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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/d7006824400aaac1/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 30 Ten people were killed and 17 wounded Thursday in a gunfight in Benha, 48 km north of the Egyptian capital, a security source said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/378254/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:00:25 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/378254/cs/1/ India and Egypt have expressed concern over skyrocketing fuel and food prices in the course of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's three-day visit to Egypt which concluded Thursday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/378184/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:09 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/378184/cs/1/ Prince Willem-Alexander of Orange, Netherlands, early this week called on African leaders to take urgent actions to speed up efforts in the water and sanitation sector on the continent. Speaking on Mo... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15966018/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:11:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15966018/ + ] CAIRO (Reuters) - A land dispute between two Egyptian families erupted into gunbattles that left 10 people dead and up to 27 wounded on Thursday, police and medics said. A police official said... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15964562/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:44:28 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15964562/ + ] TORONTO (Reuters) - Agrium Inc is in discussions with Egypt to take control of a state-owned nitrogen plant, but nothing has been finalized, a spokesman for the world's No. 3 nitrogen producer s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15964561/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:44:27 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15964561/ The United Nations refugee agency has interviewed nearly 180 Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum-seekers detained in Egypt to assess their claims for refugee status, and urged the authorities to continue to... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15960575/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:32:58 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15960575/ All tickets are priced at RM35.There will also be a chamber concert by the ensemble from the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) at 3pm on July 6. The ensemble will perform Bach's Trio Sonata In D ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15960651/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:53:04 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15960651/ A deadly clash between two families in an Egyptian Delta governorate over land disputes killed at least nine and injured six others on Thursday. The shootout occurred when both families claimed the ow... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15958001/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:14 -0400 People's Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15958001/ Egyptian mediators will soon invite some 14 Palestinian factions to take part in talks for Palestinian national reconciliation, Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Nabil Amr said Thursday. The Palestinian... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15957999/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:06:07 -0400 People's Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15957999/ RAFAH: Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday to allow scores of stranded Palestinians to return to the besieged territory, witnesses said. "We have ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15952454/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:35:18 -0400 Times of India http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15952454/ CAIRO: India and Egypt are looking at ways to deepen their economic relationship despite constraints imposed on foreign investments by rising oil prices and tight money supply. The visiting External ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15952462/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:51 -0400 The Hindu http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15952462/ During a visit to The Japan Times, Abdelnasser, who has been at his post since September, said Egypt and Japan are in final preparations to open the Egyptian-Japanese University of Science and Technol... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15951031/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:01:20 -0400 Japan Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15951031/ Cairo - Ten people were killed and 17 wounded Thursday in a gunfight in Benha, 48 kilometers north of the Egyptian capital, a security source said. The source said that the fight started when members ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15949771/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:14:33 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15949771/ CAIRO - OPEC member Libya is planning an oil refinery and a natural gas pipeline in Egypt, helping to raise Libyan investment in its Arab neighbour to $10 billion over the next two years, the Libyan p... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15946881/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:59:51 -0400 Business Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15946881/ (CEI.FR) have said Thursday they signed an agreement giving Suez 5% ownership interest in the company that holds the Georges Besse II uranium enrichment plant. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15947009/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:40:55 -0400 Morning Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15947009/ + ] (Adds background) JERUSALEM, July 3 (Reuters) - A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Thursday, putting further strain on a fragile ceasefire deal in the Hamas-contro... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15946557/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:02:59 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15946557/ Further underlining its commitment to be an environment-friendly organisation, Carrefour, operated by Majid Al Futtaim Hypermarkets, a company of Majid Al Futtaim Group, has teamed up with Egypt's Min... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15942687/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:08:01 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15942687/ Cairo, Egypt - Abdel Wahab Al-Meseri, who led an Egyptian movement demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak's rule, has died. He was 70. Hossam Tokan, director of the Palestine Hospital in Cairo... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15942689/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:18:57 -0400 IOL http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15942689/ + ] CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt state-owned airline Egypt Air plans to buy five airplanes from Boeing and Airbus, the state news agency said on Thursday, quoting the company's chairman. "It was decide... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15944782/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:04:17 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15944782/ + ] DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's Mashreq bank is still interested in buying Egypt's government-controlled Banque du Caire even though its initial offer was rejected and the sale cancelled, Mashreq's ch... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15944783/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:04:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15944783/ + ] By Jonathan Wright CAIRO, July 3 (Reuters Life!) - French composer-director Michel Risse and his Decor Sonore troupe turned the massive concrete structure of the Cairo Opera House into a giant... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15942148/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:30:43 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15942148/ RAFAH, Gaza Strip: Egyptian security forces yesterday used water cannons to keep thousands of Palestinians from storming across the border from Gaza, where Israel was due to ease a punishing blockade ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15937271/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:58:06 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15937271/ (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)Palestinians wait to cross into Egypt through Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 2, 2008. Hundreds of Palestinians stormed the Gaza Strip's border... