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Egypt: Trial of blogger expands realm of repression 
Amnesty International - Feb 02 9:56 AM
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 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 gets more tourists from Qatar in 2006 The Peninsula - Feb 01 10:19 PM
DOHA The increase of visitors from Qatar to Egypt showed a 26.4 per cent increase last year compared to 2005, the highest jump in the region, according to a release.Trade: Sino-Egypt trade ties to grow China Daily - Feb 02 1:11 AM
China will become Egypt's biggest trading partner within eight years, Al-Alam al-Yom said, citing Foreign Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Mohamed Rachid.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.UAE, Egypt deny reports of sending weapons to Gaza Strip Al Bawaba - Feb 02 12:05 PM
An official source at the UAE Foreign Ministry Friday voiced astonishment at the reports that the Gulf country has allegedly sent weapons and ammunitions to Gaza strip. On Thursday, Hamas attacked trucks loaded destined for the Presidential Guard, claiming they transported weapns.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 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.Spotted: Sonia Gandhi in Egypt rediff.com - Feb 02 2:57 AM
Kesavan says the usually reserved Sonia was very warm and chatted with them for a couple of minutes.Navy Awards $13.4M Contract to Raytheon KiplingerForecasts.com - Feb 02 3:17 PM
The U.S. Navy on Friday awarded a nearly $13.4 million contract modification to a unit of Raytheon Co. to upgrade missile guidance control systems for the government of Egypt.Hamilton woman to keep peace in Egypt Stuff - Feb 02 4:53 AM
A once in a lifetime opportunity is how a Hamilton woman describes her deployment as a peacekeeper to the Sinai Peninsula.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.An Egyptian man sits in front of his furniture shop; while Sinchew - Feb 02 6:24 PM
PRIME INDUSTRY.... (below) some workers make furniture at al-Manasrah area of Cairo. Furniture industry is the 4th largest industry in Egypt, employing more than 1 million people.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.30,000 saw ancient Egypt in Cruces Las Cruces Sun-News - Feb 02 12:12 AM
LAS CRUCES Tut was a hit. About 30,000 Tut enthusiasts visited the exhibit, said Garland Courts, center manager. The exhibit, which featured more than 100 replicated artifacts from the famous Boy King's tomb, opened Oct. 13 and closed Wednesday,.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.Kenya: Hockey - Sliders Come From Behind to Triumph AllAfrica.com - Feb 02 2:51 PM
Sliders registered their first win to deny Sharkia of Egypt a shot at the title to claim a stunning 3-2 victory in the ongoing Crown Berger Africa Cup of Clubs championship at City Park stadium, Nairobi.Review: The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt, by John Ray New Scientist - Feb 02 4:56 AM
Andrew Robinson looks for reasons why 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.Ezz Steel Launches Investor Mtgs On Global Offering Of Shares Nasdaq - Feb 02 4:38 AM
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Egypt-based Al Ezz Steel Rebars said it has started meetings with investors in relation to the global offering of its ordinary shares and global depository receipts.Analysis: Gaza's civil war takes shape Times Online - Feb 02 5:53 AM
The death toll was rising steadily once again in Gaza today, only four days after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt was supposed to bring an end to feuding between forces loyal to Hamas and Fatah....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.Brussels defends Cyprus rights in oil row with Turkey Eu Business - Feb 02 1:45 PM
(BRUSSELS ) - The European Commission on Friday backed Cyprus's right to grant offshore oil and gas exploration rights to Egypt and Lebanon, amid reports of a naval build-up in the region from neighbouring Turkey.(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.main Kavkaz Center - Feb 02 12:01 PM
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 ...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.Tutankhamen liked his wine white New Scientist - Feb 02 5:08 AM
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 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.Carter to receive honorary Oxford degree AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago
Former President Jimmy Carter will receive an honorary doctorate from Britain's prestigious Oxford University, officials said Friday.£10,000 for victims of neglect Brighouse Today - Feb 02 7:08 AM
A TIRELESS worker for an animal sanctuary in Egypt, Jean Heley has raised an amazing £10,000 for the victims of neglect which are often mistreated and overworked in the shadows of the Nile. (02/02/2007 15:00:23)Nabil has been in detention since November [AP] Aljazeera - Feb 01 10:44 PM
The judge in Egypt's first trial prosecuting a blogger for writings critical of the country's religious authorities said on Thursday he will deliver his verdict on February 22.Whispers of the past The Oregonian - Feb 02 12:25 AM
STEPHANIE YAO/THE OREGONIAN John Sarr Teaches a workshop on reading hieroglyphics The mysteries of ancient Egypt have tempted John Sarr ever since he was 10 years old, when, as he remembers it, a glossy magazine spread revealed to him the richly carved walls of Nefertari's tomb.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.Canadian and Swedish gay groups frowned on at UN Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 3:42 PM
A U.N. committee rejected credentials of a Canadian gay and lesbian organization seeking consultative status with the United Nations and deferred the application of a similar body from Sweden, according to documents circulated on Friday.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.Alma Masters Southeast Missourian - Feb 01 10:21 PM
Alma L. Masters, 93, of Cape Girardeau died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. She was born Dec. 24, 1913, in Egypt Mills, daughter of H.C. and Nora Mae Miller...Uganda: Geoffrey Massa Doubtful for Olympics Qualifier AllAfrica.com - Feb 02 12:51 AM
