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In your face: Cuba's underground rappers test free speech

Cuba's underground hip hop duo "Los Aldeanos" are boldly grooving where no…

Daily News Egypt

Obama presses Mideast peace push

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: US President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

AFP
AFP

Peacemaking's added angle

BENSALEM, Pennsylvania: Reports that the Obama Administration will propose a peace initiative…

Daily News Egypt

Kyrgyzstan's new window of opportunity

WASHINGTON, DC: After resigning in the wake of bloody anti-government protests that…

Daily News Egypt

A cloud over airplane safety

PRINCETON: When airports across Europe reopened after the closure caused by the…

Peter Singer

The abuse of history and the Iranian bomb

TEL AVIV: Saturated with their often tragic history, Jews tend to pay…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt's Eastern eyes 3 pct export rise in 2010-11

CAIRO: Egyptian cigarette monopoly Eastern Company said it planned to raise exports…

Reuters

MP who proposed shooting protestors 'reprimanded'

CAIRO: The People’s Assembly (PA) reprimanded National Democratic Party member Nasha’at El-Qassas…

Heba El-Sherif

Egypt opens bidding for two cement licenses

Egypt opened bidding for two cement production licenses on Monday but will…

Reuters

Egypt's HDB says rights issue 71 pct covered

Egypt's Housing and Development Bank said a rights issue had been 70.8…

Reuters