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Egyptian Information Minister Safwat el-Sherif told the Middle East News Agency on Wednesday, "Egypt will suspend all diplomatic contacts with Israel except those that serve the Palestinian cause." The decision means official communications between the two countries will be curtailed and the Israeli ambassador, while allowed to stay in ...
... the Associated Press reports. The government did not claim responsibility for the fire. The train was an old, slow-moving model used mostly by poor Egyptians. It was also used to carry daily newspapers to villages along the River Nile. The rail crash is Egypt's deadliest in more than ...
... applicants. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: They can't apply for being a candidate. DR. ESSAM ELERIAN: Yes. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Dr. El Erian is vice president of the Egyptian Doctor's Syndicate, a professional union, and he said he fears it could be shut down now by the government just because he, a ...
Following a backround report, Margaret Warner talks to Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmed Maher El Sayed, about the future of Afghanistan and the roots of Islamic terrorism and anti-Americanism in the Arab world.
... expressing their ancient views clouded by hatred emanating from other, from other stages of history. These people who hate America are not representatives of the Egyptian people. People in Egypt were horrified when they saw the destruction of the two towers-- were horrified, were very sad, very gloomy. So we ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Dia'a Rashwan has studied Egypt's radical Islamic movements for two decades at the "al-Ahram" think tank. He said the men in Imbaba may fear they could be targeted next. DIA'A RASHWAN: You could have, in my mind, many... a lot of new groups which ...
... Philippines and Vietnam affected. Four countries in Europe (Armenia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovakia) are affected; as are two each in the Middle East (Algeria and Egypt); South and Central Asia (Nepal and Sri Lanka); and the Western Hemisphere (Guatemala and Suriname).Politico was the first to report on the ambassadorial ...
... of daylight. As the sun rose this morning around the world, there were celebrations. At Stonehenge, thousands of people cheered and danced. And in the Egyptian city of Luxor, visitors stood watch as the sun aligned with the axis of ancient temple. After today, daytime will get a little longer ...
... foreign policy can be implemented." The news conference is taking place just hours before Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff meets with senior officials from Egypt, Turkey and Qatar to discuss the next phase of the Republican president's Gaza ceasefire plan, progress on which has moved slowly since it ...
... destruction during the war and where most of the territory’s 2 million people are displaced and unemployed. Still, no such plan has been announced. Egypt is expected to host a conference this month for donor nations to pledge reconstruction aid. The United Nations has estimated the cost of rebuilding ...
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