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Egypt Soccer-Al Ahli win record-equaling Super Cup title 
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Egypt's Al Ahli added another continental title to a long list of successes with a record-equaling third African Super Cup title on Sunday.Egypt's Ahly retain Super Cup BBC News - Feb 18 6:50 AM
African champions Ahly of Egypt retain the Super Cup after defeating Tunisia's Etoile Sahel on penalties in Ethiopia.Damac, Egypt office AME Info - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
Damac Properties has opened its first office in Egypt following the announcement in early December of the $16.3bn Gamsha Bay project near Hurghada on the Red Sea coast.Mutant in Egypt's bird flu virus not increased danger: WHO AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 17 8:12 AM
A mutation in the deadly bird flu virus that has appeared in Egypt has not made the killer disease deadlier despite making it more drug-resistant, said World Health Organisation regional spokesman Ibrahim al-Kerdany.2007 Proton Gen-2 from Egypt - Comments Carsurvey.org - Feb 18 10:25 AM
Hey dude, very nice car indeed. I am in Egypt too I got my new Gen2 Auto Energy Orange and I love it. Very minor problems like the brakes needs some effort for the car to respond other than that It' awesome compared to the boring ugly looking korian cars in Egypt like Verna, Daewoo eww :)Tejari launches operations in Egypt in partnership with Al Ahly for Development & Investment Mena Report - Feb 18 4:48 AM
Tejari, the region s leading online marketplace, today announced the launch of Tejari Egypt, a major new operation and gateway into the North Africa market.Mutant in Egypt's bird flu virus not increased danger: WHO PhysOrg - Feb 18 4:13 AM
A mutation in the deadly bird flu virus that has appeared in Egypt has not made the killer disease deadlier despite making it more drug-resistant, said World Health Organisation regional spokesman Ibrahim al-Kerdany on Saturday.DAMAC Properties opens first office in Egypt AME Info - Feb 18 3:53 AM
DAMAC Properties, the Middle East's largest private-sector luxury property developer, opened its first office in Egypt this month.Egypt reports 13th bird flu death CNN.com - Feb 16 5:26 AM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- An Egyptian woman died early Friday of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the number of deaths in the country to 13, a government official said.Egypt's bourse gains 0.7% AME Info - Feb 17 1:38 AM
Buoyant regional markets over the past couple of weeks helped Egypt's CASE 30 Index to achieve three straight gaining days at the back of last week with funds entering the country from the Gulf, reported Bloomberg.Melrose Resources ahead in Egypt Financial Times - Feb 16 8:48 PM
Melrose Resources, the oil and gas company, expects to begin production at the West Dikirnis field site in Egypt by the end of the third quarter after setting up another Egyptian field this month.Oz, Egypt sheep controversy AME Info - Feb 16 8:24 PM
Australia's government has no plans to stop the exportation of sheep to Egypt following the emergence of video evidence showing animals being tied up on arrival in Egypt and then bundled into vehicles before being taken away and slaughtered, reported Reuters.Big comeback for Egypt's boy king Asbury Park Press - Feb 18 1:45 AM
King Tut deserves to have his name in lights.Egypt to host 25th France-Africa summit in 2009 People's Daily - Feb 16 4:45 PM
Egypt has been approved to host the 25th France-Africa summit in Cairo in 2009, the official MENA news agency reported here Friday.Egypt cracks down on Muslim Brotherhood Los Angeles Times - Feb 16 12:13 AM
The banned group had been grudgingly tolerated, but regional chaos creates an opportunity for Mubarak's regime. CAIRO Egypt's regime is seizing upon a moment of regional chaos and U.S. inattention to crack down aggressively on the country's most popular opposition group and shore up its hold on power, analysts here say. Luxor 2 brings 88 new levels in Egypt MacNN - Feb 16 2:42 PM
MumboJumbo has released Luxor 2, the sequel to the no. 1 casual game of 2005. The action puzzle game takes players on a voyage through the land of ancient Egypt, offering 88 new levels set amongst pyramids and temples that time period. Players use a mystical winged scarab to shoot and destroy the approaching magical spheres before they reach the py... Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - 6 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.Emirates, CASA appointment AME Info - 21 minutes ago
Emirates has promoted Mostafa Karam to the position of Senior Vice President, Customer Affairs and Service Audit, replacing the retiring Richard Ng. Karam, who was previously the Vice President in the department, joined the airline in 1990 and has held a number of management positions, including being posted as Emirates Manager in Oman and Egypt.Bird flu - latest case in Egypt News-Medical-Net - Feb 18 1:42 AM
