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Egypt mediates between Saudi and Syria 
UPI - Mar 02 11:11 AM
Arab diplomats say Egypt is trying to mediate between Saudi Arabia and Syria to close their chasm ahead of this month's Arab summit in Riyadh.First Human Avian Flu Case in Laos, More in China, Egypt U.S. Department of State - Mar 02 2:57 PM
Investigations are under way in Laos, China and Egypt into new human cases of avian influenza, and the World Health Organization is preparing to meet with representatives of developing countries to discuss equitable distribution of pandemic vaccine and the sharing of avian flu virus samples. USINFO recaps these and other recent developments related to bird flu and efforts to combat its spread.PRESS RELEASE: Experience The Magic And Mystery Of Ancient Egypt With An Exciting New Adventure Game For The PC gamesindustry.biz - Mar 02 6:28 AM
XIDER, a new games label and part of bhv Software in Germany, a leading publisher of entertainment software, has launched the exciting sequel to its 2005 hit PC game Ankh. Ankh: Heart of Osiris transports the player back into Ancient Egypt to explore the sensual bazaars, subterranean temple and dark alleys of Cairo as the young adventurer and reluctant daredevil Assil.Egypt's Al-Ahli narrowly misses plane collision at Johannesburg airport People's Daily - Mar 02 3:51 AM
Egypt's Al-Ahli soccer team on Thursday survived a big scare while the plane they were aboard narrowly missed a deadly collision with another plane at Johannesburg international airport in the South African city, the Club's official website reported.Papa John's Opens Restaurant in Egypt AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 01 10:27 AM
Pizza and pasta restaurant company Papa John's International Inc. said Thursday it opened its first restaurant in Egypt.Kuwaiti investments in Egypt worth over USD one billion -- official The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 02 1:28 AM
Kuwaiti investments in Egypt have reached over USD one billion, said Chairman of Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Dr. Ziad Bahaa El-Din on Friday.Speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Bahaa El-Din said Kuwaiti investments have been flowing into Egypt since 1970 and Kuwait was currently the most important investor in various Egyptian sectors.Papa John's Opens Restaurant in Egypt KiplingerForecasts.com - Mar 01 10:43 AM
(AP) LOUISVILLE, Ky. Pizza and pasta restaurant company Papa John's International Inc. said Thursday it opened its first restaurant in Egypt. Financial details of the expansion were not disclosed.Human rights groups have often accused Egypt of torturing members of Islamist movements [AFP] Aljazeera - Mar 01 2:59 PM
Sweden has overturned a 2001 decision to expell Mohammed al-Zery, an Egyptian asylum-seeker, who was subsequently handed over to US agents and deported to Egypt where he was allegedly tortured.Egypt freezes Muslim Brotherhood assets AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 1:02 PM
A court ordered a freeze Wednesday on the assets of 29 known financiers of the Muslim brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition movement.Young girl infected with bird flu in Egypt AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 28 8:29 AM
A four-year-old girl became Egypt's latest victim of bird flu, the 23rd to be diagnosed since the virus was detected in the country, the official MENA news agency said on Wednesday.AlMansoori Makes Third Acquisition in Egypt Rigzone - Mar 01 8:02 AM
The oilfield services provider AlMansoori Specialized Engineering (MSE) has signed a multi-million dollar deal to acquire the Tubing Conveyed Perforation (TCP) division of Energy Inc as part of MSE's plans to build and strengthen its business developments in Egypt.Israel's new desert nerve center guards Egypt border Middle East Times - Mar 01 5:19 AM
HAR SAGUI, Israel -- Buried deep in the desert wilds, Israel this week opened a nerve center to patrol the desolate border with Egypt, notorious for drug trafficking and human infiltrations.Papa John's opens restaurant in Egypt Sharewatch - Mar 01 10:29 AM
Financial details of the expansion were not disclosed. Papa John's said it plans to open four additional restaurants in Egypt this year, and 40 over the next four years. The company currently owns 44 restaurants in eight countries in the Middle East.7 wonders list is insulting: Egypt IBN live - Mar 01 3:41 AM
Egypt finds it insulting to be included in a list of Wonders of the World with modern marvels like Statue of Liberty.New Israeli regiment to patrol Egypt border Middle East Times - Mar 01 12:04 AM
HAR SAGUI, Israel -- The Israeli army Wednesday officially inaugurated a new regiment charged with patrolling the Jewish state's porous border with Egypt.Papa John's Opens First Restaurant in Egypt [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 01 8:59 AM
