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Smugglers kill officer on Egypt's border with Israel
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Sudanese artist shows 'in the raw' pieces Tahir Saleh's artwork...
An exhibit titled "6,000 miles" and comprised solely of artwork by Tahir Saleh, an accomplished artist originally from the Sudan who now resides in Lewiston, will open at L/A Arts' Community Gallery Wednesday, ...
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Zimbabwe's political crisis grows
Prospects for ending the political crisis in Zimbabwe deteriorated Tuesday when President Robert Mugabe and the country's main opposition party rejected calls by African leaders to form a power-sharing ...
Western extras play bit parts in new Egyptian film
CAIRO, Egypt - A motley group of foreigners _ English teachers, students of Arabic, even a journalist _ gathered on a recent chilly night in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria, brought together by a love of ...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Prepares to be Sworn In
SW Radio Africa Lance Guma Preparations for Robert Mugabe's swearing in ceremony Sunday were said to be underway at State House on Saturday even before results from the 'one-man election' were released.
Al-Qaida urges Somalis to fight UN
CAIRO, Egypt - An al-Qaida spokesman has urged Islamist militants in Somalia to fight a United Nations peacekeeping force slated to be deployed there.
Congratulations to Isaac Earl, a Utah County Academy of Sciences student from Orem who was awarded an AFS 2008 Arabic Summer Language Institute Scholarship, a distinction shared by only 30 high school students ...
OCI receives Skikda LNG work in Algeria
Cairo, Egypt / June 24, 2008 OCI Receives New Construction Awards for the Skikda LNG Project in Algeria Orascom Construction Industries confirmed that it has been awarded two construction contracts by Kellogg, ...
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Egyptian official: about 150 illegal migrants drowned in early June incident off Libyan coast
CAIRO, Egypt : A fishing vessel carrying about 150 illegal migrants sank in the Mediterranean Sea near the Libyan coast earlier this month and only two people survived, the Egyptian ambassador to Libya said ...
Egypt: 2 Eritreans escape from police during operation to deport them home
CAIRO, Egypt : An Egyptian security official says two Eritrean asylum seekers successfully fled police and escaped during an operation to deport them.
Al-Qaida branch claims recent attacks in Algeria
CAIRO, Egypt : Al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa claimed responsibility in an Internet posting Saturday for a recent attack on an Algerian train station that killed a French engineer.
Amnesty criticizes Egypt for deporting Eritreans
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF The Associated Press Thursday, June 12, 2008; 6:57 PM CAIRO, Egypt -- Amnesty International criticized Egypt on Thursday for deporting 200 Eritreans seeking asylum, saying the Africans would ...
Freddy Farid joins Layia Hospitality as Area VP
Layia Hospitality, the new bloom hotel management company launched earlier this year, has appointed Freddy Farid as Area Vice President.
Sudan rejects calls to hand over 2 wanted by ICC for their role in Darfur crisis
CAIRO, Egypt : Sudan rejected demands Saturday to hand over two Sudanese men indicted on crimes against humanity for their alleged roles in the Darfur crisis.
Anita McKay York, Green Bay, passed away peacefully Thursday June 5, 2008, at a local nursing home with her family at her side.
Egypt uncovers 'missing' pyramid of a pharaoh
A sarcophagus with hieroglyphics on the side is seen inside the well-known Saqqara Serapium, a tunnel of underground tombs, discovered by French archeologist August Mariette in 1850, that has been closed to the ...
Al-Qaida claims it attacked Denmark's embassy in Pakistan
CAIRO, Egypt - A Web posting late Wednesday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the suicide attack against Denmark's embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead.
Al-Qaida's No.2 urges holy war over Gaza Strip
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader called on Muslims to launch a holy war to break Israel's economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, in an audio recording posted Wednesday on an Islamic militant Internet site.