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Egypt's most prominent feminist shuns homeland 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 11:02 AM
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.Egypt cries racism after Canada football ban for wearing hijab AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 9:39 AM
Egypt warned against racism and intolerance in Canada after a young girl was expelled from a football tournament for insisting on wearing an Islamic headscarf, the foreign ministry said on Thursday.Egypt calls for rallying efforts to maintain Lebanese unity People's Daily - Mar 08 4:14 PM
Egypt on Thursday called on the international community, especially the Arab world and regional countries to rally their efforts to preserve the Lebanese unity.Palestinians rush crossing to Egypt after rare opening, several hurt CNews - Mar 08 12:37 PM
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian border guards wielding clubs and firing toward the ground pushed back hundreds of Palestinian travellers who surged toward a Gaza-Egypt border terminal Thursday during a rare opening of the coastal strip's only gateway to the world.Israel rarely opens the Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt [AFP] Aljazeera - Mar 08 7:14 AM
An elderly man has died and seven people wounded in a crush at the Rafah crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt, medical sources said.Egypt's most prominent feminist shuns homeland Middle East Times - Mar 08 12:59 AM
OUTSPOKEN: Egyptian feminist author and activist Nawal Al Saadawi has long been a controversial figure in conservative Egypt. (REUTERS) CAIRO -- 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's most prominent feminist shuns homeland Middle East Online - Mar 08 1:19 AM
Saadawi denies fleeing Egypt after Al-Azhar lawsuit, says that she was seeking peace of mind .Egypt Calls for Investigation Into Reported Israeli War Crimes in 1967 Voice of America - Mar 07 7:03 PM
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 5:50 PM
Timothy Garton Ash: The Mubarak regime is performing Egypt's Islamists a great service by trying to strangle them.Egypt bans Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem UPI - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
The Egyptian government has barred 2,000 Christian pilgrims from visiting Jerusalem at Easter.Timothy Garton Ash: The Mubarak regime is heading for a succession crisis. By trying to strangle Egypt's Islamists, it ... Guardian Unlimited - Mar 07 5:44 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 6:21 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 6:36 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 ... Palestinians injured in crush at border AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 11:33 AM
Palestinian border guards wielding clubs and firing toward the ground pushed back hundreds of Palestinian travelers who surged toward a Gaza-Egypt border terminal Thursday during a rare opening of the coastal strip's only gateway to the world.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 7:29 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.Controversial film does not say Israel killed POWs Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 9:51 AM
An Israeli film that sparked a diplomatic row with Egypt suggests an Israeli army pursuit of retreating Egyptians in the 1967 war was unnecessary but does not say Israeli troops may have killed prisoners.Egypt bans Easter pilgrimage to Jerusalem New Kerala - 1 minute ago
CAIRO, March 8: The Egyptian government has barred 2,000 Christian pilgrims from visiting Jerusalem at Easter.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.Palestinian dies in crush at Gaza border crossing AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 7:38 AM
A 61-year-old Palestinian died in a crush of thousands of people seeking to enter Egypt from the Gaza Strip at the Rafah border crossing, medics said Thursday.Egypt expert to give free lecture Reno Gazette-Journal - Mar 07 2:17 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 6:29 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.Shipwreck Thwarted Napoleon's Advance LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 6:50 AM
A tactfully sunken ship might have blocked Napoleon from entering a Middle Eastern port on his quest to conquer the British Empire in Egypt and India, and sent the future emperor retreating back to France.Palestinian dies as thousands storm Gaza crossing Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 5:24 AM
Thousands of Palestinians tried to force their way through Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Thursday in a melee in which one man suffered a fatal heart attack and five people were wounded by gunfire, medics said.Crush at Gaza border crossing kills 1 AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 2:26 AM
A crush of 5,000 Palestinians trying to get through the newly opened Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt on Thursday left an elderly man dead and seven people injured, Palestinian medics said.2006 Citroen C4 VTR from Egypt - Comments Carsurvey.org - Mar 08 1:36 PM
"Alive with technology, but also can be killed with it!!" What things have gone wrong with the car?Top Rated: Lake Egypt water rated state's best The Southern Illinoisan - Mar 08 11:48 AM
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.Israelis warned: Leave all nations in Mideast (except Israel) World Tribune - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
JERUSALEM The Israeli intelligence community, determining immediate insurgency threats, has called on nationals to leave all Middle East countries, Egypt and Jordan in particular.Egypt s Best-Kept Secret Business Today Egypt - Mar 08 7:34 AM
