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Protesters claim Egypt has become police state 
Independent - Mar 16 5:18 PM
Riot police and others in plain clothes fought protesters in Cairo's central Tahrir [Liberation] Square this week as government opponents denounced constitutional amendments which they claim will turn Egypt into a police state for ever.Egypt and Kazakhstan join forces for research SciDev.net - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
Egypt and Kazakhstan have agreed on the creation of a joint council for science and technology research. Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev approved the plans on his visit to Egypt this week (11 13 March).Egypt says peace first with Israel, normalisation later AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 1:57 PM
Egypt said on Thursday that Arab countries will not accept a normalisation of relations with the Jewish state until the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved.Egypt Reports 25th Human Bird Flu Case RedNova - Mar 16 10:32 AM
Egypt reports 25th human bird flu caseU.S. stokes new hope of free trade deal with Egypt Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 9:51 AM
U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Thursday he believed Egypt and the United States were destined to negotiate a free trade agreement, reviving hopes of a deal dashed many times.US chides ally Egypt over conviction of student blogger AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 8:33 AM
The United States chided its key Middle East ally Egypt on Thursday over the treatment of a student blogger jailed for making online statements deemed insulting to religion and the president.Mob fury over film on Egypt war killings Gulf Daily News - Mar 16 4:01 PM
EL-ARISH, Egypt: Police baton-charged a demonstration against Israel's alleged killing of Egyptian prisoners of war during the 1967 war, dispersing the protesters and seizing their banners.Egypt stress need for Palestinian national unity gov t africast.com - Mar 16 5:39 AM
CAIRO, March 16 -- Egypt here highlighted the importance of the formation of a Palestinian national unity government, saying it will help Palestinians rally their ranks, set aside differences and mobilize efforts for a reconstruction process.Egypt/Zimbabwe: Highlanders Leave for Egypt AllAfrica.com - Mar 16 1:41 AM
HIGHLANDERS left for Cairo, Egypt from Harare International Airport shortly after midday yesterday with coach Methembe Ndlovu declaring that they will contest every minute of the first round, second leg Champions League clash with Al Ahly on Sunday.Uganda: Country to Sell Milk Products to Iran, Egypt AllAfrica.com - Mar 16 2:28 AM
PARLIAMENT has learnt that Uganda will soon process and export powder milk and cheese to Iran and Egypt.Egypt protest over 'POW deaths' BBC News - Mar 16 5:16 PM
Egyptian police end a protest sparked by an Israeli film taken as proof of killings of Egyptian POWs in 1967.Anti-Israeli protest in Egypt over 'PoW killings' AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 8:13 AM
Several hundred Egyptians demonstrated on Friday against claims in a recent documentary film that Israeli troops had executed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 war, a security source said.Egypt woos China and Russia with industrial zones Financial Times - Mar 15 7:36 PM
Egypt is planning to create industrial zones for Russian and Chinese manufacturers as it seeks to market itself as an export hub to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.US scolds Egypt over jailed blogger iafrica.com - Mar 16 12:10 AM
The United States scolded its key Middle East ally Egypt on Thursday over the treatment of a student blogger jailed for making online statements deemed insulting to religion and the president.Journalists from Egypt and Iraq Awarded Daniel Pearl Fellowships [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 16 5:06 AM
The Daniel Pearl Foundation announced today that Mr. Amr Emam from Egypt and Ms. Zaineb Obeid from Iraq are this year's recipients of the Daniel Pearl Fellowships and will be hosted by the San Francisco Chronicle and The Wall Street Journal, respectively.US chides ally Egypt Sunday Times - Mar 15 11:43 PM
WASHINGTON - The United States has chided its key Middle East ally Egypt over the treatment of a student blogger jailed for making online statements deemed insulting to religion and the president.Egypt names nation's first female judges AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 2:04 PM
Egypt's judiciary chief has named the country's first female judges despite opposition from conservative Muslims, according to a decree published Wednesday.Bush engages in Mideast stability talks AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 6:33 PM
President Bush talked with the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt on Friday about the war in Iraq and the long-stalemated search for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.Egypt: Don't Talk About the (1967) War Time Magazine - Mar 14 10:51 AM