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15926301/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:52:55 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15926301/ RAFAH, GAZA STRIP: Egyptian security forces used water cannon on Wednesday to keep thousands of Palestinians from storming across the border from Gaza. Israel was due to ease a punishing blockade b... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924129/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:35:45 -0400 Times of India http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924129/ (AP Photo/ Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa is seen in this Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006 file photo at a ceremony to swear him is as president in Lusaka, Zambia. President Mwanawasa has... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15926300/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:52:56 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15926300/ Rafah, Egypt - Palestinians clashed with Egyptian police at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Wednesday when some of the Palestinians tried to force their way across, witne... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924526/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:50:32 -0400 IOL http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924526/ Red and white banners along Nile bridges and Cairo streets since last month were Egypt's latest effort to curb an increasingly pressing problem: a population growing faster than the economy can s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924128/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:48:33 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924128/ Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - Bilateral talks between Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan Wednesday concentrated on Palestine and Lebanon, an official said. Abdullah arrived ear... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924131/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:42:25 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924131/ A new version of the long-standing partnership between Acea and Suez's nuclear power unit Electrabel should be agreed "soon," the spokesman added. Suez's Italian profile is set to change with the mer... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924528/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:33:30 -0400 Morning Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924528/ The discovery paints a picture of a relatively advanced system of society during ancient times, with commerce playing an intricate part of daily Egyptian life, according to the University of Chicago a... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924126/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:33:18 -0400 National Geographic News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924126/ July 2, 2008—A remarkably intact mud-brick settlement has been partially excavated near the ancient temple at Edfu, archaeologists announced recently. With layers dating from 2,400 to 280 B.C... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924527/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:33:17 -0400 National Geographic News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15924527/ Sharm Sheikh, July 2 (bna) -- Jordanian Monarch King Abdullah Ii Arrived In Sharm El Sheikh Today For A Short Visit To Egypt During Which He Will Meet With Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15921265/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:07:10 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15921265/ Sharm Sheikh, July 2 (bna) -- Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak Received In Sharm El Sheikh Today Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Currently On A Visit To The Country. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15921427/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:07:07 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15921427/ The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group recently hosted the first trilateral consultative meeting with the European Commission (EC) and the World Bank in order to enhance synergies and greater colla... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15923965/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15923965/ French Economy, Industry and Employment Minister, Christine Lagarde, on June 27, 2007, received the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15923966/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15923966/ The African Development Bank Group has finalized arrangements with the Canadian 'International Development Research Centre IDRC' (www.idrc.ca/ccaa) through its Climate Change Adaptation Program in Afr... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15923964/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:06:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15923964/ Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived Wednesday in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks with Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on developments in peace talks between Is... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15917040/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:49:12 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15917040/ Europe for Tsvangirai to lead any coalition government. Mbeki says that is a question for Zimbabweans."Certainly SADC and certainly the African continent has not made any prescription about the outcom... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15918907/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:10:09 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15918907/ + ] HARARE, July 2 (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Wednesday that March 29 elections won by him should be the basis of any negotiations with President Robert Mugab... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15920430/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:54:11 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15920430/ RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian witnesses say an angry crowd of people in the Gaza Strip has stormed a border crossing with Egypt and is throwing rocks at Egyptian troops. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15917043/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:44:38 -0400 USA Today http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15917043/ + ] (Adds quotes, background) BRUSSELS, July 2 (Reuters) - Any transitional government in Zimbabwe must include opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as premier, the European Commission said on Wedn... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15920428/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:54:09 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15920428/ Giza Systems, which targets the telecommunications, oil and gas, government and financial services industries, says its philosophy is based around providing total IT solutions for the Egyptian and Mid... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15913915/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:45:13 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15913915/ Software development house Link Development has won acclaim for its web design work at the Pan Arab Web awards ceremony, which recently brought together a large gathering to honor and celebrate excell... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916884/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:45:09 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916884/ SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) — Head of the Egyptian hospital that treated Zambia's president after he fell ill during the African Union summit here, says the Zambian leader was in a semi-coma but "... