Egypt

March 27, 2003

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Egyptian actor Yousif Shabaan currently stands in front of the camera to shoot the scenes for his upcoming film "Nujoom Al Duhur" (Stars at Noon) alongside Egyptian actress Sumayya Al Ulfi

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Sinai Cement has informed the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange that its board of directors has decided to reject the first offer presented by a consortium led by Egyptian Cement Company to acquire

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Manufacturers of toys and related products from Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain and Thailand will join regional exhibitors at the Middle East Toy Fair 2003 to be held at the Dubai World Trade Cent

March 26, 2003

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About 1,000 U.S. Army troops were dropped by parachute into Kurdish territory in northern Iraq and took control of a key airfield on Wednesday, as Ame

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Invasion troops fought a fierce battle with Iraqi forces on Wednesday for control of a bridge over the Euphrates river close to the southern Iraqi cit

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The kidnapping of Hamdin Sabahee, a journalist and current member of Egypt's Parliament, in front of his home in Mohandiseen, Cairo took place Monday

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Two cruise missiles struck a residential area in Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people, Iraqi defense officials said.

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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has declined an invitation to attend the Iraq war summit in Washington with US President George W. Bush.

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London said on Tuesday the West was hypocritical not to demand the same sort of adherence to UN Security Council resolutions for the Israeli-Palestini

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Adel Imam has begun taking on the responsibilities expected of him as a UNHCR Goodwill ambassador and visited refugee camps setup for Iraqi people

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Egypt's government issued a decree ordering both private and state-owned exporting companies to sell at least 75 percent of their foreign hard-currency earnings to state-owned banks, in a bid to stave

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Iraqi VP Taha Yassin Ramadan criticized Arab leaders for their lack of “concrete support” to his beleaguered nation. His fiery remarks urging the use of oil as a weapon were made after a meeting of th

March 25, 2003

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US Secretary of State Colin Powell conceded that the American-led invasion of Iraq had experienced difficulties but he said he was confident it would

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A Palestinian boy aged 12 was shot dead by Israeli troops in the northern West Bank town of Jenin, during clashes with stone-throwing Palestinian yout

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Egyptian minister of Culture, Farouq Hassan, has decided to halt all cinema, concerts, festivals, and all entertainment activities due to the current war on Iraq and the turmoil that has hit the regio