An Israeli documentary over military actions in Sinai in 1967 causes a firestorm of protest in Egypt. But both governments would prefer to ignore the matter Bird flu detected on nine Egypt farms despite vaccinations AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 9:18 AM
Bird flu has been detected on nine farms across Egypt where the poultry had been vaccinated against the virus, an agriculture ministry official said on Wednesday.More human bird flu in Egypt Meat News - Mar 15 7:07 AM
EGYPT: Egypt has identified its 25th human victim of the potentially deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza.Egypt's Oriental Weavers 2006 net jumps 31 pct Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 15 2:23 AM
CAIRO, March 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's Oriental Weavers , the world's largest manufacturer of machine-made rugs, on Thursday posted a 31 percent rise in net profit and said sales jumped 82 percent due to the firm entering 12 new markets.Egypt names first female judges Southeast Missourian - Mar 15 5:00 AM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Egypt's judiciary chief has named the country's first female judges despite opposition from conservative Muslims, according to a decree published Wednesday. Mukbil Shakir, the...Egypt: Appeals Court Upholds Blogger's Conviction for "Insulting Islam and President" AllAfrica.com - Mar 15 3:56 AM
(HRinfo/IFEX) - On 12 March 2007, the Alexandria Appeals Court affirmed the first degree court's sentence of four years' imprisonment for Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Suliman Amer for "insulting Islam and the president of Egypt".Ambassador of Egypt Hussein Darrar: There is Egyptian-Saudi coordination to resolve the Lebanese crisis Monday Morning - Mar 15 4:07 AM
Egypt has always had as a slogan Don t touch Lebanon . Is it still true to this slogan, and what is it doing to give it concrete form? I think that the Lebanese crisis is one of great complexity because of the internal and external situations.Anti-Israeli protest in Egypt over 'PoW killings' Middle East Online - Mar 16 8:27 AM
Hundreds of Egyptians protest what they call Israel's massacres during June 1967 Arab-Israeli war.Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 13 6:37 PM
When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal.Bush Speaks With Saudi King Abdullah, Egypt President Mubarak Nasdaq - Mar 16 12:51 PM
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- President George W. Bush spoke Friday with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, thanking both men for their participation in Iraq's recent neighbors conference.Israel may need Egypt s help to withdraw safely from Gaza JTA - Mar 16 12:12 AM
Israeli teens from the Gaza settlements protest Ariel Sharon´s plan to evacuate settlements, in Jerusalem on Feb. 18. As Israel advances plans to pull out of Gaza, a withdrawal without the support of neighboring Egyptian may be untenable.Rice to meet with 'Arab Quartet' in Egypt AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 13 3:09 PM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Egypt on March 25 to meet with the so-called Arab Quartet on Middle East peace, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Tuesday.Egypt appoints first women judges Middle East Times - Mar 14 1:02 PM
CAIRO -- The Egyptian judiciary has appointed women judges for the first time in its history, the head of Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council said Wednesday.PublishAmerica Presents Amenhotep, Son of Hapu: A Tale of Egypt by Blake A. Willey [Press Release] PR.com - Mar 15 12:03 AM
PublishAmerica is proud to present Amenhotep, Son of Hapu: A Tale of Egypt by Chicago, Illinois s Blake A. Willey. One of the most realistic, fictional accounts of ancient Egyptian life ever penned, Scribe s Ascent is the first novel in the Amenhotep, Son of Hapu: A Tale of Egypt series. As Egypt s foremost éminent grise, Amenhotep narrates in Scribe s Ascent his rise from a miserable [PR.com - ...EUC, Asga Tech tie-up AME Info - 36 minutes ago
The Etisalat University College has signed an agreement with Egypt's Asga Tech, which specialises in mobile application programmes and is Nokia's partner in training in the Mena region.The Kefaya opposition movement are calling for reform [Al Jazeera/Fredrick Deknatel] Aljazeera - Mar 16 5:44 PM
Egypt's security forces have arrested at least 30 activists from the Kefaya opposition movement who were demonstrating against proposed constitutional amendments.Egypt arrests 18 more Brotherhood members AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 10:27 AM
Egyptian security forces arrested 18 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, an official said, in the second round of detentions this week targeting the country's main opposition group.Egypt demands Israeli probe of alleged PoW slaughter AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 13 11:28 AM
