Torture is systematic in Egypt 'police state': rights groups
AFP - Thu Dec 3, 1:31 pm ETEgypt has become a police state where citizens receive no protection from torture, human rights groups said in a report published on Thursday.
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Swiss have made a 'grave mistake' with minaret ban: Egypt FM
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 1:29 pm ETEgypt's top diplomat said on Thursday that a Swiss vote to ban the construction of minarets was a "grave mistake" and Europe could no longer lecture his country on human rights.
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SMW Gold Announces Assay Results for Gold Deposits in Egypt
Marketwire - 22 minutes agoCAIRO, EGYPT--(Marketwire - December 4, 2009) - SMW Gold, a junior exploration and mining company based in Moscow, Russia, announced today results of its latest assay results on samples from its licensed El Fawakhir and Umm Balad territories in Egypt. The samples demonstrate content as high as 251 grams/ton at Fawakhir, taken from the trenches, and 232 grams/ton at Umm Balad, taken from an ...
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Reports: ElBaradei sets conditions for 2011 Egypt presidential bid
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 9:17 am ETCairo - Mohammed ElBaradei could run in Egypt's 2011 presidential elections only if there were sweeping changes to the country's political system, he told Arab newspapers Friday. ElBaradei, who stepped down as International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA...
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ElBaradei mulls run for Egyptian presidency
WashingtonTV - 1 hour 43 minutes agoWashington, 4 December (WashingtonTV)—Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, signaled that he may run for president in his home country of Egypt, in a statement published on Friday.
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Cairo-Algiers ties improving: Algerian oil minister
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 17 minutes agoAlgerian Oil Minister Chekib Khelil said Friday that Egyptian-Algerian ties, marred by violence over a World Cup qualifying match, were improving and the two nation will set up a joint oil company.
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Report says Shalit taken to Egypt
UPI - Thu Dec 3, 8:14 am ETJERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- A Kuwaiti newspaper reports kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is being held in Egypt until a deal to secure his release is finalized.
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Glamor and gravitas at 2010 World Cup draw
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 53 minutes agoNelson Mandela, the global icon of peace who helped secure the first African World Cup, said Friday that he hoped the 2010 tournament would leave long-term benefits to South Africa. "We feel privileged and humbled that South Africa that has been given the singular honor of being the African host country," Mandela said in a video message to a draw ceremony that mixed glamour and sport...
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Saudi opposes output hike, says oil price within target
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 13 minutes agoSaudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Friday that OPEC should not raise its production quota at a meeting later this month as the current oil price is "close to the target."
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From coal to culture: Louvre-Lens site inaugurated
AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 46 minutes agoIt's an abandoned coal mining site in a depressed corner of northern France that was pummeled by the two world wars.
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Travel splendors of Egypt and The Nile
FOX Providence - Fri Dec 4, 10:44 am ETImagine sailing down The Nile in a style once reserved only for pharaohs and queens. Well, now you can!
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Brooklyn Museum Announces New Egyptian Installation: "The Mummy Chamber"
Art Daily - Thu Dec 3, 11:28 pm ET"Anthropoid Coffin of the Servant of the Great Place", Teti, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1339 B.C. - 1307 B.C. Wood, painted, (84.5 x 47.8 x 207 cm) 33 1/4 x 18 13/16 x 81 1/2 inches. Place purchased: Thebes, Egypt, Africa. Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund.
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Israeli stalling blocks Shalit deal: Hamas
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 8:27 am ETIsraeli objections to releasing certain prisoners are blocking a swap deal in which an Israeli soldier captured three years would be freed, an official of the Palestinian movement Hamas said on Friday.
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OPEC Ministers See No Quota Change This Month With ‘OK’ Price
Bloomberg - 59 minutes agoDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Four OPEC nations said they doubt the group will change supply quotas when it meets in Angola later this month because oil prices are at levels members consider satisfactory.
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South African Karters in Egypt this Weekend to take on the World's Best
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:01 am ETSix top South African karters will compete in Egypt this weekend in the 2009 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. The event has attracted 216 competitors from 55 countries, and South Africa is once again one of the favourites to emerge as one of the top competing nations.
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Nanofilm CEO Rickert to Speak at Nanotech Business Summit Conference Meets in Cairo Egypt, December 5-6, 2009
PRWeb - Fri Dec 4, 12:09 am ETDr. Scott Rickert, President and CEO of Nanofilm, is a speaker at the Nanotech Business Summit in Cairo, Egypt, December 5 and 6, 2009. Dr. Rickert’s topic is “Nano-izing Today's Surfaces to Solve Energy, Environmental, And Waste Problems.” (PRWeb Dec 4, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3295624.htm
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