Protesting specialists say ministry decision eliminates their role
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Foot-long baby croc causes scare in the air
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Egypt to crack down on illegal drug ads
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UNICEF kicks off annual breastfeeding week
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Egypt reports nine new H1N1 cases
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Fear: the underrated enabler
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Religious pluralism in today's Muslim world
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Bahaa Taher returns with flying peacocks, domesticated dogs and a furtive palace
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China's Cosplay craze blurs fantasy and reality
The skeleton warriors briefly stumbled backward but kept lumbering toward 23-year-old Zhao…