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Two Nile river passenger ferries collided Friday in northern Egypt, with up to 38 people feared missing when one boat broke in half and the other overturned, security and ambulance sources said.
Reaction to the draw for the 2010 World Cup finals made in Cape Town on Friday:
Nelson 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...
Saudi 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."
On Friday The New York Times Goal blog goes live to cover the World Cup draw in Cape Town, South Africa. We will have blasts from our correspondents around the world, comments from players and, of course, comments from you, our readers.
It's an abandoned coal mining site in a depressed corner of northern France that was pummeled by the two world wars.
Imagine sailing down The Nile in a style once reserved only for pharaohs and queens. Well, now you can!
The U.S. finally caught a break in World Cup group play, but Jamie Trecker warns against overconfidence.
"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.
Israeli 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.
Dec. 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.
Six 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.
Dr. 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
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia , the biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said crude oil prices close to their current level of $75 a barrel are satisfactory.
December 4, 2009: The recent football (soccer) playoffs between Egypt and Algeria were turned into a series of nationalistic riots by the Egyptian government (which did not turn the police on the anti-Algerian rioters, and had the government controlled mass media stir up the rioters.)
CAIRO, EGYPT and NOIDA, INDIA--(Marketwire - December 4, 2009) - HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), the global IT services provider, has entered into a SAP implementation engagement with Sahara Petroleum Services Company (SAPESCO), a multi-disciplined petroleum services company providing services to Oil & Gas companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This implementation spans ...
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