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that an Egyptian woman has tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus.Muslim Brotherhood members held in Egypt AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 10:28 AM
Police arrested 75 members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in what appeared to be a pre-emptive strike against Egypt's strongest opposition group ahead of parliamentary elections and a key debate.Egypt reports 13th avian flu death plus new case CIDRAP - Feb 16 1:55 PM
Feb 16, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed a fatal H5N1 avian influenza case in a 37-year-old woman in Egypt, as the country s health ministry announced that a 5-year-old boy had tested positive for the virus.Members of Muslim group jailed as vote nears in Egypt The Columbus Dispatch - Feb 16 4:23 AM
CAIRO, Egypt Police detained 75 members of the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday in what appeared to be a preemptive strike against Egypt s strongest opposition group ahead of parliamentary elections and a key debate.Hutchison/Sawiris Financial Times - Feb 18 1:23 PM
Chaos theory says that the flap of a butterfly s wings can cause a tornado on the other side of the world. Vodafone s entry into India has caused unexpected, if not quite chaotic, reverberations in Hong Kong and in Egypt.Posted: 18-02-2007 , 18:42 GMT Al Bawaba - Feb 18 10:50 AM
Despite the outstanding success of her most recent concert in Egypt for Valentine s Day at the City Stars Intercontinental Hotel, Lebanese singer Elissa was outraged with the concert agent.Highlanders deny Chidzambwa approach New Zimbabwe - Feb 18 6:27 PM
ZIMBABWE representatives in the lucrative CAF Africa Club champions league, Highlanders, have strongly refuted claims that they have roped in Sunday Chidzambwa in their technical department ahead of their crunch matches against Al Ahly of Egypt next month.Posted: 06-02-2007 , 08:20 GMT Mena Report - Feb 18 4:48 AM
Results of the MasterIndex of Consumer Confidence survey for the second half of 2006 reveal that consumer confidence in Egypt is less buoyant than six months ago although overall consumers remains confident.USDA Long-Term Projections: Global Wheat Imports CattleNetwork.com - Feb 18 9:39 AM
Growth in wheat imports is concentrated in those developing countries where robust growth in income and population underpins increases in demand. Important growth markets include Sub-Saharan Africa, Brazil, Egypt, and Pakistan.Rice on mission to Mideast in latest U.S. bid for peace USA Today - Feb 18 6:10 PM
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets today with Palestinian and Israel leaders as the Bush administration tries to broker a Middle East peace deal. Rice has said chances for success are better than at any time since the administration took office. A look at the oportunities and challenges facing Rice in the latest U.S. attempt to resolve a nearly 60-year-old conflict.Egypt makes mass arrests BBC News - Feb 15 4:37 AM
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood says at least 73 members have been arrested in overnight raids.Cyprus opens bids for 11 exploration blocks ANI via Yahoo! India News - Feb 17 9:35 PM
Nicosia, Feb 18 (ANI): The Government of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus has opened the first round for the licensing of 11 offshore exploration blocks lying south and south west of Cyprus towards Egypt. The round is a competition among international and national oil and gas companies to acquire existing seismic data for the 11 blocks. Experts commissioned by the Cypriot government ...Poll: Muslim-West divide can be bridged AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 4:22 PM
A majority of people around the world do not believe the world is locked in a "clash of civilizations" that will lead to violent conflict between Islam and the West, according to findings of a poll published Monday.Al-Zawahri criticizes early polls for Palestinians, saying holy war is the way Fox21 - Feb 17 11:40 PM
CAIRO, Egypt A new video tape from Osama bin Laden's second-in-command.Australia to continue sheep exports to Egypt despite new cruelty row Gulf News - Feb 15 9:21 PM
Sydney: The Australian government has said it would not ban live sheep exports to Egypt despite new evidence of what it called "appalling" treatment in that country, but would take the issue up with Egyptian authorities.Clan law rules in anarchic Palestinian town Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 4:29 PM
