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Egypt's child healthcare lessons (The Christian Science Monitor)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 21:59:27 GMT

A 68 percent improvement in child mortality rates places Egypt second only to the Czech Republic in making progress caring for mothers and infants, a UN study shows.


Egypt's child healthcare lessons (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT

At home and with no medical help, Dalal Nagi delivered her eldest son two months premature in this town in Upper Egypt.


Egypt lauded, Iraq faulted in child deaths report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 02:23:26 GMT

Egypt made the most progress among developing countries in cutting deaths of children under age 5 from 1990 to 2005 while Iraq deteriorated the most, a U.S.-based charity said in a report on Tuesday.


Doing medicine in Egypt (The Star Online)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 23:53:36 GMT

CAIRO: The Higher Education Ministry will standardise its procedures to facilitate the sending of students to study medicine in Egypt. “Last September, 499 first-year students arrived in Egypt to study medicine at seven universities.


Dipika is 'main draw'in Egypt (Indian Express via Yahoo! India News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 21:43:56 GMT

India s No 2 woman squash player Dipika Pallikal is having a great time on the court these days. After breaking into the top-100 in the world in the latest WISPA rankings released earlier this month, the 15-year-old Chennai girl recorded her best-ever performance on the senior tour when she made it to the main draw of the May 7-13 Hurghada International tournament in Egypt. The main rounds of the ...


Report: Egypt boosts child survival rate (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 01:13:56 GMT

Egypt has made the most progress in reducing child deaths — and Iraq the least — according to a new report from Save the Children charity.


Child mortality study cites gains in Egypt, decline in Iraq (Los Angeles Times)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 07:19:23 GMT

Death rates among those younger than 5 in 60 developing countries were traced for 15 years. WASHINGTON — Egypt made the most progress among developing countries in reducing deaths of children younger than 5 from 1990 to 2005, while Iraq deteriorated the most, a U.S.-based charity reported Tuesday.


Egypt leery of pressing Sudan to end Darfur fighting (Boston Globe)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 09:12:25 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt -- Western countries looking for ways to pressure Sudan to curb violence in Darfur are getting little support from the Khartoum regime's Arab neighbors.


Vodafone Egypt Selects Callidus Software TrueComp Enterprise Software Solution for Sales Performance Management (SYS-CON Media)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 16:31:10 GMT

Callidus Software Inc. , the leader in Sales Performance Management (SPM) software, today announced that Vodafone Egypt, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc , selected Callidus Software's industry-leading TrueComp(R) enterprise software solution to manage incentive compensation programs for its dealers, agents and sales personnel in Egypt. Under the agreement, signed in the first quarter of 2007, ...


Israel, Egypt and Jordan to discuss Arab peace plan (Boston Globe)
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Tue, 08 May 2007 09:13:16 GMT

JERUSALEM -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni plans to hold initial talks in Cairo on Thursday with the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan about an Arab peace initiative, officials said yesterday.