UGANDA Kobs could make their 2008 Olympics qualifier against South Africa's Amaglug-glug without Egypt-based forward Geoffrey Massa.Carlyle Changes Its Stripes BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 1:42 PM
In the two decades since private equity firms first stormed the business world, they've been called a lot of things, from raiders to barbarians. But only one firm has been tagged in the popular imagination with warmongering, treason, and acting as cold-eyed architects of government conspiracies. The broadsides got to be more than David M. Rubenstein, William E. Conway Jr., and Daniel A. ... Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - Feb 01 11:18 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.Merkel starts trip to Mideast International Herald Tribune - Feb 02 1:46 PM
Embarking on her most difficult trip since taking office 15 months ago, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, was set to begin Saturday a four-day visit to the Middle East aimed at strengthening the fragile government in Lebanon and revitalizing the Israeli- Palestinian peace process.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.Saudi Arabia tries to douse sectarianism AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 12:09 PM
They rattle the town with the sound of automatic weapons fire into the air, celebrating weddings. They wear tiny pictures of Hezbollah leaders. Residents say these are signs of a small core of Shiite extremists in this impoverished town.Massive Cairo book fair sets religious tone AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 10:13 AM
At the Cairo Book Fair, the largest and most important event of its kind in the Arab world, religious works dominate, while literature and scientific texts are often pushed to the margins.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.15 die as Gaza fighting rages Los Angeles Times - 44 minutes ago
Fighting between rival Palestinian forces continued to rage across the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least 15 people in violence that laid waste to a days-old cease-fire. The conflict that stalks Asia International Herald Tribune - Feb 02 9:46 AM
India and China should both be gearing up to meet the challenge of conflict in Iran.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.Merkel heads to Middle East to exploit 'opportunity' AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 3:45 AM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sets off on Saturday for a four-day tour of the Middle East with hopes high that the current voice of the EU and G8 can nudge along the faltering peace process.Cyprus: Turkey Acting Like Oil 'Pirate' AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 02 1:43 PM
Cyprus accused Turkey on Friday of behaving like a pirate over an oil exploration dispute that has threatened to revive tension on the divided island.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.Gaza factions locked in bitter struggle BBC News - Feb 02 9:00 AM
The struggle in Gaza between rival political factions has reached a dangerous new level, the BBC's Jon Leyne reports.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.Ancient Middle East fascinates Mexican museum goers Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 3:45 AM
Fascinated by cultures as old as their own, Mexicans are pouring into museum exhibitions in wonder at ancient Middle Eastern artifacts never before seen in the Western Hemisphere.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.Thirteen dead as Palestinian truce in tatters AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 3:24 AM
Thirteen Palestinians have died in 24 hours of fighting between warring factions in the Gaza Strip, with shootings, mortar attacks and the storming of a university torpedoing yet another truce.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.Turkey defiant over oil deposits The Washington Times - 29 minutes ago
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Oil and natural gas deposits possibly worth $400 billion are raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean with Turkey threatening to block exploration that does not include Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot interests.More Americans playing in Europe The Washington Times - 34 minutes ago
With two more players joining the growing list of Americans playing in the English Premier League, the bosses at U.S. Soccer should schedule an exhibition game for the United States in London.Museums Washington Post - Feb 01 11:47 PM
The path to power Al-Ahram Weekly - Feb 01 10:45 AM
What would happen should the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) take power in Egypt?Looking ahead USA Today - Feb 02 5:52 PM
Put on your game face: it's the weekend (and then some): Saturday Not a misprint: This morning, President Bush will speak to the House Democratic Conference meeting in Williamsburg, Va. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is to make first... 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.Hamas, Fatah clash in Gaza ahead of Quartet meeting Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 1:42 AM
Fighting between rival Palestinian factions escalated across the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five people as Hamas seized key security buildings and fired mortar bombs and rockets at President Mahmoud Abbas's offices.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.'Torture victim' seeks US justice BBC News - Feb 02 10:21 AM
A Lebanese-born German vows to get an apology from the US, alleging CIA agents abducted and tortured him.Eight dead as Palestinian truce in tatters AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 12:11 AM
Eight Palestinians have been killed in heavy fighting in the Gaza Strip that has torpedoed a truce between warring factions Fatah and Hamas as clashes spread across the territory.Consecration and faith Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 25 minutes ago
Several hundred worshippers from Western Pennsylvania and surrounding states watched Friday as Coptic Christianity's spiritual leader consecrated the region's only Coptic church.Former president to receive honorary degree from Oxford WANE-TV Fort Wayne - 0 minute ago
LONDON A former American president will receive an honorary doctorate from a prestigious British university, Oxford officials say Jimmy Carter has been nominated for...