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Egypt hosts stepped-up talks on Mideast prisoner swap
CAIRO: Egypt hosted closed-door talks on Wednesday on a prisoner swap between…
Lawyers, families ask how ferry verdict will be implemented
CAIRO: Lawyers and family members of Al-Salam 98 ferry victims as well…
Three held after fire bomb bid in Cairo metro
CAIRO: Police in Egypt have arrested three men accused of throwing a…
Iraq court jails Bush shoe-thrower for three years
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi journalist who shot to fame for hurling his shoes…
Standoff over Sudan president could drag on
KHARTOUM: State radio has been broadcasting a message each morning since Sudan…
Mubarak appoints two new ministers
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak issued a decree Wednesday, appointing Ambassador Moushira Khattab…
Ten companies to introduce new fertilizer to Egypt
CAIRO: The Egyptian fertilizer industry, among this country's least glamorous but most…
In a sea of words, an American translator searches for herself
In war, identities are polished and wrecked, all at once. Some prophecies…
Magnificent 'Russian Hamlet' conquers Egypt
There is a well known guiding principle in the contemporary arts: No…