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Lawyers ask Italian court to throw out CIA case

MILAN: Lawyers for 26 Americans and seven Italians on trial for the…

Agencies

Six-year-old dies of bird flu

CAIRO: An Egyptian boy has died of bird flu, the 24th reported…

Agencies

Russian teen's body found after Sinai death plunge

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptian police and Bedouin trackers ended a six-day search for…

AFP
AFP

World treasures go on-line in global digital library

A global digital library allowing scholars and cybersurfers to scroll through such…

Daily News Egypt

Tantawy rejects family planning laws

CAIRO: Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawy denounced family planning laws that…

Yasmine Saleh

Obama invites Middle East leaders to White House

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will invite the Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders…

Daily News Egypt

Omar Suleiman in Israel for talks with new govt

JERUSALEM: Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman arrived in Israel on Wednesday for…

AFP
AFP

European ambassador at pains not to criticize sluggish political reform

CAIRO: Over fears of being accused of interfering in domestic affairs, European…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Movie on working-class town dominates Hong Kong Film Awards

The Way We Are, an unglamorous but moving portrait of a working-class…

Daily News Egypt

Mubarak sounds warning during Easter message to Coptic Diaspora

CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak sounded a warning during a message he sent…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein