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Egypt officials probed over Old Cairo restoration 'corruption' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:36:12 GMT

Egypt has ordered two culture ministry officials to be held for a further 15 days to probe allegations they took bribes for a multi-million-dollar restoration project in Cairo, a judicial source said on Sunday.


Egypt refuses interference in its internal affairs: FM (People's Daily)
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Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:48:53 GMT

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit has said that Egypt refuses any foreign attempt to interfere in its internal affairs, said a Foreign Ministry statement on Sunday. "Egypt will not allow anybody to interfere in its domestic aff ...


Three Brothers Die in Egypt's Landmine Blast (Planet Ark)
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Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:48:25 GMT

ISMAILIA, Egypt - Three young Egyptian brothers were killed when a landmine they were playing with exploded, security and hospital sources said on Sunday.


Egypt slams US 'interference' on human rights (Middle East Times)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:26:49 GMT

CAIRO -- Egypt Sunday criticized what it called US interference in its internal affairs, after Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined a growing chorus of American criticism of Cairo's human rights record.


Saudi man nabbed trying to bring live snakes and crocodiles on plane in Egypt (Asheville Citizen-Times)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:54:52 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt -- It was very nearly a real-life version of "Snakes on a Plane."


Egypt to strengthen penalties against female circumcision (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:18:39 GMT

A law to strengthen penalties against female circumcision will be put to parliament when it reconvenes in autumn, a health ministry spokesman said on Sunday, after a teenage girl died during an illegal operation to mutilate her genitalia.


Egypt slams US interference (News 24 South Africa)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:04:48 GMT

Egypt has criticised what it calls US interference in its internal affairs after Condoleezza Rice joined a growing chorus of criticism of Cairo's human rights record


Old land mine kills 3 teens in Egypt (Gulf News)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:43:53 GMT

El Arish, Egypt: Three Egyptian brothers died in the explosion of a leftover land mine they were toying with near Egypt's Suez Canal, hospital officials said on Sunday.


Egypt: Three brothers die in mine blast (Al Bawaba)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:17:21 GMT

Three Egyptian brothers died in an explosion of a leftover land mine they were toying with near Egypt's Suez Canal, hospital officials said Sunday. According to the AP , the teenage brothers found the mine in a village near the port city of Ismailia late Saturday, officials said.


Hikma makes move into Egypt (Financial Times)
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Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:51:30 GMT

Hikma Pharmaceuticals , the London-listed Jordanian company, has enlarged its footprint in the Middle East by buying Alkan Pharma of Egypt for $60.5m (£29.7m).