LOUISVILLE, Ky.----Papa John's International continued its global expansion with the recent opening of the first Papa John's restaurant in Egypt.Orascom Bids for Stake in Brasil Telecom AP via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 02 1:08 PM
Egypt's Orascom Telecom said Friday it has bid for a stake in Brazilian phone company Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA, the third-largest fixed-line operator in Latin America's most populous nation.Zimbabwe/Egypt: We've Little Chance to Win - Ndlovu AllAfrica.com - Mar 02 11:34 AM
IF history and statistics were to be the determinants in predicting the outcome of the African Champions League first round match between Highlanders and Egyptian giants Al Ahly at Barbourfields on Sunday, then the Zimbabwe champions could as well throw in the towel before kick-off.Egypt feminist faces lawsuit over 'blasphemous' play Middle East Times - Mar 02 5:47 AM
BLASPHEMY: Egyptian feminist author and activist Nawal Al Saadawi may be sued by Sunni Islam's highest institute of learning, Al Azhar, for a play she wrote that they consider blasphemous.Egypt's Orascom Telecom Makes Bid For Brasil Telecom Stake Nasdaq - Mar 02 10:51 AM
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Orascom Telecom, a branch of a large Egyptian conglomerate, has made a bid for a stake in Brazilian phone company Brasil Telecom Participacoes (BRP) held by Telecom Italia SpA (TI), Orascom Telecom's chief executive Naguib Sawiris said Friday.Hamas official denies having crisis with Egypt People's Daily - Feb 28 4:01 PM
A spokesman for the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Wednesday denied reports of "silent crisis" between his movement and Egypt over an agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah in Saudi Arabia.Canada assured by Egypt that alleged spy not tortured AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 01 12:28 AM
Canada's Foreign Minister said Wednesday that he had received assurances from Cairo that an Egyptian-Canadian man accused of spying for Israel had not been tortured after being arrested by Egyptian authorities.Egypt questions alleged spy's Canadian citizenship Canada.com - Feb 28 1:29 PM
OTTAWA - Egypt's ambassador to Canada says his government wants proof an Egyptian being held in a Cairo prison on charges of spying for Israel is a Canadian citizen.Zimbabwe/Egypt: Al Ahly Jet in AllAfrica.com - Mar 02 12:27 AM
The African club champions flew into Bulawayo yesterday in two batches for their Champions League first round clash with Zimbabwe champions Highlanders without some of their key players.Egypt Museum airs 1,000 years of jackal god gifts Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 01 10:28 AM
A thousand years' worth of offerings to an ancient Egyptian jackal god are the subject of an exhibition that opened on Thursday at Cairo's Egyptian Museum.Egypt Freezes Muslim Brotherhood Assets The Houma Courier - Feb 28 12:45 PM
A court ordered a freeze Wednesday on the assets of 29 known financiers of the Muslim brotherhood, Egypt's most powerful opposition movement. The court upheld a decision by the state prosecutor last year, part of the government's push to undermine the fundamentalist movement financially.Canada questions Egypt over spy allegations Canada.com - Feb 28 1:30 PM
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs officials investigated reports Sunday that Egypt laid espionage charges against four men, including a dual Egyptian-Canadian citizen, accused of spying for Mossad, the Israeli secret service, in Canada and Turkey.Human H5N1 cases reported in Laos, Egypt, China CIDRAP - Feb 28 4:10 PM
Feb 28, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday confirmed Laos' first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, involving a 15-year-old girl from Vientiane, and Egypt and China also have reported new cases.Scots aim for victory in Cairo tournament The Scotsman: Sport - Mar 02 5:41 PM
SCOTLAND embark on the next stage of their European Cup build-up with a tournament in Cairo this weekend playing the hosts Egypt, Switzerland, and Ukraine.Moussa urges for international peace conference on Palestine issue People's Daily - Mar 02 5:29 PM
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa call in Cairo Friday for holding an international peace conference on the Palestine issue, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.China's Sinochem to Bid for Devon's Egypt Oil Blocks Rigzone - Feb 28 8:02 AM
China National Chemicals Import & Export Corp., or Sinochem, will bid for the oil assets of U.S. company Devon Energy (DVN) in Egypt, a Sinochem official said Wednesday.Egypt's Orascom Makes Bid For Brasil Telecom - Report Cellular-News.com - Mar 02 5:04 AM