When a car was set on fire in a row between two Palestinian families in Hebron earlier this month, it was not the police who stepped in to restore calm, but a 75-year-old tribal elder.Italian judge indicts 26 Americans, five Italians in alleged CIA kidnapping Fox21 - Feb 17 11:38 PM
MILAN, Italy A judge in Italy has indicted 26 Americans and five Italians on charges of kidnapping a terror suspect and spiriting him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured.The Ice Man runneth Jacksonville Daily News - Feb 17 9:36 PM
Wesam Mahmoud is on a journey to accomplish the impossible. His next stop: Antarctica. The Jacksonville resident, originally from Egypt, was one of three students chosen by online Capella University to run a marathon at King George Island, Antarctica.Texas history unearthed at Burnet Park Baytown Sun - Feb 17 9:48 PM
Burnet Park is far from the archetypal excavation locales of ancient Egypt, but archeologists are staking out the park and digging up some Texas history. What was supposed to be a five-day dig has turned into weeks of mud scrapping and waiting for the sun to come out.Iraq war puts world's Sunnis and Shiites at sword's point The Times-News - Feb 17 10:31 PM
CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt is the Arab world's largest Sunni Muslim country, but as a writer once quipped, it has a Shiite heart and a Sunni mind. In its eclectic popular culture, Sunnis enjoy a sweet dish with raisins and nuts to mark Ashura, the most sacred Shiite Muslim holiday.Muslim women enjoying special swimsuits AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 1:30 PM
Amana Siddiqi loved swimming as a child but gave it up as a teenager because her Muslim faith required she fully cover her body in public.Cyprus opens bids for 11 exploration blocks New Kerala - Feb 18 2:09 AM
Nicosia, Feb 18 : The Government of the Eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus has opened the first round for the licensing of 11 offshore exploration blocks lying south and south west of Cyprus towards Egypt.S. Jersey Scoreboard The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 18 12:20 AM
NJSIAA GIRLS' STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Group 1 team scoring: Bordentown 2,734, Carteret 2,693, County Prep 2,375, New Egypt 2,355, South River 2,316.Al-Qaida release video of attack on US-Afghan military post Helena Independent Record - Feb 17 10:54 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida posted Friday a video showing what it claimed to be an insurgent attack on a military position of U.S. and Afghan forces in southern Afghanistan.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Feb 18 2:20 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Israel is demanding that the new Palestinian Authority unity government put an end to Kassam rocket attacks launched from Gaza, in addition to stopping smugglers from bringing weapons and more terrorists into Gaza from Egypt.Plot, players in "Julius Caesar" production Seattle Times - Feb 18 12:13 AM
The plot the opera is set in Egypt under the joint rule of Cleopatra and her younger brother Ptolemy in 48 B. C. Julius Caesar has defeated...Palestinian officer wounded on border AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 3:57 PM
A Palestinian officer was wounded near a Gaza-Egypt border crossing Friday in a shooting that Egyptian officials described as an assassination attempt.Egypt says a 13th citizen has died of bird flu Moldova.org - Feb 17 12:41 AM
An Egyptian woman died early Friday of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the number of deaths in the country to 13, a government official said. Nadia Abdel Hafez, a 37-year-old housewife from the oasis town of Fayoum, had been admitted to a local clinic on Monday. After tests revealed the H5N1 virus, Abdel Hafez was transferred to a hospital in Cairo, some 70 kilometers (45 miles) to the ...Health Highlights: Feb. 18, 2007 HealthDay via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 9:00 AM
Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay:Court tosses out release request for Sadat assassin AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 6:59 AM
Cairo criminal court has tossed out an appeal for release from prison by one of the assassins of former Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, saying the matter was not under its jurisdiction.Assad handles crises, but regime suffers AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 18 9:47 AM
On the face of it, the worst appears to be behind Bashar Assad. There's much less talk of regime change in Damascus, or of prosecuting the Syrian president over the murder of a Lebanese politician.Poll: Muslim-West Divide Can Be Bridged ABC News - Feb 18 4:45 PM
Most People Worldwide Do Not Believe Conflict Between Muslims and West Inevitable, Poll FindsEgypt reports new bird flu case AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 5:01 AM
