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Christmas Customs: The Three Wise Men

We three kings from orient are ... For Christians celebrating Christmas customs, one of the central ones is the story of the Three Wise Men.  Our Bible states that three wise men approached King Herod the...

Egypt attempts crackdown on shisha - Coke and smoke

Egypt is a country where smoking is cheap and often described as a "national habit".  An Egyptian government crackdown on shisha, the popular flavored tobacco-filled water pipe, is facing  resistance all...

Christian women face rape, forced conversion to Muslim

" Christian teens abducted, raped and coerced into marriage and conversion to Islam does not happen in Egyptian soil alone.[12] In fact, many of them face the same abuses by the Muslim extremist in other countries too. Take Pakistan, for example. 10 years old and 12 years old...

The Football Battlefield

In the last few days, we’ve witnessed a bloody battle in the Middle East. Not at the borders of Palestine, not at the borders of Lebanon and not at the borders of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan or Afghanistan… but at...

Egypt Angry At Algeria and FIFA

Egypt responded to the loss of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers to Algeria and the denunciations by Algeria before FIFA. Egypt has been the scene of riots in front of the Algerian Embassy in Cairo as its government recalls its ambassador to Algeria. The reason has been the...

Italy Convicts CIA Rendition Agents

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...

Train Crash in Cairo Egypt Kills 25, Injures 55

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...

Egypt Cuts Ties With Louvre Over Stolen Artifacts

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...

Egyptian Scholar Wants Death For Virginity Faking Device Sellers

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,...

Strange Grieving in 12th Century Egypt

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.``...

The environmental imact In Egypt & whats being done about it

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...

Egyptian Government Daily 'Al-Gumhouriyya': The Palestinian Peopl

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...

The Book Of Revelation Is Not One Of The Dead Sea Scrolls

The earlyest known surviving copy of every book in the Bible dates from around the third century AD apart from one. The revelation to saint john. This later book is an addition the earlyest known copy of which dates from the seventh century AD. ...

India: Pakistan peace talks on hold

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...

Hamas leaders don't know about Shalit's condition

" 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...

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