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Police detain illegal African migrants, kill smuggler

AL-ARISH: Egyptian authorities on Saturday swooped on a suspected people trafficking safe…

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Sixteen Muslim Brothers detained during by-election

CAIRO: Security forces arrested 16 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the main…

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Sarkozy, Mubarak launch Union for Mediterranean

PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy and more than 40 leaders opened a…

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Man tried to sneak crocs, kangaroos into Gaza; Israel hands Bedouin smuggler to Egypt

AL-ARISH: The Egyptian authorities caught a Palestinian man trying to smuggle crocodiles,…

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Egypt boosts police presence on Gaza border

AL-ARISH: Egypt has sent 400 police to bolster security at its Rafah…

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Explosives cache found in Egypt's Sinai desert

EL-ARISH: Egyptian authorities on Friday found 250 kilos of explosives in the…

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HEALTH MATTERS: Hardwired for fat: scientists identify obesity gene

British and French scientists have identified several variants of a single gene…

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'Midnight's Children' voted best Booker Prize winner

LONDON: Salman Rushdie s novel Midnight s Children was named Thursday as…

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Building collapse kills five in Mansoura

CAIRO: A three-storey building in Egypt s Nile delta collapsed and killed…

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