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15913924/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:33:55 -0400 USA Today http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15913924/ + ] HARARE, July 2 (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe welcomes an African Union resolution calling for a unity government in Zimbabwe and would talk with the opposition to end the political crisis ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916349/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:45:23 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916349/ Africa may not reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on water and sanitation, says a report by the United Nations System presented to the African Union Summit which opened on Monday, June 30, 20... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916807/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:33:26 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916807/ The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Donald Kaberuka, on Monday, June 30, 2008, said that «the AfDB looks forward to efficiently contributing to efforts aimed at overcoming the w... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916809/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:33:25 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916809/ THE West can "go hang a thousand times" for criticising Zimbabwe's presidential election run-off and their parrot Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who has been lambasting Zimbabwe and cal... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916808/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:33:24 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15916808/ Amman - King Abdullah II of Jordan travels to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh Wednesday for talks with Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak, a royal court statement said. The discussions are expecte... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15911372/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:39:41 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15911372/ + ] By Cynthia Johnston SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Bans on food exports by countries hit by rising prices are impeding efforts to get sustenance to some of the world's most needy people, t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15912979/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:33:59 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15912979/ + ] SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was transferred to France on Tuesday following "successful surgery" in Egypt after he suffered a stroke at an African summit, ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15912978/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:33:59 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15912978/ Did you know that women who eat a diet that is high in fruits, vegetables and whole grains but low in saturated fats and sugar have a lower risk of premature death or death ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15909712/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:30:13 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15909712/ Israel will reopen crossings on the Gaza Strip border on Wednesday, and for the first time in a year, will also allow the transfer of construction material into the coastal territory.The decision was ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15908371/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:54:54 -0400 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15908371/ Deputy defense minister Matan Vilnai on Tuesday accused Egypt of not doing enough to halt weapons smuggling from Sinai to the Gaza Strip. According to Vilnai, the flow of weapons via the Philadephi ro... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15908627/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:54:46 -0400 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15908627/ + ] By Cris Chinaka HARARE, July 2 (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe on Wednesday under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity government in the wake o... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15907903/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:05:17 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15907903/ + ] SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The African Union supported the creation of a government of national unity for Zimbabwe on Tuesday and recommended regional mediation efforts continue, a text ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15907901/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:05:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15907901/ Dubai: The UAE national beach soccer team on Tuesday left for Egypt to participate in the first Arab beach soccer championships in Marsa Alam at Hurghada in the Red sea. Dr Slayim Al Shamssi, UAE foot... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15902379/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:21:24 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15902379/ The Egyptian magazine al Ahram al Arabi reported Tuesday evening that Hamas has complied with Egypt's demands and transferred a new video recording of the abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901954/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:08:50 -0400 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901954/ A total of 740 Eritrean nationals, of whom 85 are females, who returned home from Egypt expressed satisfaction with the warm hospitality accorded them. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15906253/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:12:01 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15906253/ + ] UNITED NATIONS, July 1 (Reuters) - The political crisis in Zimbabwe after last week's widely criticized election is one that Africa should be managing, not the U.N. Security Council, China's spe... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901369/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:13:50 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901369/ + ] (Adds more quotes, background) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 1 (Reuters) - Botswana called for the African Union on Tuesday to exclude Zimbabwe from its meetings because a disputed election did... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901365/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:13:50 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901365/ . Euronext said in a statement the removal and replacement of Suez and GdF shares is subject to the approval of the merger by both companies' shareholders. Euronext also said the replacement of Suez ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899582/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:09:01 -0400 Morning Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899582/ Speaking at a French parliamentary commission hearing, Mestrallet - who will head up the new group created from the merger between Suez and French state- controlled Gaz de France http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899583/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:08:58 -0400 Morning Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899583/ The half year results indicate that UBA grossed N78.1bn in earnings, representing a 67 percent increase over the N46.8bn recorded in the same period last financial year. Meanwhile profit soared by a w... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901814/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:59:32 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15901814/ (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the 23rd congress of the Socialist International at the Lagonissi ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15896477/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:47 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15896477/ Gordon Brown 's being British prime minister. Mugabe said the reporter asked "stupid questions." TV footage showed Mugabe's guards pushing the reporter away.Many reporters were not allowed to leave th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15896476/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:45 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15896476/ At a press conference held at the InterContinental Citystars, the Quattro Trading and Services Company announced the official launch of its flagship branch of US Polo Assn. located within the second p... