Thursday 11th March, 2010
Update 2-arab League Chief Says Mideast Talks Off
ReutersCAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel, only days after the P...
Arab League Chief Says Palestinians Pull Of Talks
ReutersCAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told him he would not enter indirect talks with Israel.
White House Remembers Egyptian Cleric
IOLWashington - The White House on Wednesday offered its deepest condolences following the death of Sunni Islam's top cleric - who last year hosted President Barack Obama's landmark speech to the Muslim ...
White House Remembers Egyptian Cleric
IOLWashington - The White House on Wednesday offered its deepest condolences following the death of Sunni Islam's top cleric - who last year hosted President Barack Obama's landmark speech to the Muslim ...
Ethiopian Media Get Record Fines
afrol NewsThe Ethiopian Supreme Court has ruled against four independent media houses, forcing them to pay record high fines that were originally rendered void under a 2007 pardon. Several can be forced to clos...
Excerpts: Egypt To Restore Synagogues. Israel/arab Neighbors Joint Nuclear Plant. Dubai Financial Problems Continue. Turkey Offers Israel/syria Mediation March 10, 2010
IMRAExcerpts: Egypt to restore synagogues.Israel/Arab neighbors joint nuclear plant.Dubai financial problems continue.Turkey offers Israel/Syria mediation March 10, 2010 +++EGYPT DAILY NEWS: 10 Mar.'10...
U.S. Returns Sarcophagus To Egypt
NPRA 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus, seized in Miami, was returned to Egypt in a ceremony at the National Geographic Society after a two-year international investigation.
McClatchy Newspapers: Egyptian cleric, head of Sunni Islam's key learning center, dies
Yahoo! NewsCAIRO, Egypt — Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure throughout the Islamic world, died of a heart attack Wednesday while on a visit to Saudi Arabia. He wa...
U.S. Returns Sarcophagus To Egypt
NPRA 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus, seized in Miami, was returned to Egypt in a ceremony at the National Geographic Society after a two-year international investigation.
Controversial Egyptian cleric leaves mixed legacy
The Miami HeraldCAIRO -- Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure throughout the Islamic world, died of a heart attack Wednesday while on a visit to Saudi Arabia. He was 81.Tantawi wa...
Egypt's Mubarak leaves intensive care after surgery
Canada.comEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak speaks during a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin March 4, 2010.
Egypt's Mubarak leaves intensive care after surgery
Vancouver SunEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak speaks during a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin March 4, 2010.
Content to drive growth prospects: Al Mubarak
Gulf NewsAbu Dhabi: There's tremendous growth potential in the media business in the Middle East, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of twofour54, said Wednesday. Speaking at the Abu Dhabi 2010 Media Summi...
Etisalat witnesses growth in Egypt
Gulf NewsAbu Dhabi: Etisalat's investment in Egypt proves low-income countries will not be "left behind" in the digital revolution, etisalat Chairman Mohammad Omran said yesterday. Since an etisalat...
Egypt's Mubarak leaves intensive care after surgery
Canada.comEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak speaks during a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured) at the Chancellery in Berlin March 4, 2010.
Guinea pigs to help ease DRC food crisis - scientists
afrol NewsScientists are examining how to increase guinea pig production to boost food security in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where inhabitants keep the rodents as "micro-livestock". The resear...
Mines increasingly discovered in Burundi
afrol NewsAs peace has returned to Burundi, it becomes clear that more mines than previously expected had been deployed during the civil war. Only recently, "an extremely dangerous" anti-personnel mine was disc...
Head of Egypt s al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia
Times of OmanDUBAI: Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent. Al-Azh...
INTERVIEW-Egypt's Raya uses tech skills to diversify
ReutersQuote ) aims to diversify into logistics to tap demand in a relatively virgin market as it shifts away from its main technology businesses, the firm's chairman said.
"Egypt uses torture in terror fight"
afrol NewsA new report documents the "systematic use" of torture and other human rights violations in Egypt's counter-terrorism efforts. Those suspected of terrorism, which has a wide definition, can expect tor...
Call for common African food market
afrol NewsAt the African agriculture summit in Abuja, the proposal of creating a common Africa market of strategic food and agricultural commodities achieved much attention. A scheme that could boost African ag...
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