SAO PAULO -(Dow Jones)- Orascom Telecom, a branch of a large Egyption conglomerate, this week made a bid for shares held by controllers in Brasil Telecom Participacoes, Brazil's third largest telecom, said the local Folha de S. Paulo newspaper Friday.The Enemy at Home Bandera Bulletin - Mar 02 2:03 PM
Some things to think about from Dinesh D'Souza's book "The Enemy at Home." A. There are four important Muslim countries in the Middle East: Iran, Iraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.Gaza murders concern Palestinians The Columbus Dispatch - Mar 02 4:09 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip The murders of three women in this Palestinian territory between Israel and Egypt might be an ominous turn in a five-month campaign by militant Islamists to impose their conservative beliefs on Gaza s 1.4 million people.Sinochem says not bidding for Devon's Egypt assets Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 01 8:28 PM
BEIJING, March 2 (Reuters) - China's state-run Sinochem Corp. has decided not to bid for Egyptian oil blocks offered by U.S. firm Devon Energy Corp. , a senior Sinochem upstream official said on Friday.Egypt Opens Border To Canadian Breeding Cattle CattleNetwork.com - Feb 28 5:54 AM
WINNIPEG (Dow Jones)--Egypt has agreed to lift its ban on the import of Canadian breeding cattle, Canadian Minister of Agriculture Chuck Strahl said Tuesday.All set for battle royale The Herald - Mar 02 12:51 PM
A BATTLE royale is on the cards when Zimbabwean champions Highlanders host newly crowned 2006 African Club of the Year Al Ahly of Egypt in a Champions League first round, first leg tie, which has aroused worldwide interest.Egypt: Journalists Fined, Their Prison Sentences Dropped, for 'Insulting President' AllAfrica.com - Mar 01 12:11 PM
Judge Ismail Abu Kerisha of the Misdemeanor Appeal Court in Al-Warak sentenced Ibrahim Eissa, editor-in-chief of the independent weekly "Al-Dostour", and Sahar Zaki, a journalist with the newspaper, to a fine of 22,500 Egyptian pounds (approx.Israel s Mantra Echoes Like The Plagues Of Egypt Scoop.co.nz - Mar 01 12:51 PM
As military men in swat team Mode rampage streets and alleys Israel bemoans the lack of significant Concessions Palestinians make to secure Peace for all Israel has much at stake Such as brand new highways Neighborhoods built on occupied land Settlers require raw sewage pour Down on hapless villages below In a power play a sick joke they Watch Palestinian trees and crops Sicken and die Arabs ...Egypt Allows Breeding Cattle Imports From Canada Ag Report - Feb 27 1:51 PM
OTTAWA - Feb 27/07 - SNS -- Egypt has agreed to lift its ban on imports of Canadian breeding cattle. In addition to access for Canadian breeding cattle, the export certificate will extend to sheep and goats from Canada.Slain woman's life remembered Stamford Advocate - Mar 02 4:41 AM
STAMFORD - Barbara Kos flashed through her memories of a half-century of friendship with Joanne Trautwein: face-to-face encounters with penguins in Antarctica, touring underground tombs in Egypt, counting rodents as volunteers in an academic study in the deserts of Chile. senior management group [Press Release] United Nations - Mar 02 11:37 AM
On 9 February 2007, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Ambassador Muhammad Shaaban of Egypt as Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly Affairs and Conference Management.LAOS Bird flu strikes again in Laos and Egypt - Asia News AsiaNews.it - Feb 28 3:56 AM
LAOS Bird flu strikes again in Laos and Egypt There are more human cases in the two countries. Outbreaks are reported in various regions from Africa to the Far East. Winter and bird migrations are seen as the main cause. Health authorities impose quarantine and cull entire stocks.Spy Trial Of Four Accused Postponed In Egypt Nasdaq - Mar 01 2:52 AM
(RTTNews) - Wednesday, the trial of four defendants accused of spying for Israel was adjourned till March 26 by the Egyptian Supreme State Security Court, the official news agency MENA reported.S. Jersey Girls | Gloucester tops New Egypt; Central Regional beats Camden The Philadelphia Inquirer - Feb 28 12:19 AM
Gloucester may own a sub-.500 record, but it does boast a playoff win too. The Lions opened the South Jersey Group 1 girls' basketball tournament with a 50-31 home win against ninth-seeded New Egypt last night.Debate shows where Mexico stands on immigration, economics San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 5:25 PM
A three-party Mexican debate held Wednesday gave audience members a taste of our southern neighbor's take on binational hot topics.Papa John's opens first Egyptian restaurant bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 01 9:42 AM
Papa John's International Inc. has opened its first restaurant in Egypt.Leaning on Theory, Colliding With Faith New York Times - Mar 02 5:06 PM
