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Egypt mufti reaffirms Muslim freedom of religious choice (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:50:07 GMT

Egypt's top religious advisor, Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, reaffirmed his belief Thursday that Muslims could choose their own religion after the local press carried apparently conflicting statements.


North Korea head of state arrives in Egypt (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:54:01 GMT

North Korean de facto head of state Kim Jong-Nam arrived in Egypt on Thursday for a visit that will include talks with President Hosni Mubarak, the official MENA news agency reported.


North Korea head of state due in Egypt (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:22:35 GMT

North Korean de facto head of state Kim Yong-Nam is due in Egypt on Thursday for a visit that will include talks with President Hosni Mubarak, the president's office said.


Egypt: Suez Canal Revenues Increase (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:21:52 GMT

Revenues from Egypt's Suez Canal have risen 9.7 percent this year to $4.17 billion, said the canal's chief Thursday. Adm. Ahmed Aly Fadel, chairman of the Suez Canal authority, released the results at a press conference marking the 51st anniversary of the nationalization of the waterway by the late Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.


Egypt: Suez Canal revenues increase (Boston Globe)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:48:40 GMT

Revenues from Egypt's Suez Canal have risen 9.7 percent this year to $4.17 billion, said the canal's chief Thursday.


U.S. to Sell Arms to Six Pro-Western Gulf States (Washington Post)
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Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:48:47 GMT

The Bush administration will announce next week a series of arms deals worth tens of billions of dollars to Saudi Arabia and the five oil-rich Gulf states as well as new 10-year military aid packages to Israel and Egypt in a move to shore up allies in the Middle East and counter Iran's rising...


India, Egypt to ink agreement on criminal matters (ANI via Yahoo! India News)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:16:04 GMT

New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its go ahead for signing of an agreement between India and Egypt on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and also ratification of the agreement. The Agreement aims at improving effective cooperation between India and Egypt in the matters of investigation, prosecution and suppression of crime through cooperation and mutual legal ...


Cabinet approves legal pact with Egypt (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:20:36 GMT

New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Indian cabinet Thursday approved the signing of a legal assistance agreement with Egypt to combat crime and terrorism.


Egypt's fourth pyramid (Al-Ahram Weekly)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:20:28 GMT

Braving the heat waves that hit Egypt last week, Culture Minister Farouk Hosni embarked on his first field tour of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) to inspect the progress on building the most ambitious archaeological museum ever planned.


Deal due on stranded Palestinians on Egypt border (Middle East Times)
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Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:26:49 GMT

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A Palestinian cabinet minister Thursday said that a deal should be reached early next week to allow 6,000 stranded Palestinians to cross from Egypt into the Gaza Strip.