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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Grainnet.com - 1 hour 11 minutes agoThe U.S. Grains Council 2009 Corn Mission to Morocco, Egypt and Jordan is currently underway as participants visited a modern feedlot in Morocco, which was started with assistance by the Council.
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Research and Markets: Egypt Will Have 81.4 Million Mobile Subscribers in 2013 with Market Share of ECMS (Mobinil ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 8:18 am ETDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "4Q09 Egypt Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013" to their offering.
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Chemical weapons watchdog pursues holdout nations
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 6:46 am ETThe newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts — including Israel, Egypt and Syria — to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection.
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Tablet Manufacturing Technologies Training Course Announced For Jan 24-26, 2010 In Cairo, Egypt
PharmaceuticalOnline - Thu Dec 3, 3:08 am ETThis course will be presented by top class speakers from the USA and Europe having extensive academic and hands-on industrial experience. This course is supported by the International Federation of Pharmacy (FIP-IPS). This course will be held Jan 24-26, 2010 at the Intercontinental City Stars in Cairo, Egypt. By Natoli Engineering Company, Inc.
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OBAMA STRATEGY TO END WAR BY MAKING WAR
Georgie Anne Geyer via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 5:04 pm ETWASHINGTON -- His demeanor was not that of a young and inexperienced president, but that of an elder statesman. There was none of the boyish, fun-loving, "isn't-this-all-amazing?" charm that has exemplified so much of his public life. He smiled not once.
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From coal to culture: Louvre-Lens site inaugurated
San Francisco Chronicle - 2 hours 42 minutes agoIt's an abandoned coal mining site in a depressed corner of northern France that was pummeled by the two world wars. Soon, a branch of the Louvre Museum will rise up on this unlikely site. Work is to start soon on a sleek glass-and-aluminum building that will... France - Louvre - museum - Coal mining - Culture
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PLUMSTED: New Egypt writer provides new angle on Natalie Wood death
The Messenger-Press - Thu Dec 3, 6:39 am ETPLUMSTED — New Egypt resident Marti Rulli of Fort Avenue says writing a book about the death of a legendary actress was not only an opportunity to help a friend but also to finally reveal some truth about the mysterious circumstances that occurred more than 25 years ago.
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Sir John Crofton dies at 97; doctor pioneered combination therapy to treat tuberculosis
Los Angeles Times - Fri Dec 4, 3:15 am ETHe is credited with saving millions of lives by using a 'cocktail' of multiple antibiotics to treat the disease. The concept subsequently was applied to AIDS, cancer and other diseases. Sir John Crofton, a physician who is credited with saving millions of lives by pioneering the use of cocktails of antibiotics to treat tuberculosis -- a concept that has subsequently been applied to treating a ...
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Get your Egyptian on at the Walters' Mummified!
The Johns Hopkins News-Letter - Thu Dec 3, 10:44 pm ETIf you are looking to reconnect with your nerdy side, Mummified! is definitely worth a trip.
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Finding a Market for Crafts Made by the Trash Collectors of Cairo
New York Times - Thu Dec 3, 9:01 am ETTwo sisters living on the Upper East Side have been selling handicrafts made by women from an impoverished community of garbage collectors in Cairo for the past 15 years.
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Salinas, Alexandria declare literary 'truce'
The Salinas Californian - Fri Dec 4, 8:06 am ETA month of novel-writing competition between the Salinas Public Library and Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandria ended in a truce, officials announced Thursday.
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Best and worst scenarios for USA draw
Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Dec 3, 2:12 pm ETBrazil and Spain are the powers to avoid. One seeded team will allow the U.S. to dream.
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FLORENCE: Field hockey stopped in states
The Register-News - Fri Dec 4, 6:16 am ETNew Egypt scored three times in the second half to eliminate the Florence High School field hockey team from the Central Jersey Group I playoffs, 4-2, on Friday.
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UPDATE: Saudi Oil Min: Oil Prices Are OK Near $75 A Barrel
Nasdaq - 2 hours 50 minutes agoCAIRO (Zawya Dow Jones)—Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Friday there is no need for members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to raise output when they meet this month in Angola.
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Luis Bueno: U.S. can't do worse than Confed draw in World Cup draw
Sports Illustrated - Thu Dec 3, 11:34 am ETFor the second time in the last eight years, the World Cup is entering uncharted waters when South Africa plays host next summer. As Japan/South Korea 2002 ushered in the World Cup to Asia, so, too, will South Africa 2010 introduce the world's greatest sporting event to a new continent.
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