It is unlikely that many Christians will lose sleep because of ?The Lost Tomb of Jesus? on the Discovery Channel.Israeli Band?s Antiwar Song Pushes Pop Contest?s Buttons New York Times - Mar 02 4:50 PM
Organizers of the annual Eurovision Song Contest might ban this year?s Israeli entry, ?Push the Button,? because of what they call an inappropriate political message.Kids Times Leader - Mar 02 12:20 AM
Sesame Street Live: Elmo s Coloring Book. Elmo and friends join Professor Art and his helpers, the Palettes, as they travel into their drawings to ancient Egypt, the Land of the Dinosaurs and a very musical junkyard. Scranton Cultural Center, 420 N. Washington Ave., Scranton. Today at 10 a.m., 3:30 and 7 p.m.; Saturday at 10:30 a.m., 2 and 5:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1 and 4:30 p.m. $25, $20, $17, $13. ...Mansoori marks third acquisition in Egypt Khaleej Times - Feb 27 6:44 PM
ABU DHABI Al Mansoori Specialised Engineering (MSE) has signed a multi-million dollar deal to acquire the Tubing Conveyed Perforation (TCP) division of Energy Inc., as part of its ambitious plans to build and strengthen its business developments in Egypt.Indian Outsourcers Scramble To Meet Need For More Staff Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 4:00 PM
A mix of low-cost labor and high-quality software and services has proved a bonanza for outsourcing firms in India, sending American rivals IBM , Accenture and others scrambling to cash in.The Press Republican - Plattsburgh, NY Plattsburgh Press Republican - Mar 02 3:08 AM
Loading... WESTPORT Fencing a sport that goes back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Rome is having a renaissance in Westport.Sports Briefing New York Times - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago
tennis.Museum brings ancient Egypt to life Contra Costa Times - Mar 01 3:23 AM
Why it's cool: From the imposing columns and temple facade to the mummies hidden inside, the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum is one big jaw-dropping spectacle. You don't have to go halfway 'round the globe to have your socks knocked off, because this cool, mysterious repository of artifacts, papyri and sarcophagi is just a short drive away in San Jose.In Arab Hub, Poor Left to Their Fate New York Times - Feb 28 7:05 PM
Egypt?s government is by all accounts an utterly unreliable source of help for the average citizen, helping to create a system that has stifled political opposition.Israeli navy to patrol Dead Sea: TV AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 12:25 PM
The Israeli navy last week reportedly completed trials on the possibility of carrying out regular patrols on the Dead Sea.Middle East Business Information Zawya - Mar 02 12:34 AM
CAIRO, March 2 (KUNA) -- Kuwaiti investments in Egypt have reached over USD one billion, said Chairman of Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) Dr. Ziad Bahaa El-Din on Friday.Egypt s Ahly launch challenge for ACL record Middle East Online - Mar 01 1:42 AM
Five-time African champions bid to win record third consecutive Champions League title.Diana's Next Date in Court Time Magazine - Mar 02 1:22 PM
Mohamed Al Fayed wins the right to a jury inquest into the 1997 accident that took the lives of his son and the princess Thursday, Mar 01, 2007 Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Mar 01 3:51 PM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The murders of three women in this Palestinian territory between Israel and Egypt may be an ominous turn in a five-month campaign by militant Islamists to impose their conservative beliefs on Gaza's 1.4 million people. Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - Mar 01 11:08 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-Year-Old Latest AI Victim In Egypt CattleNetwork.com - Mar 01 5:24 AM
A four-year-old Egyptian girl contracted the H5N1 highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza, becoming the 23rd person to become infected there since it emerged in February 2006, the Middle East News Agency reported.The Dissident?s Son New York Times - 15 minutes ago
A 9-year-old boy learns about betrayal in Hisham Matar?s first novel, set in 1979 Libya.Paperback Fiction New York Times - 11 minutes ago
1. THE MEMORY KEEPER?S DAUGHTER, by Kim Edwards 2. THE HOUSE, by Danielle Steel 3. IRISH DREAMS, by Nora Roberts 4. THE DIVIDE, by Nicholas Evans 5. THE TEMPLAR LEGACY, by Steve BerryRemnants of community say they re home, but tread lightly JTA - Mar 01 2:43 PM
The interior of the Eliahou Hanabi synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt.Even in a Song Contest, Controversy Over the Israeli Entry New York Times - Mar 02 12:20 PM
