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Egypt's most prominent feminist shuns homeland 
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With a mane of stark white hair and flashing dark eyes, not to mention opinions on society and women's issues that would be radical anywhere, Nawal al-Saadawi has long been a controversial figure in conservative Egypt.Israelis told to leave Egypt, Jordan AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 4:06 AM
Israel on Wednesday warned nationals who may be visiting regional allies Egypt and Jordan to leave immediately, citing a "very high concrete threat" to their safety.Egypt Calls for Investigation Into Reported Israeli War Crimes in 1967 Voice of America - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has asked Israel to investigate charges that Israeli troops may have killed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 Six-Day War.Timothy Garton Ash: The Mubarak regime is heading for a succession crisis. By trying to strangle Egypt's Islamists, it ... Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 5:45 PM
Timothy Garton Ash: The Mubarak regime is performing Egypt's Islamists a great service by trying to strangle them.Timothy Garton Ash: The Mubarak regime is heading for a succession crisis. By trying to strangle Egypt's Islamists, it ... Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 5:48 PM
Timothy Garton Ash: By trying to strangle Egypt's Islamists, the Mubarak regime has strengthened them.Israel warns its citizens to avoid traveling in Egypt People's Daily - Mar 07 4:59 PM
Israeli government agency on Wednesday warned its citizens not to travel in Egypt, especially the Sinai peninsula.EU policy seen more carrot than stick for Egypt AlertNet - Mar 07 6:32 AM
Source: Reuters (Adds details of EU position, paragraph 4) By Jonathan Wright CAIRO, March 7 (Reuters) - A policy plan signed by Egypt and the European Union, worth 558 million euros ($733 million) to Egypt over ... Egypt MPs threaten to review Israel ties over PoW row AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 06 6:42 AM
An influential parliamentary panel in Egypt on Tuesday threatened to review ties with Israel, as the Jewish state played down a report that Egyptian prisoners were executed during the 1967 Middle East war.Israel warns its citizens to avoid Egypt, Jordan AlertNet - Mar 07 6:33 AM
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, March 7 (Reuters) - Israel has warned its citizens to immediately leave Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab states with which it has full ties, out of concern they could come under attack, a ... Egypt asks Israel to probe alleged 1967 killings Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 06 5:14 AM
Egypt called on Israel on Tuesday to investigate charges that Israeli troops led by Israel's current infrastructure minister may have killed Egyptian prisoners of war in 1967.Israel warns its citizens to avoid Egypt, Jordan Khaleej Times - Mar 07 7:24 AM
JERUSALEM - Israel has warned its citizens to immediately leave Egypt and Jordan, the only Arab states with which it has full ties, out of concern they could come under attack, a government official said on Wednesday.Egypt Comes Alive The Press-Enterprise - Mar 06 10:34 PM
Ancient civilizations were visited by modern-day children at San Jacinto Valley Academy when sixth-graders posed as historical figures from Egypt. Each chose an individual to research and write about.Egypt expert to give free lecture Reno Gazette-Journal - Mar 07 2:29 AM
Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, will give a free public lecture Thursday at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno.Israelis told to get out of Egypt and Jordan Jerusalem Newswire - Mar 07 6:38 AM
Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau on Wednesday warned Israelis currently visiting Egypt and Jordan to return home immediately. The bureau cited a "very high concrete threat" to Israelis from Islamic terrorists throughout the region.Only in Egypt! Middle East Times - Mar 06 3:34 PM
CAIRO -- A regularly updated collection of weird and whacky news items from Egypt. Barking up the wrong tree?EU, Egypt sign 558m reform package Financial Times - Mar 06 12:06 PM
Egypt and the European Union on Tuesday launched a reform package that Brussels hopes will push the country towards democratisation despite a recent crackdown by Egyptian authorities on opposition members and concerns about the government s will to carry out political changes.Egypt demands Israeli probe into report of 1967 prisoner killings The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 06 1:25 PM