Egypt's foreign minister demanded on Tuesday that Israel open an official inquiry into claims in a documentary film that Israeli troops had executed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 war.A Sliver of Ancient Egypt in Central Park The New York Sun - Mar 15 10:40 PM
The Dahesh Museum, at Madison Avenue and 56th Street, has extended the run of its outstanding exhibition "Napoleon on the Nile" to April 22. Napoleon's Egyptian venture was militarily disastrous. But the "savants" he sent along with his soldiers helped lay the foundation of modern Egyptology. Part of the Napoleonic booty was the Luxor obelisk (though it didn't go up in the Place de la Concorde in ...Market Insight: Investors view blasts as reality of our times Financial Times - Mar 16 3:24 PM
Egypt s stock exchange, one of the world s best performing emerging markets, has largely shrugged off the country s worst terror attack in a sign that investors are becoming inured to terrorism.Middle East Business Information Zawya - 9 minutes ago
Loading ... KUWAIT, March 10 (KUNA) -- Kuwait International Fair Company (KIFC) announced Saturday it signed a contract with the Egyptian "Akhbar Al-Youm" for sole marketing rights of the Kuwaiti company's fairs in Egypt for the year 2008.Italy renews attempts to block CIA kidnap trial Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 2:48 PM
The Italian government on Thursday made its second attempt to block a court case against U.S. CIA agents accused of kidnapping a Muslim cleric and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.Egypt: Protest againt Israel's 1967 POWs killing Al Bawaba - Mar 16 9:25 AM
Egyptian police on Friday dispersed a demonstration against Israel's alleged killing of Egyptian POWs during the 1967 war. The incident took place in Al-Arish, a town of north Sinai peninsula.Egypt arrests 10 Muslim Brotherhood members AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 5:19 AM
Egyptian security forces arrested 10 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday, an official said, in the second round of detentions this week.Tomb Raider: Anniversary - Day five Games Radar - Mar 16 3:49 PM
Yesterday, we left you at the point where we'd met the undead in our Egypt walkthrough . Now we'll take you further into this awesome new Tomb Raider: Anniversary level as we wrap up our week-long preview.Egypt security forces break up protest, four held AlertNet - Mar 15 3:07 PM
Source: Reuters CAIRO, March 15 (Reuters) - Egyptian security forces broke up a demonstration by an anti-government group on Thursday, beating activists protesting against planned constitutional amendments they see ... (AFX UK Focus) 2007-03-16 21:35 GMT: Analysts: Sanctions won't hurt Iran much Interactive Investor - Mar 16 2:55 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - New sanctions agreed on by the major powers at the U.N. are unlikely to hurt Iran much, serving more as a signal to Tehran that worse could come, analysts say.TransGlobe Reports Egyptian Dry Hole Rigzone - Mar 16 9:32 AM
TransGlobe Energy Corp. on Thursday announced the well results at Set #1, Nuqra Block 1, Egypt (50% working interest). The Set #1 exploration well was drilled to a total measured depth of 1,372 meters (4,500 feet) and subsequently plugged and abandoned.Show in Middle East follows young Arabs in America El Paso Times - Mar 16 9:52 AM
CAIRO, Egypt -- A new reality TV show in the Middle East has a familiar set-up: Take a group of young adults, put them in an RV and film their every move as they drive across the United States.Mideast snow shuts schools AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 9:50 AM
Snow blanketed much of Jordan on Thursday, briefly whited out road signs in Jerusalem as freak weather created high waves in Egypt's Red Sea and forced four ports to close.Cairo's popular waterpipes no safer than cigarettes Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 6:56 AM
A single session smoking Egypt's popular shisha waterpipes yields a nicotine intake equivalent to more than one pack of cigarettes, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.Egypt reports another H5N1 case CIDRAP - Mar 15 3:25 PM
Mar 15, 2007 (CIDRAP News) Egyptian authorities reported a case of H5N1 avian influenza in a 10-year-old girl yesterday, marking the country's seventh case this year and 25th overall.Actions Against Journalists Worldwide Draw International Concern U.S. Department of State - Mar 16 9:52 AM
The United States, along with the global community, condemns actions taken against journalists in Bangladesh, the Gaza Strip and Egypt as well as the rising number of violent acts against female journalists worldwide. State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey tells reporters that when you look at the number of journalists who have suffered, either as a result of being kidnapped or suffered ...Community invited to Seder Tahoe Daily Tribune - Mar 16 6:09 AM