The Eurovision Song Contest might ban this year?s Israeli entry, ?Push the Button,? because of a supposedly ?inappropriate? political message.Al-Ahly take the Highroad in bid for hat-trick The Star - Mar 01 11:41 PM
Cairo - Al-Ahly of Egypt launch their challenge for a record third consecutive African Champions League title at Highlanders of Zimbabwe on Sunday.Bestselling Author Drills Teeth, Dissects Egypt's Moral Decay Bloomberg.com - Feb 26 9:56 PM
Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- His bestselling novel, ``The Yacoubian Building,'' has been translated into 17 languages, made into a movie and is headed to Egypt's TV screens as a serial. He just came out with another novel, ``Chicago,'' on the tangled lives of Egyptians in the U.S.Drogba, New King of African Football Ohmynews - Mar 01 9:31 PM
During the last African Nation's cup in Egypt in 2006, he led his team to the finals, where they lost to host Egypt on penalties. He was one of the major forces that helped Chelsea win the English...Expelled Egyptian Jews left behind piece of their hearts JTA - Mar 01 11:43 AM
Geoffrey Hanson, at his home in Ramat Gan, Israel, shows a photo of himself and his former fiance at their engagement party in Alexandria, Egypt. Hundreds of Jews were imprisoned and expelled from Egypt after the Suez War. Fifty years later they look back with a mixture of regret and longing.Ancient Greek statue discovery reunites Zeus with Hera AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 8:09 AM
Archaeologists in northern Greece have unearthed a rare statue of Hera, ancient Greek goddess of marriage, which together with an earlier discovery of a matching Zeus statue constitutes the first paired display of Greek gods ever found in the country.Egypt closes satellite TV feed from Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 8:44 AM
Egypt has stopped its satellite transmission of a private Iraqi channel whose pro-Sunni programming came under criticism from the U.S. and Iraqi governments, an Information Ministry official said Monday.Eurovision contest weighs ban on Israeli band's entry International Herald Tribune - Mar 02 12:39 PM
Contest officials could reject an Israeli song because of a possibly 'inappropriate' political message about nuclear war.France to return 'pharaoh's hair' to Egypt AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 26 7:48 AM
France is to hand over to Egypt a lock of hair said to belong to the mummy of Ramses II that was put on sale on the Internet last year, French officials said Monday."In the Country of Men": A lyrical portrait of evil infantilized International Herald Tribune - Mar 02 6:39 AM
Hisham Matar's first novel is a sophisticated storybook inhabited by archetypes, told with a 9-year-old's logic, written with the emphatic and memorable lyricism of verse.Egypt Opens Border to Canadian Breeding Cattle Government of Canada News - Feb 27 1:14 PM
The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, today welcomed the news that Egypt has agreed to lift its ban on the import of Canadian breeding cattle.(AFX UK Focus) 2007-02-27 18:31 GMT: Centamin Egypt moves into profit in H1 Interactive Investor - Feb 27 10:55 AM
LONDON (AFX) - Centamin Egypt Limited, a precious and base metal exploration company, reported a profit of 178,035 usd for the six months to Dec 31 2006, up from a loss of 532,379 usd a year earlier.WHO confirms H5N1 cases, still seeks virus-sharing pact CIDRAP - Mar 01 4:10 PM
Mar 1, 2007 (CIDRAP News) The World Health Organization (WHO) today confirmed two cases of H5N1 avian influenza, one in Egypt and one in China, while stating that a disagreement with Indonesia about sharing H5N1 virus samples has not yet been fully resolved.Abu Omar says he was kidnapped by CIA agents in Milan in 2003 and sent to Egypt to be tortured [EPA] Aljazeera - Feb 28 4:29 PM
The US will not meet any request by Italy to extradite 26 Americans, most thought to be CIA agents, to stand trial over the kidnapping of a Muslim imam, the US state department's legal adviser has said.Indian Outsourcers Scramble To Meet Need For More Staff Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 02 4:00 PM
A mix of low-cost labor and high-quality software and services has proved a bonanza for outsourcing firms in India, sending American rivals IBM...Declaring delays Al-Ahram Weekly - Mar 01 2:25 PM
Travel agents worry that recent regulations imposed by the Egyptian Customs Administration (ECA) will unfavourably affect tourist traffic to Egypt, at a time when the country is trying to attain a target of 14 million tourists by the year 2010. The new customs declaration stipulates that any traveller, whether Egyptian or foreigner, must declare the amount of money he is carrying if it is over ..."Some of the people" Al-Ahram Weekly - Mar 01 2:32 PM
