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PETA activist dons sheep suit to praise Australia's suspension of exports to Egypt

CAIRO: The Australian Embassy has a new flower bouquet to display, following…

Joseph Mayton

International dignitaries receive Roosevelt awards for defending freedom

MIDDELBURG: Confined Burmese opposite leader Aung San Suu Kyi wasn t there,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

St. Louis museum refuses to return Egyptian mummy mask

ST. LOUIS: The Saint Louis Art Museum will keep a 3,200-year-old mummy…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt holding more than 200 pro-reform protesters

CAIRO: Police detained more than 200 protestors during rallies in support of…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Four wanted for Dahab blasts surrender to police

EL-ARISH, Egypt: Four men wanted in connection with bombings that killed 20…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

U.S. Senate proposes $47 million cut to aid to Egypt

CAIRO: The United States Senate quietly added a $47 million cut to…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Former college professor to appeal sentence

TAMPA: Former college professor Sami Al-Arian will appeal a judge s decision…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

U.S. rebukes Egypt over actions against protestors

WASHINGTON: The Bush administration sharply rebuked Egypt on Thursday for its crackdown…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Iranian president's letter opens window onto Muslim world

CAIRO: It s one of those moments of clarity that show the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Activists end hunger strike at Tora prison

CAIRO: Demonstrations and protests in Egypt often bring arrests and detentions to…

Joseph Mayton