All are welcome to attend Temple Bat Yam's Passover Seder on April 2. The Passover Seder is a ritual meal, followed by a full dinner, which recounts the ancient Israelites' dramatic exodus from slavery in Egypt. The Seder begins at 6 p.m. with...Actions Against Journalists Worldwide Draw International Concern U.S. Department of State - Mar 16 9:26 AM
The United States, along with the global community, condemns actions taken against journalists in Bangladesh, the Gaza Strip and Egypt as well as the rising number of violent acts against female journalists worldwide says State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey. On March 13, the U.S. House of Representatives approves overwhelmingly a resolution urging the government of Bangladesh to drop ...Madison Trial Goes To Grand Jury WKRN Nashville - Mar 16 8:47 AM
The case against three people accused of killing two store clerks at AM PM Market on North Gallatin pike in Madison last December will go to a grand jury. | | Rokisha Alderson, 16, Robin Betts, 18 and Joshua Brown, 20, are charged with first degree murder. | | According to police, Brown and Alderson killed 23-year-old Salama Estfanous and 24-year-old Bishouy Hanna, both of Egypt. | | A... Zimbabwe: Bosso in Egyptian Acid Test AllAfrica.com - Mar 16 8:05 AM
HIGHLANDERS left the country yesterday afternoon and are expected to arrive in Egypt today for the African Champions League first round return tie against champions Al Ahly in Cairo on Sunday.EGYPT: Bloggers struggle against heavy hand of Egyptian state AsiaMedia - Mar 15 12:56 PM
Abdel Kareem Soliman, a 22-year-old Egyptian blogger sentenced last month to four years in prison for insulting Islam and the presidency, might have been idealistic -- but he was not naïve.© Oxford Business Group's series of on-line and print publications have become renown as the leading source of ... Oxford Business Group - Mar 16 7:52 AM
On February 26, the first twinning agreements were signed between the EU and Egypt in the tourism and postal services sectors, heralding a wave of partnerships aiming at administrative cooperation under the new European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP).Sunshine Tours, Travco Launch Joint Venture In UAE Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 15 11:15 PM
Sunshine Tours, a division of Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH), has signed an agreement with Travco, a leading travel group based in Egypt to set up new joint venture company ADNH Travco.SUNSHINE TOURS, TRAVCO LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE IN UAE Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - Mar 15 11:15 PM
Joint ventures / investment Sunshine Tours, a division of Abu Dhabi National Hotels (ADNH), has signed an agreement with Travco, a leading travel group based in Egypt to set up new joint venture company ADNH Travco.Ban word "terrorist" from U.S. trial, lawyer asks Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 1 minute ago
Defense lawyers want the word "terrorist" banned as too inflammatory in the U.S. trial of Jose Padilla and two other men charged with conspiring to aid Islamist extremists overseas.Bush talks with Saudi, Egyptian leaders on Mideast Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 5:05 PM
President George W. Bush on Friday thanked Saudi King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for participating in a recent conference on Iraq and discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, the White House said.Telecom Egypt 2006 sales up 11% to EGP 9.5 billion Telecom.paper - Mar 14 2:05 AM
(TP) Telecom Egypt has reported revenue of EGP 9.5 billion for 2006, up 11 percent from EGP 8.5 billion in 2005, with EBITDA up to EGP 5.4 billion, from EGP 4.7 billion...Fusing Arab and Western Couture as Brother Leader Watches New York Times - 2 hours, 51 minutes ago
Rabia Ben Barka?s gowns are what some people would like to see Libya become a blending of the traditional and the modern.The Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt's strongest opposition group[AP] Aljazeera - Mar 15 5:29 AM
Egyptian security forces have arrested 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, intensifying a crackdown ahead of a referendum due in April on constitutional amendments the group deeply opposes.Egypt wants probe into PoW slaughter Gulf Times - Mar 13 10:43 PM
CAIRO: Egypt s foreign minister yesterday demanded that Israel open an official inquiry into claims in a documentary film that Israeli troops had executed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 war.Egypt: 4-year Sentence for Blogger Upheld New York Times - Mar 12 7:35 PM
An appeals court in Alexandria upheld the four-year prison sentence given to a blogger who had criticized conservative Muslims and was convicted of insulting Islam and Egypt?s president, court officials said. The blogger, Abdel Kareem Nabil, left, who is 22 and a former student at Al Azhar University, was sentenced last month to three years in prison on charges of insulting Islam and the Prophet ...25th bird flu case in Egypt News 24 South Africa - Mar 15 12:38 PM