An influential parliamentary panel in Egypt on Tuesday threatened to review ties with Israel, as the Jewish state played down a report that Egyptian prisoners were executed during the 1967 war. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, during talks with her Egyptian counterpart Ahmad Abou al-Gheit, promised to watch an Israeli documentary which Egyptian and Israeli.Egypt, EU launch $730 million aid for reform plan AlertNet - Mar 06 8:32 AM
Source: Reuters By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, March 6 (Reuters) - The European Union and Egypt launched an ambitious plan on Tuesday under which the EU will provide aid of 558 million euros ($732 million) to ... Israeli minister postpones Egypt visit AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 05 10:49 AM
An Israeli Cabinet minister who commanded an army unit during the 1967 Middle East War on Monday postponed a visit to Egypt following allegations there that soldiers under his command killed unarmed Egyptian prisoners.EU OKs EUR558 Million In Aid To Egypt Meant To Increase Cooperation Nasdaq - Mar 06 6:23 AM
BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The European Union Tuesday approved a EUR558 million, three year financial aid plan for Egypt.Israeli official delays Egypt trip after allegations of war crimes Boston Globe - Mar 06 1:13 AM
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli Cabinet minister who commanded an army unit during the 1967 Middle East War yesterday postponed a visit to Egypt following allegations there that soldiers under his command killed unarmed Egyptian prisoners.Egypt, EU launch $730 million aid for reform plan Khaleej Times - Mar 06 8:39 AM
BRUSSELS - The European Union and Egypt launched an ambitious plan on Tuesday under which the EU will provide aid of 558 million euros ($732 million) to encourage political, economic and social reform in Egypt.Storm brews between Israel and Egypt over PoW killing claims AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 05 5:01 AM
A major diplomatic row threatened to erupt between Israel and Egypt on Monday over claims that a crack Israeli unit killed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.Top Rated: Lake Egypt water rated state's best The Southern Illinoisan - Mar 07 4:43 PM
People don't generally spend much time thinking about their drinking water at home. When they do, cleanliness is generally the first concern. Taste comes in a close second.US report: Syria, Egypt guilty of rights abuses The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 07 12:42 PM
The government's human rights record remained poor, and it continued to commit serious abuses. There were significant limitations on citizens' rights to change their government. In a climate of impunity, there were instances of arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of life, and members of the security forces tortured and physically abused prisoners and detainees.Israel criticizes Egyptian attacks UPI - Mar 07 4:40 PM
Israel's Foreign Ministry Wednesday criticized statements that might hinder its relations wtih Egypt. The issue arose following a documentary film, ...In Egypt, remnant carries on rich fabric of Jewish tradition JTA - Mar 05 7:58 PM
Ben Gaon, vice president of the Jewish community of Alexandria, Egypt, sits in his office under a photo of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the community´s headquarters Sept. 18, 2006.Egypt anger over 1967 'massacre' BBC News - Mar 05 6:29 AM
An Israeli minister postpones a trip to Egypt, amid media reports his army unit killed 250 Egyptian POWs in 1967.Israel-Egypt storm brews over PoWs Gulf Times - Mar 05 10:43 PM
JERUSALEM: A major diplomatic row threatened to erupt between Israel and Egypt yesterday over claims that a crack Israeli unit killed Egyptian prisoners during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.Egypt's bloggers test state media control Independent Online - Mar 05 10:07 PM
Blogging in Egypt has become a dangerous past-time as authorities react to the scrutiny of an online public.Ben-Eliezer Postpones Egypt Trip Arab News - Mar 05 4:20 PM
JERUSALEM, 6 March 2007 An Israeli Cabinet minister has put off a trip to Egypt, where public outrage has flared over media charges that a unit he led in the 1967 Middle East war may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers, an aide said yesterday.Egypt riled by film's POW massacre claim UPI - Mar 06 11:40 AM
An Israeli documentary film that claims Israeli forces killed 250 Egyptian prisoners in Sinai in 1967's Six Day War is straining Egyptian-Israeli ...Egyptian Lawmakers Remain Upset by Israeli Documentary Voice of America - Mar 07 12:48 PM
Emotions remain high in Cairo, even after Egypt asked for Israel to investigate whether Israeli soldiers killed Egyptian POWs during the 1967 war.The issue has outraged the Egyptian parliament Aljazeera - Mar 07 4:44 PM
A diplomatic row is threatening to damage relations between Egypt and Israel after a documentary alleged that Israel massacred Egyptian soldiers after they surrendered in the 1967 Middle East war.In Egypt's 2005 elections some judges risked their careers speaking out against electoral practices [AP] Aljazeera - Mar 05 10:29 AM