Egypt has announced that a woman had been infected with the deadly bird flu virus, the 21st case since the disease first appeared in the country.Click to view larger picture The Buffalo News - Feb 17 6:07 AM
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida posted a video Friday showing what it claimed was an insurgent attack on U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan, in an apparent attempt to disparage American claims of winning the war against the Taliban.Israelis gone, but rebuilding just starting in Gaza International Herald Tribune - Feb 18 7:45 AM
Construction has started on 300 houses and a school in the Gaza Strip, the first major projects since Israeli soldiers and settlers pulled out in the summer of 2005.Dutch team finds 'heretic Pharaoh' era tomb in Egypt AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 14 5:22 AM
Dutch archaeologists have discovered a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis from the time of Egypt's monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaton some 3,300 years ago, the Supreme Council of Antiquities has said.Egypt escalates crackdown on Islamists Middle East Online - Feb 15 5:42 AM
72 supporters of Egypt s main opposition movement Muslim Brotherhood arrested in nationwide dawn raids.Egypt moves against Muslim Brotherhood The Washington Times - Feb 16 11:02 AM
The secular Egyptian government has launched an offensive against a popular Islamic opposition group to consolidate power, a report says.Obituary: Rita Butler Johnson / World travels enriched her classes Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 21 minutes ago
Rita Butler Johnson, a two-time Fulbright scholar who traversed the globe and used her experiences to teach social studies and business for more than three decades at Avonworth High School, died Thursday. She was 79.Man at Center of Italian Rendition Case Freed in Egypt Voice of America - Feb 16 10:33 AM
An imam who was kidnapped in Italy in 2003 in what is believed to have been an extraordinary rendition operation by the CIA and Italian secret services has been released from prison in Cairo.Globally, most see common ground The Washington Times - 36 minutes ago
LONDON -- A majority of people worldwide do not think the world is locked in a "clash of civilizations" that will lead to violent conflict between Islam and the West, according to findings of a poll prepared for release today.CIA agents ordered to stand trial for Italy kidnap Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 9:31 AM
A Milan judge on Friday ordered 26 Americans, most of them believed to be CIA agents, to stand trial with Italian spies for kidnapping a Muslim cleric and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.Egypt reports 22nd human bird flu case People's Daily - Feb 16 4:42 PM
A five-year-old Egyptian boy from the Nile Delta region was tested positive to the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, bringing the number of bird flu human cases to 22 in this populous Arab nation, the official news agency MENA reported on Friday.Spurs and Man Utd reach Cup quarter-finals Reuters.co.uk - 1 minute ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Striker Robbie Keane scored twice to steer Tottenham Hotspur to a 4-0 win at Fulham while Manchester City came back to beat Preston North End 3-1 to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals on Sunday.Pakistan to Host Islamic Foreign Ministers Summit Asia Pulse via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 18 5:31 PM
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 Asia Pulse - The Foreign Ministers of seven Islamic countries will be meeting in Islamabad on February 25 to discuss ideas for resolving disputes in the Islamic world including Palestine, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said on Friday.Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, 13th death Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 6:02 AM
A 37-year-old Egyptian woman who tested positive for the bird flu virus has died in a Cairo hospital, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in Egypt to 13, a government health official said on Friday.Egyptian Tariff Reductions Good News for NZ Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
Trade Minister, Phil Goff has welcomed the decision by the Egyptian Government to reduce or eliminate tariffs on key New Zealand exports.Al Ahli win record-equaling Super Cup title ESPN Soccernet.com - Feb 18 7:03 AM
Al Ahli win record-equaling Super Cup title by GlobalFebruary 19, 2007 Jacksonville Daily News - 38 minutes ago
Down a path darkly By KELLEY CHAMBERS February 18, 2007 Jacksonville Police Capt. Tim Akers would like to run to Camp Lejeune and back, but not before he's sure the path is safe. "We want to err on the side of safety," said Akers, who is petitioning the city to post security cameras, lighting and...Video claims insurgent victory Kansas City Star - Feb 17 12:03 AM
