ibrahimovic declines Sweden recall CNN.com - Jan 31 9:12 AM
Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has turned down a recall to the Sweden squad to face Egypt in a friendly next month while Henrik Larsson has refused to change his mind about retiring from the national side.The path to power Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:45 AM
What would happen should the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) take power in Egypt?Hamas accuses Arab country of arming Fatah Middle East Online - Feb 01 8:09 AM
Four Palestinians killed in Gaza clashes as Hamas confiscates shipment sent from Egypt heading for Fatah.Readers' corner Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:46 AM
Sir-- In ' Mathematics in Ancient Egypt ' ( Al-Ahram Weekly 25-31 January) Assem Deif emphasises the alignment with true north of the Great Pyramid, even contrasting it with a famous astronomical site in Paris.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: Once-Barren Hills Bear Fruit With WFP's Help AllAfrica.com - Jan 31 11:12 AM
Mangoes and cantaloupes are springing up in the hills along the river Nile in a WFP-assisted project to help poor Egyptian farmers prosper. WFP spokesperson Khaled Mansour went to see the flourishing crops in the previously arid area.Amnesty International UK OneWorld - Feb 01 6:48 AM
Amnesty International UK is the UK section of Amnesty International, the worldwide voluntary movement of people campaigning for human rights. 02/01/2007 A call has been made for the immediate release of Karim Amer, the first Egyptian blogger to be tried for writing blogs criticising Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities, President Husni Mubarak, and Islam.Abbas guard occupies Gaza Islamic university as fighting rages AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
The guard of Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas has occupied Gaza Islamic University, a bastion of Hamas, a security source said as new clashes threatened to destroy a three-day truce between warring factions Fatah and Hamas and shooting spread like wildfire through the Gaza Strip.After 460 Years ERT.gr - Feb 01 8:29 AM
Deputy Foreign Minister Theodoros Kassimis and Patriarch of Alexandria Theodoros, who is paying an official visit to Greece, announced today the re-opening of the Patriarchal School in Alexandria, Egypt after remaining closed for 460 years.Shootout in Gaza deepens bitter split among Palestinians International Herald Tribune - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
A fragile truce broke down when Hamas members fired on a convoy from the rival Fatah group.U.N. Secretary General hopes Quartet meeting will produce action on Mideast USA Today - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the four parties working to advance a stalled Mideast peace process to tackle the key obstacles to peace during their meeting Friday, stressing that action, not "mere statements," were needed, U.N. officials said.In Uproar, Chirac Again Retracts Remarks on Nuclear Iran New York Times - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
President Jacques Chirac reaffirmed that France remained committed to preventing Iran from becoming a nuclear power.Shootout in Gaza Deepens Bitter Split New York Times - Feb 01 5:13 PM
A fragile truce broke down when Hamas members fired on a convoy from the rival Fatah group, killing six people.Egypt: Hamas ready to recognize Israel UPI - Jan 29 7:49 PM
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.Amnesty calls for Egyptian blogger's release Infomatics - Feb 01 5:25 AM
Amnesty International has hit out at the trial of an Egyptian blogger, which it claims expands repression in the country. Karim Amer is the first Egyptian blogger to be put on trial after he criticised Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities, President Husni Mubarak and Islam.Closings and Cancellations Top Advice on Flu Outbreak New York Times - Feb 01 6:13 PM
Officials said the measures would greatly disrupt public life, but argued that they would provide the time needed to produce vaccines and would save lives.Reeves: Any new wonders in the world? Daily News Journal - Feb 01 3:39 AM
Well, Egypt has been insulted. Apparently, some filmmaker has come up with a competition naming the new "Seven Wonders of the World." The concept, of course, is based on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, of which six are no longer with us.Gaza truce in jeopardy as six Palestinians killed AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 1:25 PM
Six Palestinians were killed as new clashes threatened to destroy a three-day truce between warring factions Fatah and Hamas and shooting spread like wildfire through the Gaza Strip.The 'axis of fear' is born Asia Times - Feb 01 2:46 AM
The Bush administration, in a sense, is getting what it wants in the wider Middle East. To battle a fictitious Shi'ite crescent (a construct by Jordan's King Abdullah), it has emboldened even more a reactionary Sunni crescent (Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates), thus exacerbating to a paroxysm the "strategy" it has already applied in Iraq: sectarianism as the golden ...Hamas gunmen ambush Gaza convoy, six killed Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 4:36 PM
Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamist group said was a convoy carrying military equipment to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's guard unit in Gaza on Thursday and six people were killed, local residents said.Egypt: Egypt Recommends African Countries Sending Troops to Somalia AllAfrica.com - Jan 31 4:59 AM
The Egyptian government has voiced on Wednesday the indispensability that the African peacekeepers planned for Somalia should accomplish certain conditions of restoring peace and tranquility in the country.Book Review: Palestine - Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter Blogcritics.org - Feb 01 4:24 AM