New amendments to Egypt's constitution, could make it almost impossible for Islamic groups, representing the country's largest opposition wave, to seek presidency.There s no single recipe for charoset, but every year at the seder, it s all good JTA - Mar 07 3:42 PM
Charoset, shown sandwiched between matzah and on the back left of plate. Charoset, a wine-apple-nut mixture made for the Passover seder to symbolize an aspect of the Jews slavery in Egypt, is an old tradition with many incarnations.Egypt to deport six Chinese illegal migrants The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 05 1:11 PM
Egyptian authorities have ordered the deportation of six Chinese caught trying to cross into Israel illegally in search of work, a security source said Monday. The six Chinese were arrested last week by border police as they tried to cross into Israel from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula with the help of local bedouins, the source said.Egypt outrage at war claims The New Zealand Herald - Mar 05 8:47 AM
CAIRO - Egypt summoned Israel's envoy to Cairo after Israeli media alleged the Israeli Army may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers at the end of the 1967 Middle East War.Abe gears up for 1st U.S., Mideast tour Asahi.com - Mar 07 5:41 PM
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to tour Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt from late April to early May, government sources said Wednesday.Israeli minister postpones Egypt visit over war crimes allegations Canada.com - Mar 05 11:31 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli cabinet minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has postponed a planned visit to Egypt in light of allegations that an army unit under his command killed unarmed Egyptian prisoners captured during the 1967 Middle East War, an aide said Monday.U.S. ambassador says to solve dispute with Iran through diplomatic channels People's Daily - Mar 07 4:46 PM
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt said here that the United States is taking efforts to solve the dispute with Iran through diplomatic channels, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported on Wednesday.Egypt's bloggers test state media control ZDNet - Mar 04 6:21 PM
Bloggers come into the spotlight in Egypt as a force in political debate and as a target of government attempts to limit expression.Israel minister delays Egypt trip in war crime row AlertNet - Mar 05 6:17 AM
Source: Reuters (Adds comment from film-maker, foreign ministry) By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Feb 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister has put off a trip to Egypt, where public outrage has flared over media ... Israel minister delays Egypt trip in war crime row Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 05 2:52 AM
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister has postponed a trip to Egypt, where media allegations that a unit he led in the 1967 Middle East war may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers stirred public outrage, an aide said on Monday.Israeli travelers warned to depart Egypt, Jordan and Morocco without delay DEBKAfile - Mar 07 6:36 AM
Copyright 2000-2007 DEBKA file . All Rights Reserved.Israel minister delays Egypt trip in war crime row Khaleej Times - Mar 05 6:53 AM
JERUSALEM - An Israeli cabinet minister has put off a trip to Egypt, where public outrage has flared over media charges that a unit he led in the 1967 Middle East war may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers, an aide said on Monday.Israel minister delays Egypt trip in war crime row AlertNet - Mar 05 3:02 AM
Source: Reuters By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM, Feb 5 (Reuters) - An Israeli cabinet minister has postponed a trip to Egypt, where media allegations that a unit he led in the 1967 Middle East war may have killed 250 ... Egypt riled by film's POW massacre claim The Washington Times - Mar 06 11:41 AM
An Israeli documentary film that claims Israeli forces killed 250 Egyptian prisoners in Sinai in 1967's Six Day War is straining Egyptian-Israeli relations.Storm brewing between Israel, Egypt over PoWs Middle East Times - Mar 05 1:34 AM
JERUSALEM -- A diplomatic row threatened to erupt between Israel and Egypt Monday over claims that an Israeli unit had killed Egyptian prisoners of war during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.First Human Avian Flu Case in Laos, More in China, Egypt U.S. Department of State - Mar 05 8:17 AM