How many political parties are there in Egypt? What are they called? Who are their leaders and what are their platforms? Simple enough questions, one would think, but I doubt if anyone can come up with the correct answers.Egypt Bans Pro-Militant Iraq TV Al-Zawraa Nasdaq - Feb 27 12:36 AM
(RTTNews) - Egypt has banned the transmission of al-Zawraa, a private Iraqi TV station which was carried on Nilesat, a government-owned TV satellite, accusing it of glorifying the Sunni insurgency in Iraq. The United States had asked the Egyptian authorities to stop transmission of al-Zawraa, which was broadcasting from a secret location.Suspected Israeli spy trial postponed in Egypt People's Daily - Feb 28 4:59 PM
The Egyptian Supreme State Security Court on Wednesday adjourned till March 26 the trial of four defendants accused of spying for Israel, the official news agency MENA reported.Parreira expects McCarthy to return for Bafana Bafana AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 3:23 AM
South African coach Carlos Alberto Parreira expects in-form star striker Benni McCarthy to end his long boycott of the national team after finding his feet in the English Premiership.Replicas of King Tut artifacts featured at Home Show Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 11 minutes ago
Read this article ]Ban lifted on breeding cattle Meat News - Mar 01 7:06 AM
EGYPT: Egypt opens border to Canadian breeding cattle, sheep and goats. Egypt has agreed to lift its ban on the import of Canadian breeding cattle. The move follows negotiations between the Egyptian government and the Canadian cattle industry.Uganda: Shs22m for Zone V AllAfrica.com - Mar 01 1:49 PM
UGANDA Amateur Boxing Federation (UABF) has drafted a tentative Shs22 m budget for the National team as it prepares for Zone V Championships in Egypt that starts on April 10.Hicks tells of torture and abuse at Guantanamo The Age - Mar 01 5:12 AM
After arriving in Guantanamo Bay, David Hicks says he was shown a photo of a battered fellow Australian, Mamdouh Habib, and told he would be sent to Egypt for similar, brutal treatment if he did not co-operate with US interrogators.Strike wave grows in Egypt Socialist Worker - Feb 27 10:37 AM
Egypt s winter of discontent is growing. Following victories in major strikes last month, 13,000 workers at the Samanoud textile factory walked out on Thursday of last week, demanding an increase in food allowances.Your views on Muslim guidance BBC News - Mar 02 10:31 AM
Your thoughts on Mike Baker's discussion of Muslim Council of Britain's guidance for schools.Almansoori announces third acquisition in Egypt AME Info - Feb 27 4:08 AM
Innovative leading oilfield services provider AlMansoori Specialized Engineering (MSE) has signed a multi-million dollar deal to acquire the Tubing Conveyed Perforation (TCP) division of Energy Inc as part of MSE's ambitious plans to build and strengthen its business developments in Egypt.Iraq s U.N. ambassador criticizes Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 1:15 AM
The Syrians could do more to prevent terrorists from crossing their border into Iraq, an issue that will be on the agenda of an upcoming security conference in Baghdad, Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Thursday.Hicks alleges U.S. abuse at Guantanamo CNN.com - Mar 01 10:35 PM
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) -- Australia's only Guantanamo Bay detainee, David Hicks, has complained of torture and abuse at the prison camp on Cuba as the U.S. military said it had charged him with providing material support for terrorism.Egypt's new opposition leader sees end of regime AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 27 10:50 AM
Even as the Egyptian government cracks down on any kind of opposition, an ageing academic who has taken the helm of the faltering pro-democracy Kefaya movement insists the regime is on its last legs.Analysis: Who really makes Israeli policy? UPI - Mar 02 10:25 AM
The directive Israel's then-ambassador to London, Zvi Shtauber, received from Jerusalem made him happy: Finally Israel was going to say 'yes' to a peace ...US Will Reject Extradition Requests Of CIA Agents Nasdaq - Mar 01 3:36 AM
(RTTNews) - The United States has said that it will turn down any request by Italy for extradition of CIA agents to stand trial with Italian spies for kidnapping a Muslim cleric and sending him to Egypt, where he was tortured.Libya's Qaddafi marks 30 years of rule by the 'green book' The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mar 02 12:00 AM
Crowds of school boys leaned over fences festooned with banners praising Lybian leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi.Singer's group robbed at gunpoint UPI - Feb 28 4:25 PM
Pop singer Stephanie Sun reportedly was robbed at gunpoint while filming a music video in Egypt, the China Post said. The Singapore native and about 20 ...