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter is committed to the idea of peace. He helped broker the peace treatment between Egypt and Israel after they were unable to come to agreement amongst themselves. He has long engaged in second-track diplomacy efforts in places such as Haiti and North Korea. The Carter Center has monitored elections around the world and provided forums to discuss ways to ...RELATED NEWS Zawya - Feb 01 2:02 AM
31 January 2007 On January 24, Egypt took a major stride towards revitalising the country's long dormant gold mining industry.U.S. advises states on what to do in event of bird flu International Herald Tribune - Feb 01 3:41 PM
The federal government suggests closing schools and staggering working hours, among many other things, in the event of an avian-flu pandemic.Fundamentally Freund: Egypt's Failure to Combat Terror Israel National News - Jan 29 11:23 PM
(IsraelNN.com) The suicide bombing in Eilat yesterday, which killed three Israelis, should raise serious some questions about Egypt's unwillingness, or inability, to combat terror.Franklin Institute's Tut exhibit expected to enrich area coffers Gloucester County Times - Feb 01 12:18 AM
At the Franklin Institute, they expect to do a normal year's business this year in less than seven months. An estimated 1.3 million visitors are expected to pass through the Philadelphia science museum by the end of September lured by the legend, lore and belongings of Egypt's boy king, Tutankhamun.Truce in jeopardy as five Palestinians killed AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 10:20 AM
Five Palestinians were killed as new clashes threatened to destroy a three-day truce between warring factions Fatah and Hamas and shooting spread like wildfire through the Gaza Strip.Cleric s lawyer says he had no access to files Gulf Times - Feb 01 12:11 AM
CAIRO: A lawyer for a Muslim cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in Italy and handed to Egypt said he had been denied access to medical reports that might back his client s allegations he was tortured in custody.Egypt slams bid to update wonders list The Washington Times - Jan 30 9:16 PM
CAIRO Officials here are 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 structures from the traditional list of architectural marvels -- must compete for a spot.Shootings end short truce in Gaza International Herald Tribune - Feb 01 12:46 PM
The fragile cease-fire between Palestinian factions broke down when Hamas members of the security forces fired on a convoy from the rival Fatah faction, touching off a gun battle that killed 5 and wounded about 30 in the coastal territory.Excerpts of Chirac's comments on Iran AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 11:29 AM
Excerpts from French President Jacques Chirac's interviews with three publications.Holy Land Comes to Oklahoma The Morning News - Feb 01 1:37 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 Shootout Kills 5 as Truce Breaks Down New York Times - Feb 01 11:28 AM
Members of Hamas today fired on a convoy from the rival Fatah faction, touching off an intense gun battle. Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - Jan 31 11:04 PM
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.Four Palestinians killed, truce in jeopardy AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 8:42 AM
Four Palestinians have been killed in renewed clashes that jeopardised a three-day truce between warring factions Fatah and Hamas as shooting spread like wildfire through the Gaza Strip.BP finds Egyptian gas AME Info - Jan 31 7:53 PM
BP Egypt has made a significant gas find in the offshore West Nile delta. The oil major discovered more than 1m cubic feet of gas through its Giza North-1 well. Another well is planned to appraise the Giza complex.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.Chirac backtracks after gaffe on Iran bomb threat Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 11:53 AM
French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sudden departure from the position France has long held with key allies.U.S. Issues Guidelines in Case of Flu Pandemic New York Times - Feb 01 11:43 AM
Health officials said the measures would hugely disrupt public life, but they argued that they would be necessary.Attacks, Bombings Kill 62 Across Iraq Time Magazine - Feb 01 10:59 AM
Suicide bombers kill 45 in market attack CNN.com - Feb 01 10:38 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Thursday in a crowded outdoor market in a Shiite city south of Baghdad, killing 45 people and wounding 150, police said.Chirac sets record straight on Iran after blunder AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 10:59 AM
French President Jacques Chirac said that a nuclear-armed Iran was unacceptable, setting the record straight after stating that Tehran's possession of the bomb would not be "very dangerous."Egypt/Kenya: Hockey - Egypt's Police Union Stop Forces AllAfrica.com - Jan 29 3:22 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.Attacks, Bombings Kill 27 Across Iraq Time Magazine - Feb 01 10:14 AM
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The Exodus from Egypt New Archaeological Evidence: Myth or History? The Community Calendar is open to eligible local organizations. Contact the Cumberlink Internet Director for more information.Chirac backtracks after Iran bomb threat brush off Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 10:09 AM
French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sharp departure from France's position and the stance of close allies.Hamas gunmen ambush Gaza convoy, five killed Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 10:17 AM
Palestinian Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamist group said was a convoy carrying weapons to President Mahmoud Abbas's guard unit in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and five people were killed, local residents said.