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899206/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:29:36 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899206/ Taking the helm of an already well established research team, Aono brings with him a wealth of experience, having most recently co-headed the top ranked Telecom Equipment equity research team at Credi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899207/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:29:34 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899207/ + ] By Nelson Banya HARARE, July 1 (Reuters) - Armed groups attacked and seriously wounded at least three white farmers in Zimbabwe after last Friday's run-off presidential election, a farmers' un... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15898361/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:27:44 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15898361/ + ] PARIS, July 1 (Reuters) - France expects almost all Mediterranean leaders to attend a Paris summit with the European Union on July 13 to launch a Union for the Mediterranean, a source in Preside... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15898362/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:27:43 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15898362/ Speaking at a French parliamentary commission hearing, Mestrallet said he is remaining careful for now because the future regulatory environment for power in the country - and therefore the price - ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15893942/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:23:18 -0400 Morning Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15893942/ The official reminded that, recently, "an extremely important operation of return of thousands of Angolans to the country has been concluded, considering the cooperation between UNHCR and Angolan... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899158/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:14:28 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15899158/ Gaza City/Tel Aviv/Cairo - Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip for two days Tuesday, allowing Palestinians stranded on either side of the divide to cross over. By mid-afternoon around 200 had ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15891908/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:19:24 -0400 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15891908/ + ] HAMBURG, July 1 (Reuters) - The lowest bid in a wheat tender on Tuesday from Egyptian state purchasing agency GASC was Canadian wheat at $274.00 a tonne fob, European traders said. The lowest ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15893440/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:14:14 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15893440/ + ] CAIRO (Reuters) - State-owned National Bank of Egypt has sold its holdings in six companies for a combined total of 5.29 billion Egyptian pounds, the financial daily Al Mal said on Tuesday. Th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15890120/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:31:57 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15890120/ + ] By Cynthia Johnston SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday it was engaged in frank discussions with Egypt about the mass deportation of Eritrean ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15888574/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:20:09 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15888574/ + ] SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 1 (Reuters) - South Africa is close to brokering a deal that would see Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai negotiate a unity g... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15888572/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:20:09 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15888572/ + ] By Skye Wheeler JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - The government of South Sudan ordered Ugandan troops hunting rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to leave its territory on Monday. South Sudan'... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15888573/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:20:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15888573/ (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe attends the eleventh ordinary session of the assembly of the African Union heads of State and government in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Monday, Jun... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15882089/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:43:55 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15882089/ + ] * AU leaders unlikely to punish Mugabe * U.S. pushing U.N. call for sanctions By Cynthia Johnston SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, July 1 (Reuters) - African leaders are expected to press Preside... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15883533/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:29:44 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15883533/ An interesting landscape along with some engrossing puzzles make "Cleopatra: Riddle of the Tomb" stand out from many other PC adventure games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ HO An interesting landscape along wi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15875211/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:56:02 -0400 C News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15875211/ A U.S. court should get to review the information that has assured federal officials that an Egyptian man will not be tortured if he is sent back to his homeland, his lawyers told an appeals court Mon... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15877604/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:50:19 -0400 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15877604/ Expatriate film extra Lovissa Farrow has her hair done in the make-up truck of Egyptian film production "The Passenger", in Alexandria, Egypt Tuesday, May 6, 2008. A motley group of foreigners, backpa... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15875688/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:26:07 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15875688/ + ] By Daniel Wallis SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 30 (Reuters) Washington is ready to help Nigeria send peacekeepers to Somalia, but its priority is supporting a Burundian battalion that is ready ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15874634/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:22:11 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15874634/ + ] By Daniel Wallis SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Uganda's fugitive rebel leader Joseph Kony is re-arming, and the United Nations should boost its peacekeeping force in Congo to contain or c... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15874637/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:22:10 -0400 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15874637/ Sharm El-The Heads of State and Governments of the African Union carried out on Sunday, in Sharm El-Sheikh city (Egypt), intensive analysis on the situation in Zimbabwe. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15874984/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:08:45 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15874984/ Whatever rhetoric on Zimbabwe's political crisis emerges from the African Union heads of state meeting in Egypt on Monday and Tuesday, reports on the meeting indicate a growing consensus around demand... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15872920/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:43:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15872920/ Sharm-El-A message of the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos was this Sunday handed over, in Sharm-El-Sheikh city, to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15872919/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:43:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15872919/ President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has arrived in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to participate in the Summit for Heads of States and Governments of the African Union (AU). http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15872918/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:43:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/d7006824400aaac1/id/15872918/