We hate to admit it, but it s true: We were ecstatic when we finally landed an interview with what we had long grumbled was the country s most secretive and media-shy company: Emaar Misr. So long had we been chasing the real estate giant that we had come to think that all investors from the United Arab Emirates were sworn to secrecy before being allowed out of the Gulf. After all, Etisalat, the ...EU, Egypt sign 558m reform package Financial Times - Mar 06 12:04 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.Only in Egypt! Middle East Times - Mar 06 3:29 PM
CAIRO -- A regularly updated collection of weird and whacky news items from Egypt. Barking up the wrong tree?Egypt seizes 1mn fake Viagra pills Middle East Times - Mar 08 12:42 AM
CAIRO -- Egyptian customs officers at the port of Nuweiba seized a million imitation Viagra pills and aphrodisiacs Wednesday in a refrigerated truck registered in Syria, a customs source said.Crush at Gaza border crossing kills one, injures seven Fox21 - 52 minutes ago
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip One person is dead and more than a-half dozen others hurt in a stampede involving thousands of Palestinians trying to get into Egypt from the Gaza Strip.Scots savour tournament triumph BBC News - Mar 08 1:54 PM
The Scottish hockey team defeat hosts Egypt to win the four-nation tournament held in Cairo.Egypt demands Israeli probe into report of 1967 prisoner killings The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 06 1:22 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.Gaza gunfight stops thousands from crossing the border Times Online - Mar 08 3:19 PM
GAZA Busloads of Palestinians joined thousands of other people who tried to force their way through the Gazan Rafah border crossing with Egypt yesterday. A man suffered a fatal heart attack and five people were wounded by gunfire, medical workers said.Egypt's most prominent feminist shuns homeland TODAYonline - Mar 07 10:22 PM
Egyptian feminist and leading writer Nawal al-Saadawi, in Cairo. Saadawi is under the threat from Islam's highest educational institution Al-Azhar for an article judged to be insulting ot Islam, a spokeman for Al-Azhar said 01 March 2007.Man dies in Gaza crossing chaos BBC News - Mar 08 2:36 AM
An elderly Palestinian dies in a crush and several people are injured by gunfire on the Gaza-Egypt border.Egypt, EU launch $730 million aid for reform plan AlertNet - Mar 06 8:36 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 6:24 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 8:47 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.Pea and lentil company coming to Minot KXMB CBS12 Bismarck - Mar 08 2:47 PM
A commodities company owned by a man with businesses in Egypt, Canada and Europe is setting up shop in Minot. Officials say the five (m) million dollar M-G Grain facility owned by Milad Ghattas (muh-LOD' GOT'-us) will create at least 20 jobs and Restricted borders Al-Ahram Weekly - Mar 08 5:10 PM
An estimated 35,000 Egyptian workers in Libya have crossed the border back to Egypt in the last two weeks. The mass departure followed the imposition of new laws regulating the status of foreign workers.Israeli massacre condemned Al-Ahram Weekly - Mar 08 5:10 PM
For the second time in one month, MPs in the People's Assembly have demanded the expulsion of Israel's ambassador to Egypt and the recall of Cairo's representative in Tel Aviv. Three weeks ago MPs cried foul over Israeli excavation works close to Al-Aqsa Mosque.Traffic on the Nile ABC News - Mar 08 8:33 AM
Watching Life Trundle by in Egypt's CapitalSeeing her Al-Ahram Weekly - Mar 08 5:14 PM
The Woman Film Festival (8-16 March, to coincide with both the International and Egyptian Women's Day) is the first event of its kind to be organised in Egypt.Palestinians Injured in Crush at Border AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 08 7:09 AM
Palestinians desperate to cross into Egypt from Gaza surged toward a border terminal Thursday, throwing stones as security personnel fired their weapons to maintain control.Multinational grain company coming to Minot KXMB CBS12 Bismarck - Mar 08 12:59 PM
A grain company owned by a man with businesses in Egypt, Canada and Europe is setting up shop in Minot. Officials say the M-G Grain facility will create at least 20 jobs. Eric Bartsch with the Northern Pulse Growers Association says it wil Controversial film does not say Israel killed POWs AlertNet - Mar 08 9:51 AM
Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, March 8 (Reuters) - An Israeli film that sparked a diplomatic row with Egypt suggests an Israeli army pursuit of retreating Egyptians in the 1967 war was unnecessary but does not say ... Feminist Egyptian playwright targeted by Al-Azhar lawsuit vows 'to confront them' The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 08 12:52 PM
With a mane of stark white hair, flashing dark eyes, and opinions on society and women's issues that would be radical anywhere, Nawal al-Saadawi has long been a controversial figure in Egypt. Now the 75-year-old writer, who has spent more than three decades bucking traditional norms, is taking a break.Palestinian dies in Gaza border crush Gulf Daily News - Mar 08 6:19 PM
GAZA: Thousands of Palestinians tried to force their way through Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt yesterday in a melee in which one man suffered a fatal heart attack and five people were wounded by gunfire.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.Israeli TV denies its documentary proved murder of Egyptian POWs in 1967 The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 08 12:53 PM
