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Israel seals off West Bank amid heightened tension

JERUSALEM: Israel sealed off the West Bank on Friday amid tension in…

AFP
AFP

An indirect route to a Palestinian state?

RAMALLAH: Palestinians and Israelis have different and possibly contradictory expectations from the…

Daily News Egypt

US patron who paid for conjoined twins' op dies

BOSTON: A Massachusetts philanthropist who gave away millions of dollars to meet…

AP
AP

Editorial: Ten steps back

CAIRO: Egyptian society is in the grip of a moral crisis and…

Rania Al Malky

Organizers hope Darfur conference to raise $2 billion

CAIRO: Organizers of an international conference due later this month on rebuilding…

AFP
AFP

World leaders praise Tantawi's legacy

CAIRO: The death of Mohamed Sayed Tantwai, Sunni Islam's top cleric and…

Daily News Egypt

Mubarak's health 'satisfactory', says German medical chief

CAIRO: Egypt s President Hosni Mubarak s health is satisfactory after surgery…

AFP
AFP

Siwa's livelihood threatened by too much underground water

SIWA: Raham Osman wants inquiring minds to know that, despite being surrounded…

Daily News Egypt

Next Arab League head will be Egyptian, says Aboul Gheit

CAIRO: The next Secretary General of the Arab League will also be…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Prophet Mohamed cartoon published again in Sweden

STOCKHOLM: Leading Swedish newspapers on Wednesday published what Muslims consider to be…

AFP
AFP