In a world first a court in Italy convicted 23 US CIA rendition agents. They were accused of kidnapping Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a street in Milan. The court convicted them of flying...
A train crash today in Cairo, Egypt has killed 25 people and injured 55 when two trains collided in the Giza district southwest of Cairo." A security services official said: "The two trains collided at Al-Ayyat, in Giza. There are deaths and injuries." "The trains were...
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Egypt's antiquities department cut ties to France's Louvre museum today over a dispute concerning ancient relics from some of the leading Egyptology collections. This has already resulted in Egypt suspending an...
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An Egyptian scholar is determined to ask for the death penalty for people importing virginity faking devices into his country. Islam prohibits premarital sex, prompting some Egyptian women to restore lost virginity with virginity-faking devices. The device mimics blood,...
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Egyptian surgeon and oculist al-Malik al-Aziz reacted this way when he heard that his younger brother had died: In the middle of the street he threw off all his clothes except his underwear, ran home, put ashes on his head and face ``from all the ovens of the house.``...
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Egypt is facing some great and challenging environmental problems. These stem from the country's geography, the concentration of population and economic activities in the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta. Currently, the level of pollution creates heavy affects and consequences...
In response to statements by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the sixth Fatah conference regarding the Palestinians' right to resistance, [1] the Egyptian government daily Al-Gumhouriyya published a short editorial supporting his position and calling on the...
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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated that peace talks with Pakistan will be on hold until action is taken against those responsible for last year's Mumbai attacks. It is to be noted that the peace talks were...
" Group member in charge of kidnapped soldier's case denies reports on progress made in talks, says no one in Hamas leadership – including himself – knows whether Gilad Shalit is 'injured, sick or dead.' Captive's fate will only be revealed upon completion of deal, he...
The following is my commentary concerning, "UN Official Demands Torture Accountability," (by Edger. Antemedius.com. July 2, 2009) and specifically Edger's comment at the end of that post as follows, "Where is the...
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Thousands of Egyptians attended the funeral of Marwa Sherbini in Cairo today, July 6, 2009. The 31-year-old 'headscarf martyr' was stabbed to death last week in a German courtroom, where Axel W, the attacker, was...
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Today, June 21, 2009, the semifinalists of the 2009 Confederations Cup were determined in South Africa. The day featured two key matches: 1. Brazil versus the 2006 FIFA World Cup champions Italy,...
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" Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says an Israeli demand that Palestinians accept Israel as a Jewish state ruins the chances for a peace deal. The demand was one of the conditions set by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he backed the creation of a Palestinian...
Laurie Garrett, Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations; Pulitzer, Polk, and Peabody Award-winning writer, revealed in a radio interview on Wednesday, that Egypt has an avian flu problem, but no swine flu cases. She said they set out to slaughter...
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After hearing President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world from Cairo yesterday, I concluded that it matters little whether or not President Barack Obama calls himself a Christian or a Muslim. What...