CAIRO, Egypt | Al-Qaida posted a video Friday showing what it said was an insurgent attack on U.S. and Afghan forces in Afghanistan.TODAY S TOP 5 Kansas City Star - Feb 17 12:03 AM
CAIRO, Egypt | An online video posted by al-Qaida dismisses American assertions that the U.S. is defeating the Taliban in Afghanistan. | A14Islam/West clash rejected The Age - Feb 18 6:19 PM
Poll rejects 'clash of civilisations' notion.International Street Food Bazaar brings tastes of the world to MSU Bozeman Daily Chronicle - 19 minutes ago
Whoever came up with the bumper sticker "Visualize Whirled Peas" was onto something. Maybe the way to world peace is through our stomachs.CIA agents to stand trial for kidnapping Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 4:46 AM
A Milan judge on Friday ordered 26 Americans, most of them thought to be CIA agents, to stand trial with Italian spies for the kidnapping in 2003 of a terrorism suspect, who was flown to Egypt where he says he was tortured.Solomon Islanders identify with lost tribe Stuff - Feb 18 4:04 PM
Mysterious Israelis are buying copra in the Solomon Islands and as Michael Field reports, the Islanders believe they are the Lost Tribe of Israel.Air Contaminants Databases Ease Healthy Homes Planning Science Daily - Feb 18 5:13 PM
Air pollution sources are everywhere in the home, from the bacon and eggs frying in the kitchen, to the woodburning stove in the family room, the newly painted hallway, and even the carpet in the living room. To help estimate the seriousness of these and other indoor pollutant sources as well as to devise ways to reduce possible health impacts, NIST has developed searchable databases of relevant ...Is Biodiversity The Future Of Farming? Science Daily - Feb 18 5:12 PM
If we can design complex farming systems that are less energy intensive, more resilient in unstable climates, and that begin to out-produce industrial monocultures, the economic advantages may be an incentive to change, says author Fred Kirschenmann, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, in the March-April 2007 issue of Agronomy Journal.Egypt escalates crackdown on Islamists AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 8:34 AM
Egyptian police have arrested 72 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in nationwide dawn raids as the government escalated its crackdown against the country's main opposition movement.Egyptian Charged With Spying for Israel in Turkey; Israel Denies It New York Times - Feb 17 4:35 PM
An Egyptian student who fled the country six years ago is now sitting in jail, arrested upon his return to Cairo on charges of spying for Israel.Linguistics Expert To Speak On Language Extinction, Conservation Science Daily - Feb 18 4:11 PM
Humans speak more than 6,000 languages. Nearly all of them could be extinct in the next two centuries. So what? "I claim that it is catastrophic for the future of mankind," says University of Alaska Fairbanks professor emeritus Michael Krauss. "It should be as scary as losing 90 percent of the biological species."Egypt arrests 80 Brotherhood Islamists in sweeps Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 15 7:15 AM
Egyptian security forces detained 80 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday in sweeps at dawn, intensifying a clampdown against the government's most powerful political rival.CIA agents on trial over torture flights ITV.com - Feb 17 1:32 AM
Italy will put on trial 25 CIA agents and five of its own spies after an Egyptian cleric claims to have been abducted and transported to Egypt for torture by a US rendition flight.Egyptian woman with bird flu dies: health official Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 3:16 AM
A 37-year-old Egyptian woman who tested positive for the bird flu virus has died in hospital, bringing the number of deaths from the disease in Egypt to 13, a government health official said on Friday.(AFX UK Focus) 2007-02-15 10:09 GMT: Magnesium Intl to put EMAG office in Egypt, still in strategic investment talks Interactive Investor - Feb 15 2:39 AM
LONDON (AFX) - Magnesium International Ltd said it will place its EMAG project on maintenance and close the Egypt office as it has still not found a potential strategic investor.Pair Arrested For Allegedly Robbing Churches, Burning One To The Ground KSLA-TV Shreveport - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago
Bossier Parish Investigators have arrested a man and his girlfriend for allegedly robbing and in one case, burning an Ark-La-Tex church.Massive air-conditioned tent at amusement park Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