An Egyptian girl has contracted the potentially deadly bird flu strain, bringing to 25 the number of people diagnosed with the disease since it broke out.Egyptian council picks first of its female judges Gulf Times - Mar 16 3:58 AM
CAIRO: Egypt's Supreme Judicial Council has selected a number of women judges for the first time in the history of the Arab country. So far, constitutional lawyer Tahani al-Gebali, who was nominated by President Hosny Mubarak in 2003, had been the only woman on an Egyptian judge's chair.Snowstorm shuts Jordan schools Gulf Times - Mar 16 3:58 AM
AMMAN: Snow blanketed much of Jordan yesterday and briefly whited out road signs in Jerusalem as freak weather created high waves in Egypt's Red Sea and forced four ports to close.'The Egyptian Helen' returns to the Met AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 5:25 PM
It was tough enough in antiquity to be a sorceress, let alone the planet's most beautiful woman. In the postmodern world, you have to compete for attention with directors, too.Egyptian FM says Rice to visit Egypt on March 25 People's Daily - Mar 13 6:45 PM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Tuesday that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to visit Egypt on March 25.03/15/2007 18:38 EGYPT- ISLAM AsiaNews.it - Mar 15 11:56 AM
» Campaign mounts to free the Egyptian blogger, imprisoned for having offended Islam . Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, 22 years old, is the first Egyptian to be condemned for having expressed his opinions via Internet.Modern technology reveals mummy's past AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 4:18 PM
The baby mummy had a European mom, and likely came from a wealthy family. But where he lived and why he died and at such a young age remain a mystery. The mummy, exhibited for the first time Thursday at the Saint Louis Science Center, has been the year-long focus of an international team of investigators. The museum said it may be the most extensive research project ever undertaken on a ...Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh: Crackdown by a clique Guardian Unlimited - Mar 15 5:15 PM
Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh: The current repression of Egypt's most popular party risks opening door to extremism.Zimbabwe: Nicholson Out of Beijing Olympic Games AllAfrica.com - Mar 16 1:43 AM
TOP Zimbabwean clay target shottist Mike Nicholson missed automatic qualification for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by a whisker when he grabbed a silver medal at the 8th African Shooting Championships in Cairo, Egypt, last week.TransGlobe Energy Corporation Announces Well Results at Set #1, Nuqra Block 1, Egypt [Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 15 1:51 PM
TransGlobe Energy Corporation(AMEX: TGA) announces well results at Set #1.Bush discusses Mideast with Mubarak, Saudi King AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 1:11 PM
US President George W. Bush on Friday discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, White House spokesman Tony Snow said.UN chief visits Egypt on March 23 People's Daily - Mar 13 5:30 PM
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to pay a working visit to Egypt on March 23, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday.Global vaccination tops UN bird flu summit agenda AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 1:12 PM
A United Nations bird flu conference will take place this month in Italy charged with implementing a global strategy for the vaccination of threatened species, organisers said Friday.Highlanders, Mwana Africa face moment of truth New Zimbabwe - Mar 16 3:15 AM
HIGHLANDERS left for Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday for the first round, second leg match of the Africa Champions League against Al Ahly to be played on Sunday evening.Egypt appoints first women judges Middle East Online - Mar 15 2:27 AM
Thirty-one women chosen among members of the administrative bar and government lawyers.Police thwart demo in Egypt Deutsche Welle - Mar 15 2:21 PM
In the Egyptian capital Cairo, police have broken up a demonstration against amendments to the constitution, arresting at least 30 pro-democracy activists. The demonstrators were mainly from the national movement for change, Kefaya, and members of opposition parties. Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - Mar 15 11:25 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.Bird flu detected in vaccinated Egypt flocks - source Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 13 10:36 AM
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has detected bird flu in chickens and ducks from reportedly vaccinated flocks in a sign that inoculation procedures in the most populous Arab country may be lacking, an animal health official said on Tuesday.Italy asks U.S. indictments be tossed AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 1:07 PM
