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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy handed his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak a stolen ancient relic on Monday, ending a row between France and Egypt over artefacts taken from a Luxor tomb.
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009.
Baghdad - The Iraqi government is seeking to reclaim palaces and hundreds of millions of dollars held in Europe by executed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, Baghdad's daily al-Sabah reported Tuesday. Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr told the daily th...
Kadafi's government is touting its success in persuading the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group to renounce Osama bin Laden's tactics. A nation the West once considered a major sponsor of terrorism may have pulled off a groundbreaking coup against Al Qaeda: coaxing a group once strongly allied with Osama bin Laden to renounce its onetime partner as un-Islamic.
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Cairo next week at the head of a large delegation of ministers and businessmen, Baghdad's daily al-Sabah said Tuesday. Al-Maliki is scheduled to meet meet Egyptian president Hosny Mubarak, Prim...
Cotton Tree, the Cayman Islands’ new luxury hideaway with two-bedroom, spacious beachfront cottages with hotel services, is offering a special rate of $665 per night, a savings of 30%, for its first winter season.
ISLAMABAD — Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links are most likely to be deported, a local police chief said today.
DeKALB – About 30 years ago, DeKalb's historic Egyptian Theatre was in danger of being demolished. "It was essentially condemned at that time," Egyptian Theatre Operations Director Alex Nerad said. "But it was saved by the community and for the community."
Awarded 'Best of the Best' in Mobile; US State Department's Deployment of President Obama's Text Speech Excerpts Wins Again
Last week Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of community development, put out a link on his personal blog and stated: Here's how you can easily switch Firefox's search from Google to Bing. It was a pretty shocking move by a member of a company that has seen most of its revenue come from Google. It was a move brought on by concerns over… Check out the SEO Tools guide at Search Engine Journal ...
In a pioneering application for the global liquid natural gas (LNG) industry, GE Oil & Gas technology is powering the world's first gravity-based offshore LNG terminal located 17 kilometers offshore from the town of Rovigo, near Venice, on Italy's north east coast
"Worshipper Bearing an Animal Offering", (Mesopotamia, 1900- 1800 BCE). R.T. Miller Fund. ROCHESTER, NY.- Two new galleries showcasing the Memorial Art Gallery ’s ancient art collections will open December 16. Renovation and reinstallation of the second-floor galleries, which began this summer, was made possible by one of the largest gifts in Gallery history—a $1 million donation from long-time ...
The 3-1/2 foot high Rosetta Stone was unearthed by Napoleon's army in 1799 and dates back to 196 BC. Photo: EFE/Trustees of the British Museum. LONDON (REUTERS).-
One of the five fragments of an ancient wall painting that France plans to return to Egypt on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, is seen displayed at the Elysee Palace during a ceremony with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak, unseen, on Monday in Paris.
Domestic adult dogs come in all sizes. Domestic cats come in one-size-fits-all. Why? Has it to do with genetic limitations?
Lovely dollops of wit and warmth float through the big-screen version of “Astro Boy,” the latest Japanese TV cartoon to make it to the movies. But the look, themes and slam-bang “Transformers” violence of that 1960s animated series make this every bit as dated as “Speed Racer,” even if it is easier to watch.
