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| Palestinians subjected to worst human rights violation, says Aboul Gheit |  CAIRO: Palestinians are subjected to the worst kinds of human rights violations and the international community is unable to protect them, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said.The Middle East has witnessed the most unjust incidents, the foreign minister added, and this continual occupation and injustice to the Palestinians and elsewhere around the world is feeding fanaticism of ideologies and ideas.Speaking at the Alliance of Civilizations Initiative meeting Sept. 26 in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, a ministry statement...
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Abdel-Rahman Hussein
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| Politics: Freedom House report pounds Egyptian governance
CAIRO: An annual report issued by renowned US think tank Freedom House, harshly criticizes Egypt for poor governance on a number of levels.“Countries at the Crossroads 2007: Country Report — Egypt,” authored
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| Business: Egypt’s ranking drops from 70 to 105 in international corruption index
CAIRO: Corruption is perceived as rampant in Egypt, as the country’s ranking declined from 70 to 105 out of 180 countries listed on the Corruption Perceptions Index 2007 (CPI) recently released by Transparency
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| Opinion & Editorials: The Making of Sputnik
MOSCOW: On Oct. 4, 1957, my father, Nikita Khrushchev, awaited a telephone call. Chief Designer Sergei Korolev was expected to call from the Tyuratam launch site (later renamed Baikonur Cosmodrome) in
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| | Society & Development: Striking Mahalla workers demand govt. fulfill broken promises
EL MAHALLA EL KOBRA: A crippling strike at Egypt’s largest public sector factory entered its fifth day on Thursday as workers, angry at corruption and what they call a string of lies and broken promises,
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| Lifestyle: Part 1: A long summer weekend in El Sahel
As summer around the Mediterranean shifts into high gear every August, the world's "beautiful people" and everyone else hoping to ride their coat-tails can usually — predictably — be found at the tried
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| Sports: Leaders Al-Gaish widen Zamalek misery
CIRO: Al-Gaish beat Zamalek 2-1 on Wednesday, handing the Cairo giants their second successive defeat and keeping their place on top of the Egyptian League.Amr Zaki's goal early in the first-half was evened
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| | Art & Design: Between you and me: voices from the past
At a refreshing break from the monotony of Ramadan nights the ancient Amir Taz palace recently hosted a celebration of Egypt’s 20th century culture giants in the fields of theater, cinema, music and literature
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| On the Town: First night
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| Culture & Entertainment: Irish rocker, activist Bono gets medal for his work in Africa
Irish rocker and activist Bono, accepting the Liberty Medal on Thursday night for his humanitarian work in Africa, exhorted Americans to keep working to solve the world's problems and spoke of those who
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| Crime: Family loses 3 children
CAIRO: A family in Marsa Matrouh suffered through a series of tragic accidents that resulted in the death of their three children, reported Al-Ahram daily newspaper. It started when the family decided
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There’s good news for all the sportsmen that crowd Cairo’s football fields during Ramadan. A friendly game of football works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging, new research shows. Danish
On a chilled out Ramadan week night, going to a commercial tent may not be the ideal outing for everybody. Yet you probably don’t feel like staying home night after night; I know I don’t. An old spot rediscovered
For 1,000 years, this city on a hilltop has been a center of Islamic faith in the Horn of Africa, with a forbidding, 13-foot wall surrounding ancient mosques and serpentine alleyways. If you’re looking
