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Flamenco Fusion

The stomping feet of the dancers mesmerized the full house that came…

Aida Nassar

Two Egyptians lose limbs to Sinai landmine

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Two Egyptian workers lost limbs Friday when an anti-personnel mine…

AFP
AFP

Rice swapped rhetoric for rhetoric in Mideast

Reuters CAIRO: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a deal with Arab…

Jonathan Wright

EU's Solana in Egypt, meeting Mubarak to push for Mideast peace

CAIRO: EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana met President Hosni Mubarak on…

Agencies

A new Great Game, with oil and gas as stakes

A dictator s sudden death almost always triggers political instability. But it…

Daily News Egypt

Kefaya holds demonstration against high commodity prices in memory of 1977 'Bread Intifada'

CAIRO: Surrounded by a field of state security and curious locals, Kefaya…

Alexandra Sandels

Better a gut-check than a poll-check for the Democrats

With the start of the new congressional session, the Democratic exile has…

Daily News Egypt

PA gives preliminary approval to 34 constitutional amendments

CAIRO: Despite the disapproval of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) block in parliament,…

Yasmine Saleh

Lebanon knows 'lose-lose' when it sees it

With political polarization reaching alarming levels in Lebanon, one of the most…

Daily News Egypt

Brotherhood promises no restrictions on Copts if in power

CAIRO: The banned-but tolerated Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group seeks to promote the…

Yasmine Saleh