Officials from U.S. agencies have offered help to the government of Egypt in controlling the spread of avian influenza among birds there and have met with World Health Organization leaders to discuss international cooperation in preventing and responding to avian and pandemic influenza. Separately, scientists from the National Institutes of Health and its National Institute of Allergy and ...Way of the Baksheesh Sun Star - Mar 07 8:22 AM
MY FIRST encounter of "baksheesh" was on a trip to Egypt. The word "baksheesh" connotes several meanings perhaps depending on which side of the country you came from.Scots to face hosts in final The Scotsman: Sport - Mar 07 6:40 AM
SCOTLAND play hosts Egypt again in tomorrow's final of the Four Nations Tournament in Cairo after maintaining their unbeaten record in the event.Israeli minister calls off visit to Egypt amid PoW storm Khaleej Times - Mar 05 1:08 AM
JERUSALEM - An Israeli minister on Monday called off a planned visit to Egypt amid a storm over claims that a unit he commanded had killed Egyptian prisoners of war in the June 1967 Six Day war, his office said.Egypt's bloggers test the limits Independent Online - Mar 05 12:58 AM
The focus in Egypt has again shifted to its bloggers who are an important forum for political debate, but whose freedom of expression is limited by the government.Former hostage Jill Carroll returns to report in Mideast CNN.com - Mar 07 5:04 PM
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- Jill Carroll, the journalist held hostage for nearly three months in Iraq last year, has returned to the Middle East to report for the Christian Science Monitor, a newspaper spokesman said Wednesday.Ben-Eliezer cancels Egypt visit amid row over 1967 war charges Haaretz Daily - Mar 05 12:20 AM
Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer has cancelled his scheduled visit to Egypt in the wake of a row over media reports - denied by Ben-Eliezer - that during the 1967 Six-Day War, troops under his command executed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers.Arab states to be invited to Quartet meet UPI - Mar 06 12:41 PM
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan will be invited to participate in the Quartet's next meeting, a senior European Union official said. The Egyptian State ...Egypt's economy to grow AME Info - Mar 04 10:09 PM
Egypt's economy should grow strongly this year, but its public debt burden is a major threat to fiscal stability, reported Reuters. EFG-Hermes expects the economy to grow 6.2% during the fiscal year which ends in June and predicts a 1% rise to 7.2% by 2008-9.Egypt: Highlanders Hold Ahly, Nasarawa Trash Ports Authority AllAfrica.com - Mar 05 12:34 AM
Ahly of Egypt began their defence of their African Champions League title with a surprise 0-0 draw against Highlanders in Zimbabwe on Sunday while Nigeria's Nasarawa United thrashed visitors Ports Authority of Gambia 3-0.Jordan?s King Seeks Greater U.S. Role in Peace Effort New York Times - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
King Abdullah II told Congress that U.S. leadership was essential for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal.Israelis Arrest 18 Suspects in Raid on Palestinian Site New York Times - Mar 07 6:05 PM
The arrests of 18 men suspected of being militants appears to be part of a growing security clampdown in the West Bank.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Mar 07 6:35 AM
(IsraelNN.com) National Security Council Counter Terrorism officials have warned Israelis visiting Jordan and Egypt to leave immediately in the wake of highly concrete warnings of impending terrorist attacks.Israeli minister told to cancel Egypt visit over POW scandal EARTHtimes.org - Mar 05 12:40 AM
Tel Aviv- Egypt told a senior Israeli minister to call off a planned visit to Cairo after a documentary broadcast in Israel last week caused outrage in the Egyptian parliament, Israeli newspapers reported Monday. In the documentary, several former Is...U.S. opens door to bilateral talks with Iran Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 4:00 PM
The United States left open the possibility on Wednesday that U.S. diplomats could meet one-on-one with Iranian officials on the sidelines of a conference of Iraq's neighbors in Baghdad this weekend.Egypt summons Israeli ambassador to protest prisoner killings in 1967 People's Daily - Mar 04 5:15 PM
Egypt summoned Israeli ambassador on Sunday to protest against Israeli television airing a documentary of Israeli killing of Egyptian prisoners of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.Egypt summons Israel envoy over alleged 1967 killings Stuff - Mar 04 11:34 AM
CAIRO: Egypt summoned Israel's envoy to Cairo today after Israeli media allegations that the Israeli army may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers at the end of the 1967 Middle East war.SAUDI ARABIA Saudi women discriminated against even in marriage with foreigners - Asia News AsiaNews.it - Mar 07 4:11 AM
