Egypt makes new arrests in Muslim Brotherhood ranks
AFP - 2 hours 44 minutes agoEgyptian police on Friday arrested nearly 50 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood who were staging anti-Israel demonstrations, a security official said.
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Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Mar 11, 7:09 pm ETThe DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten's mummy. The discovery could help fill out the picture of a fascinating era more than 3,300 years ago when Akhenaten embarked on history's first attempt at monotheism.
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Taking It With You in Ancient Egypt
New York Times - Thu Mar 11, 6:57 pm ETThe Brooklyn Museum has assembled an exhibition that explores all facets of the Egyptian funerary industry.
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Egyptian border guards shoot Ethiopian migrant on Israeli border
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Mar 12, 5:22 am ETAl-Arish, Egypt - Egyptian border guards on Friday shot and seriously injured an Ethiopian migrant trying to cross illegally into Israel, and arrested seven others, police said. Egypt has been under mounting international pressure to both secure its ...
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Egyptian influence revived
Lancaster Online - Fri Mar 12, 8:29 am ETLike our weather fronts that come and go, trends in architecture come and go as well. These trends are most often driven by social preferences of the time, advances in technology, new construction techniques and, in the case of Egyptian Revival, by an archeological discovery in 1922.In November of t...
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Ex-nuclear chief condemns Egypt security beatings
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Mar 11, 8:01 am ETThe former U.N. nuclear chief turned Egyptian reform advocate on Thursday strongly condemned the beating of one of his supporters, allegedly by State Security agents, adding that the tactic would not silence calls for change.
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Egypt: Halt execution of man accused of murder
Amnesty International - Fri Mar 12, 3:52 am ETAmnesty International has made an urgent personal appeal to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to prevent the execution of a man who is believed to have been wrongly convicted of murder and whose co-accused was executed on Wednesday
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Signpost - Chinese at the Egyptian
The Weber State University Signpost - 2 hours 45 minutes agoShen Yun Performing Arts is said to be leaving millions in awe. The Chinese performance is scheduled in Ogden at Peery’s Egyptian Theater, March 16-18 at 7:30 p.m.
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Analysis: Will Jerusalem spat undo peacemaking?
AP via Yahoo! News - 22 minutes agoVice President Joe Biden's trip to Israel and the West Bank was designed to underscore the Obama administration's commitment to support Israeli security as it approaches indirect negotiations with the Palestinians.
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Research and Markets: 1Q10 - Egypt Mobile Operator Forecast - 2009-2014
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Fri Mar 12, 6:55 am ETDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "1Q10 Egypt Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2014: Egypt will have 101 Million Mobile Subscriber Accounts in 2014 with Market Share of Etisalat Rising to 21.2%" to their offering.
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Sarkozy pays tribute to top Sunni cleric Tantawi
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Mar 12, 4:57 am ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday paid tribute to Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the Egyptian cleric who died this week at age 81, saying he embodied "an Islam of dialogue and openness."
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White Sugar Falls in London After Report That Egypt Ended Order
Bloomberg - Thu Mar 11, 9:23 am ETMarch 11 (Bloomberg) -- White sugar futures fell in London after a report that Egypt ended a purchase order and as technical signals suggested prices have more to lose.
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U.S. Returns Sarcophagus To Egypt
NPR - Wed Mar 10, 4:24 pm ETAfter a secret trip around the globe, a 3,000-year-old stolen sarcophagus is returning home to Egypt. On Wednesday, U.S. authorities sent the sarcophagus to Egypt. It was confiscated by customs officials at the Miami Airport in 2008. Zahi Hawass, secretary-general of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, offers his insight.
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Gaza swimmers hope to make splash at Asia games
AFP via Yahoo! News - 49 minutes agoIn the ramshackle warrens of Gaza's Jabaliya refugee camp, four young athletes are plotting to swim their way out of the impoverished territory.
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EU's Ashton to tour Middle East from Sunday
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 50 minutes agoEuropean Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton will begin a five-day tour of Middle East hotspots on Sunday, her office said.
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Head of Egypt's al-Azhar dies in Saudi Arabia: report
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Mar 10, 3:26 am ETEgyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent. Al-Azhar, one of the most prominent seats of Sunni Islamic learning in the Muslim world, has schools, universities and other educational institutions across Egypt.
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