Israeli public television denied Thursday that a recent documentary said Egyptian prisoners were killed by Israeli troops during the 1967 war. The documentary has raised a storm of protest in Egypt, with an influential parliamentary panel threatening to review Cairo's ties with the Jewish state.Palestinian unity government '99 percent' formed The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 08 12:53 PM
A Palestinian unity government is "99 percent" agreed, but will not be announced until next week, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday after talks with Premier Ismail Haniyya.On the ground, thousands of Palestinians tried to force their way through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Thursday in a melee in which.US report: Syria, Egypt guilty of rights abuses The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 07 12:38 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 4:37 PM
Israel's Foreign Ministry Wednesday criticized statements that might hinder its relations wtih Egypt. The issue arose following a documentary film, ...Crush at Gaza border crossing kills one AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 08 2:02 AM
A crush of 5,000 Palestinians trying to get through a newly opened border crossing into Egypt left an elderly man dead and seven people injured.Crush at Gaza Border Crossing Kills 1 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 08 1:30 AM
A crush of 5,000 Palestinians trying to get through the newly opened Rafah border crossing from the Gaza Strip into Egypt on Thursday left an elderly man dead and seven people wounded, Palestinian medics said.Palestinian dies as thousands storm Gaza crossing AlertNet - Mar 08 5:22 AM
Source: Reuters (Adds death, details) GAZA, March 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians tried to force their way through Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Thursday in a melee in which one man suffered a ... In Egypt, remnant carries on rich fabric of Jewish tradition JTA - Mar 05 7:53 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.A mockumentary non-history of an invisible capital The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 08 12:53 PM
Considering how often it gets mentioned in the international press these days, Tehran may well have the lowest recognition value of any major city in the Middle East. "Egypt" may be synonymous with pyramids, but reportage from Cairo tends to trot out the Nile, maybe Tahrir Square, as visual filler.A Mideast spin on comedy axis USA Today - 44 minutes ago
For many people, there's nothing funny about the Middle East. A group of comics says that's not so. The performers Americans of Iranian, Palestinian and Egyptian descent embrace their heritage as the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour.Egypt anger over 1967 'massacre' BBC News - Mar 05 6:36 AM
An Israeli minister postpones a trip to Egypt, amid media reports his army unit killed 250 Egyptian POWs in 1967.Crush at Gaza border crossing kills one, injures seven WANE-TV Fort Wayne - Mar 08 4:14 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip One person is dead and more than a-half dozen others hurt in a stampede involving thousands of Palestinians trying to get into Egypt from the Gaza...World votes for new Seven Wonders ITV.com - Mar 08 2:11 AM
People from across the globe will be able to vote for their favourite modern Wonders of the World. The original seven, which include the Pyramids in Egypt, were chosen thousands of years ago, sparking calls that they are out of date.Thursday, March 8 CNN.com - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Hard-line Catholic and Protestant parties have won the bulk of seats decided so far in the election for a new legislative assembly in Northern Ireland, a vote designed to clear the way for creation of a new power-sharing local executive that can pull support from across the sectarian divide.Palestinian security men clash in Gaza, 5 wounded AlertNet - Mar 08 1:51 AM
Source: Reuters GAZA, March 8 (Reuters) - Palestinian security units shot at each other at the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Thursday and five people were wounded, witnesses and hospital ... Iraq to seek neighbor nations' help USA Today - 2 hours, 15 minutes ago
Iraq will ask neighboring countries to help improve its security at a rare regional summit in Baghdad on Saturday that will be attended by the United States. he Iraqi government will lobby Iran, Syria and other countries to tighten their borders, stop funding sectarian militias and crack down on religious leaders in their countries who encourage violence.Iraqis Being Processed for Refugee Status U.S. Department of State - Mar 08 9:39 AM
Processing of Iraqi refugees for resettlement already has begun, the State Department's top refugee policy official says. Ellen Sauerbrey, assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has registered about 80,000 displaced Iraqis, including in Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Egypt. Sauerbrey tells USINFO the United ...Museum and Gallery Listings New York Times - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
Selective listings from art critics of The New York Times.Israel-Egypt storm brews over PoWs Gulf Times - Mar 05 10:56 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.List of the world's billionaires-1 AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 3:17 PM