Asia News SAUDI ARABIA Saudi women discriminated against even in marriage with foreigners SAUDI ARABIA IRAN LEBANON EGYPT PALESTINE MOROCCO ALGERIA JORDAN MARRIAGE WIFE HUSBAND CHILDREN MALE FEMALE SHARIA RIGHTS HUMAN WOMEN ISLAMIC LAW Even if granted the elusive visa, husband and children remain non nationals, guests in their own country.Amlak moves on Egypt AME Info - Mar 06 4:23 AM
UAE-based home finance lender Amlak Finance is set to tap the growing Egyptian real estate market by opening a subsidiary there.Super 25: State tournaments start to heat up USA Today - Mar 07 2:19 PM
No. 25 Lake Oswego (Ore.), led by All-American Kevin Love, joins the Super 25 boys' basketball rankings amid the Class 6A state tournament. Lake Oswego's main competition in 6A is No. 17 South Medford (Medford). No. 18 LeFlore (Mobile, Ala.) was the lone team crowned state champion last weekend. Texas and Georgia championships are this week.Egypt summons Israel envoy over doco TVNZ - Mar 04 12:02 PM
Egypt summoned Israel's envoy to Cairo on Sunday after Israeli media allegations that the Israeli army may have killed 250 captured Egyptian soldiers at the end of the 1967 Middle East war.Automation Technology Egypt 2007 AME Info - Mar 06 1:24 PM
This exhibition focuses on robotics and automation, instrumentation and process, electrical and electronics, hydraulics and pneumatics, international industrial control and automation technology.Egypt's bloggers test state control AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 05 7:26 PM
Egyptian bloggers have come into the spotlight as a forum for political debate and as the target of government attempts to limit their freedom of expression.Israelis arrest 18 in raid International Herald Tribune - Mar 07 12:59 PM
The Israeli operation appears to be a part of a growing security clampdown in the West Bank.Bond News MI6 - Mar 06 10:34 PM
Formula One team Prodrive, working with Egypt's Naeem investment bank, is frontrunner to buy the business although other bidders such as UK buyout firm Doughty Hanson are still in the process should talks fall through, the source said.Diana's Next Date in Court Time Magazine - Mar 07 12:22 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 Iraq refugee: 'I feel disaster' as crisis grows CNN.com - Mar 07 11:18 AM
Dr. Nafie Abtan once operated a thriving medical clinic in Baghdad, but one day last June he received a hand-delivered letter threatening to cut his head off if he remained. Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - Mar 06 10:09 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.Egypt summons Israel envoy over alleged 1967 killings AlertNet - Mar 04 10:46 AM
Source: Reuters By Abdel Sattar Hatita CAIRO, March 4 (Reuters) - Egypt summoned Israel's envoy to Cairo on Sunday after Israeli media allegations that the Israeli army may have killed 250 captured Egyptian ... Imaging Diagnostic Systems Research Scientist Presents Results on New Imaging Technique [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 07 6:35 AM
Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, announced that Sergey Telenkov, Ph.D., IDSI Research Scientist, presented an abstract, "Fourier-Domain Methodology for Depth-Selective Photothermoacoustic Imaging of Tissue Chromophores," at the 14th International Conference on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena in Cairo, Egypt, January 6 - 9, 2007.Egypt's bloggers test state media control Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 04 9:32 PM
Egyptian bloggers have come into the spotlight, on the one hand as an important forum for political debate, on the other as the target of government attempts to limit their freedom of expression.Iran to attend conference on Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 11:32 AM
Iran confirmed it will take part in an international conference alongside the United States in Baghdad on Saturday, a gathering Iraq hopes will break the ice between the bitter rivals to help end its bloody conflict.Israel Arrests 18 in Crackdown in West Bank New York Times - Mar 07 11:21 AM
The raid on a Palestinian Authority building near Ramallah appears to be part of a growing crackdown.Canada set to release terror suspect on bail Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 10:11 AM
A Canadian judge has signaled her intention to free Mahmoud Jaballah, a man Canadian authorities believe helped relay communications between cells responsible for the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa.Egypt summons Israeli envoy over 1967 killings Deutsche Welle - Mar 04 1:36 PM
Egypt has summoned Israel's envoy to Cairo to clarify allegations in the Israeli media that the army may have killed Egyptian prisoners of war in the aftermath of the 1967 Middle East war.Jordanians accused of plot to assassinate Bush AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 07 10:37 AM