MUSCAT A massive, fully air-conditioned tent is for the first time in the country being erected at a popular amusement park in the capital to host two consumer exhibitions, to be held one after the other, from Thursday.Italians march against U.S. base CNN.com - Feb 17 7:26 PM
VICENZA, Italy (Reuters) -- Tens of thousands of Italians under heavy police guard protested on Saturday against the expansion of a U.S. military base that has divided the center-left government.Fulham 0-4 Spurs: Cottagers collapse ESPN Soccernet.com - Feb 18 10:18 AM
Fulham 0-4 Spurs: Cottagers collapse by EnglandContinuing best practises in corporate governance AME Info - 1 hour, 50 minutes ago
Throughout the past five years EFG-Hermes has witnessed robust growth bringing market capitalization to USD2.7 billion up from around USD80 million and expanding its footprint to become the largest investment bank in the region in terms of fee revenue and increasing human resources to become a 600 plus employee Firm.Soccer: Spurs, Man City reach quarterfinals The New Zealand Herald - Feb 18 2:19 PM
LONDON - Striker Robbie Keane scored twice to steer Tottenham Hotspur to a 4-0 win at Fulham while Manchester City came back to beat Preston North End 3-1 to reach the English FA Cup soccer quarterfinals today.Egypt says a 13th citizen has died of bird flu Pravda - Feb 16 5:22 AM
An Egyptian woman died early Friday of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, bringing the number of deaths in the country to 13, a government official said. Nadia Abdel Hafez, a 37-year-old housewife from the oasis town of Fayoum, had been admitted to a local clinic on Monday.Egypt cracks down on Muslim group CNN.com - Feb 15 5:20 AM
Egyptian security forces arrested 73 members of the Muslim Brotherhood during nation-wide raids conducted Thursday, a statement posted on the Islamic group's Web site stated.Milan court to rule over alleged CIA abduction on Italian soil AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 16 12:38 AM
Nearly four years to the day since a Muslim cleric was snatched from a Milan street and "rendered" to his native Egypt, a tribunal is to decide whether to indict 32 US and Italian secret agents in the case.Al-Zumour has spent 25 years in prison [Reuters] Aljazeera - Feb 18 12:44 PM
Cairo's criminal court has rejected an appeal for release of one of the assassins of Anwar Sadat, the former Egyptian president.Egyptian woman dies of bird flu BBC News - Feb 16 6:50 AM
An Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, bringing the number of confirmed deaths from the virus in Egypt to 13.FEATURE-Clan law rules in anarchic Palestinian town AlertNet - Feb 18 3:17 PM
Source: Reuters (This feature is the fourth in a series about life in the Palestinian Territories) By Haitham Tamimi HEBRON, West Bank, Feb 19 (Reuters) - When a car was set on fire in a row ... Israelis Are Gone, but Gaza Rebuilding Is Slow New York Times - Feb 17 3:36 PM
Little construction has taken place since Israeli soldiers and settlers pulled out of the Gaza Strip in summer 2005.Vamp camp Coral Gables Gazette - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
Actors Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre ends its season with one of the most-produced comedies in U.S. history, The Mystery of Irma Vep. This outrageously hilarious spoof by Charles Ludlam, the late founder of New York City s Ridiculous Theatrical Company, will run from Friday, July 14 through Sept. 3.Will Vodafone Become a "Total Communications" Solution? SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 18 3:23 AM
Kenneth Ashworth submits: At the 3GSM conference in Barcelona last week, Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin delivered a rare glimpse of the future and warned the mobile industry of new technologies that will usurp their business and the impending obsolescence of the 3G standard.25 CIA Agents, US Lieutenant, 5 Italians To Stand Trial In Rendition Case Nasdaq - Feb 16 7:51 PM
(RTTNews) - A judge in Italy has indicted 25 American CIA agents, a US Air Force lieutenant colonel and five Italians on charges of kidnapping an Egyptian terror suspect and deporting him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured.Turkmenistan's obook of the soul" - a key to divining a closed-off country Jam! Showbiz - Feb 18 2:47 PM
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) - No modern work of literature is more tied to the life and thought of a nation as Turkmenistan's "Rukhnama," a book seen in this reclusive, energy-rich country as combined epic history, divinely inspired moral guide and state policy.Politics is root of Islam-West conflict The Herald - Feb 18 5:14 PM
Most people around the world reject the idea that Islam and the West are caught in an inevitable clash of civilisations, according to a survey. Instead, they believe tensions are caused by conflict over political power rather than fundamental differences of religion and culture.