The ranking of the world's richest people as estimated by Forbes magazine. Listings include rank, name, home country or state, age where known, wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money.Abe gears up for 1st U.S., Mideast tour Asahi.com - Mar 07 11:49 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.Egypt's bloggers test state media control Independent Online - Mar 05 10:04 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 4:24 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.`Borat' on human rights victims list AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 2:11 PM
Fictional gay cowboys and a faux reporter from Kazakhstan suffered human rights abuses in 2006 as crackdowns on flesh and blood victims were extended to the Internet, award-winning films and noted plays worldwide, the State Department says.Carter defends Gaza theory at GWU speech AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 1:07 PM
Despite the storm it ignited, former President Carter held fast on Thursday to his accusation that Israel oppresses the Palestinians on the West Bank and Gaza and seeks to colonize the land.U.S. will not rebuff Iran, Syria on talks about Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 1:32 PM
The United States on Thursday sent its clearest signal yet it is open to bilateral talks with Iran and Syria by saying it will not rebuff them if they wish to discuss stabilizing Iraq at a regional meeting this weekend.Shiites in spat with Arabs over talks AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 1:26 PM
The Iraqi government and Arab countries have broken into bitter squabbling ahead of a Baghdad conference on Saturday that the United States had hoped would finally unite them in efforts to stabilize the war-torn nation.Israel Supplies Rocket Components to Palestinians Strategy Page - Mar 08 2:59 AM
March 8, 2007: Palestinian terrorists have been firing homemade "Kassam" rockets into Israel since 2001. Israeli police recently arrested a Palestinian scrap metal dealer who was finding pipes, in Israel, suitable for rockets, and delivering them to workshops where the Kassams are built in Gaza. Now the Palestinians will have to get their pipes from Egypt, and Israel will be condemned for ...Israel TV denies film said Egyptian PoWs killed AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 7:31 AM
Israeli public television denied Thursday that a recent documentary said Egyptian prisoners were killed by Israeli soldiers during the 1967 Six Day War. Mummies & Mosques : Local pair of bicyclers experience Muslim hospitality in Egyptian desert Rapid City Journal - Mar 07 10:52 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 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 ...Analysis: Iraq solution proves elusive AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 12:34 PM
America's new top general in Iraq said Thursday that force alone cannot halt the violence and the U.S. must talk to insurgent groups an old idea that's been tried before but has in the past faltered in the complex web of Iraqi politics.IAEA freezes assistance programs to Iran AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 10:46 AM
Delegates to a 35-nation meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday approved the suspension of nearly two dozen nuclear technical aid programs to Iran as part of U.N. sanctions imposed because its nuclear defiance.Faculty lead alums in educational globe-trotting Daily Princetonian - Mar 08 1:35 AM
Last March, astrophysics professor Ed Turner climbed on a plane with a group of University alumni and set off to see Cairo in the dark. Led by Turner, a group of Egyptologists and amateur astronomers were on their way to Egypt to witness a solar eclipse.U.N. Nuclear Agency Curtails Technical Assistance to Iran Washington Post - Mar 08 11:57 AM
PARIS, March 8 -- The United Nations' atomic monitoring agency on Thursday curtailed nearly two dozen nuclear technical aid programs to Iran as part of an international effort to pressure the country to halt its uranium enrichment program. Main players in Iraq regional conference AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 11:58 AM
A regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday aims to rally support behind the Iraqi government and map out ways to cooperate in easing the country's bloody conflict. But the participants are coming in with starkly different agendas. The session gathers diplomats from Iraq's Arab neighbors as well as Iran, Turkey, the United States and the four other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council.Egyptian Lawmakers Remain Upset by Israeli Documentary Voice of America - Mar 07 12:33 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.Egypt to deport six Chinese illegal migrants The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 05 1:07 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.There s no single recipe for charoset, but every year at the seder, it s all good JTA - Mar 07 3:39 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.UN atomic agency suspends 22 Iranian aid projects International Herald Tribune - Mar 08 12:16 PM
Even nations on the agency board normally supportive of Iran backed the suspension because it was recommended by the director general on authority of the UN Security Council.Campus quickie Indian Express via Yahoo! India News - Mar 07 3:13 PM
Hari Seshasayee, 19, K C College Favourite timepass Writing and music. Listening to Yanni and A Perfect Circle. I like music because it brings up memories and thoughts in your mind that aren't created otherwise. Extra-curricular activities AIESEC is my job. Ten years down the line I should have travelled to at least 15 countries like Brazil, Turkey, Poland, Armenia, Morocco, Egypt and Cote ...