Jordan on Wednesday put on trial three suspected Islamists for conspiring to assassinate key ally US President George W. Bush when he visited the country last year, as part of a previously undisclosed plot to bomb the US and Danish embassies.Current Issue: Daily Sundial - Mar 06 9:35 PM
The greyhound has a long history of being used as racing animals, dating back to ancient Egypt. Greyhound racing is still a popular sport today, with racetracks around the country being run similarly to horse racetracks. The lives of dogs in the races are very limited.Current Issue: Daily Sundial - Mar 06 9:30 PM
Thousands of women undergo female genital mutilation as a cultural tradition in countries such as Sudan, Egypt and Somalia, leaving women in pain and without sexual pleasure.Middle East Business Information Zawya - Mar 06 8:20 PM
5th March, Cairo, Egypt: Amlak Finance Amlak Finance , the largest publicly listed Islamic finance company and pioneer in home finance in the UAE, today announced its further international expansion schedule with the launch of Amlak Finance Amlak Finance and Real Estate Investment in Egypt which offers competitve Islamic home finance products available for the first time in the Egyptian market.Middle East Business Information Zawya - Mar 06 8:35 PM
An influential parliamentary panel in Egypt on Tuesday threatened to review ties with Israel, as the Jewish state played down a report that Egyptian prisoners were executed during the 1967 war.Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to take part in Quartet 's meeting In Cairo ArabicNews.com - Mar 06 9:40 AM
Copyright & other notices Copyright © 1995-2003 Arabic News.com, All Rights Reserved. Send comments & suggestions to the webmaster . ArabicNews.com and ArabicNews are trademarks of ArabicNews.comEgypt's TV presenter reluctant to return home over safety concerns Gulf News - Mar 04 1:42 PM
Dubai: With dust yet to settle over her latest controversy, Egypt's most famed TV presenter who recently fled to the UK is reluctant to return home over concerns about her safety, a British newspaper reported yesterday.Charity Repatriates 22 Saudi Families Arab News - Mar 06 4:18 PM
JEDDAH, 7 March 2007 The Awasser Charity Society succeeded to bring 22 Saudi families back home from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Sweden, according to a local newspaper.Papa John's CEO delivers CNN Money - Mar 07 8:05 AM
It's never easy replacing a company's founder, but that was exactly the task facing Nigel Travis in April 2005 when he became CEO of Papa John's, the nation's third-largest pizza delivery chain with over 3,000 restaurants. He took the reins from longtime chief exec John Schnatter, who started the company in 1984 out of a renovated broom closet in his father's tavern.Palestinians wait inside a bus, some are returning to the Rafah crossing for a fifth time [Reuters] Aljazeera - Mar 06 12:29 PM
The Rafah crossing that allows the people of Gaza out into Egypt has reopened for the first time in three weeks.Hotlinks Tiscali - Mar 06 5:24 PM
RAFAH, GAZA STRIP - Palestinians wait to pass through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt after it was reopened on March 6, 2007 in the southern Gaza Strip.Darfur genocide tops U.S. list of world's worst abuses CNN.com - Mar 07 6:12 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The continuing genocide in Sudan's troubled Darfur region was the world's worst human rights abuse last year, the United States said Tuesday in a global report that found freedoms eroding in many other nations, including U.S. allies Afghanistan and Iraq.Egypt trip "spectacular" for Brick woman Asbury Park Press - Mar 04 7:40 AM
SEEING THE GREAT PYRAMID was just one of the highlights of a trip to Egypt for Mary Martin of Brick. "Egyptians were friendly everywhere, as we visited monuments and tombs. A special event was having dinner at the home of an Egyptian family," Martin writes about a 15-day group tour that included stops in Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and a Nile River cruise. "Our security escorts made us feel like ...Fabolous, Lloyd & Swizz Beatz Hit The Stage At Power 105 Anniversary Concert SOHH - Mar 07 4:19 PM
New York radio station Power 105.1 (WWPR-FM) plan to mark their fifth anniversary with a celebration concert this April. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story. Ex-Hostage Carroll Back in Mideast San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 07 3:36 PM
Hoss: Local deal won't survive without regional accord The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 06 1:24 PM
Former Premier Salim Hoss said Tuesday that any solution to the political deadlock in Lebanon would not "live on" unless it was coupled with "a sort of accord between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, on one hand, and Syria and Iran on the other." Hoss was giving a lecture, entitled "The Arab Political Situation from a Lebanese Perspective.