Government attorneys have asked a top court to throw out indictments against 26 Americans all but one of them believed to be CIA agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian terrorist suspect in a case that has strained Italian-U.S. relations.Report: Israelites flee Egypt as Pharaoh s army believed drowned JTA - Mar 13 10:42 AM
Following a series of inexplicable natural disasters, a huge troop of Israelites is reported to have fled Egypt in the dead of night, while the pursuing Egyptian armies were last seen foundering in the Red Sea.Middle East Business Information Zawya - Mar 15 11:49 PM
Loading ... Egypt is planning to create industrial zones for Russian and Chinese manufacturers as it seeks to market itself as an export hub to Europe, Africa and the Middle East.Egypt: Country Leads the Way With Nepad E-Schools AllAfrica.com - Mar 13 1:57 PM
The Egyptian Minister of Education, Dr Yousry Al-Gamal, officially launched the NEPAD e-Schools Demonstration Project at Al-Haddain Secondary School in El Behaira Governate, Egypt in February 2007. The project is a joint venture of the Egyptian Government, HP Consortium, Oracle Consortium and the NEPAD e-Africa Commission.Eastward-looking Egypt boosts Kazakhstan trade Middle East Times - Mar 13 11:36 AM
CAIRO -- Egypt created a private sector company Tuesday to boost trade with Kazakhstan and said it hoped bilateral trade would increase enormously in coming years.egypt, israel: Row over alleged slain prisoners of war Monday Morning - Mar 15 4:08 AM
Cairo newspapers were filled with angry condemnations of Minister of National Infrastructure Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, accused in an Israeli documentary of commanding a unit that killed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 war.UWMC plans study tours to Europe, Greece, Egypt Wausau Daily Herald - Mar 13 1:00 PM
The University of Wisconsin Marathon County will offer credit-optional study tours to Amsterdam and Paris July 1 to 13, to Greece Aug. 14 to 27, and to Egypt in January. Other tours to China, India and the South Pacific are being considered for 2008. Entitled Forgotten Truth: Common Insights of Ancient Wisdom Traditions, the tours will include readings on the theme by Huston Smith, Joseph ...Designer marries Western style and Libyan traditions International Herald Tribune - Mar 16 2:44 PM
Muammar el-Qaddafi's ascendancy stalled what Rabia Ben Barka considered her life's work for years. Now, as she melds Western design with traditional styles, he is her most important customer.More Iraqi refugees expected in Europe AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 9:22 AM
The number of Iraqi refugees arriving in Europe is expected to double to 40,000 in 2007 based on trends from the first two months of the year, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.UN chief to visit Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 5:57 AM
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will pay an official visit to Lebanon on March 30, a government source told AFP on Friday.Bird flu detected in vaccinated Egypt flocks-source AlertNet - Mar 13 9:02 AM
Source: Reuters By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO, March 13 (Reuters) - Egypt has detected bird flu in chickens and ducks from reportedly vaccinated flocks in a sign that inoculation procedures in the most populous Arab ... FEATURE-Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt AlertNet - Mar 13 6:02 AM
Source: Reuters (Adds WHO quote, colour) By Cynthia Johnston EZBET SIDI OMAR, Egypt, March 13 (Reuters) - When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta ... Show follows young Arabs in America Jam! Showbiz - Mar 15 2:26 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) A new reality TV show in the Middle East has a familiar set-up: Take a group of young adults, put them in an RV and film their every move as they drive across the United States.Telecom Egypt FY06 Profit Rises 16%, Revenue Up 11% - Quick Facts Nasdaq - Mar 13 4:22 AM
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, Telecom Egypt S.A.E (TEGPY.PK) reported that net profit for the full year 2006 rose 16% to EGP 2.4 billion from EGP 2.1 billion in the previous year. Earnings per share for the fiscal year increased 16% to EGP 1.36 from EGP 1.17 in the prior year.Oh mummy: Louvre's pharoah jars are not what they seemed AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 1:21 PM
One of the star exhibits at the Louvre's egyptology wing, a collection of four jars said to have contained the embalmed organs of Egypt's greatest pharoah, Rameses II, have a sadly less glamorous vintage.A Closer Look at Standing Committees Foreign Visits donga.com - Mar 15 3:16 PM
Are Egypt and Greece the highlight of foreign excursions by lawmakers? This news paper obtained and analyzed a report on foreign visits paid by the lawmakers of the 17th National Assembly.