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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
The Al Azhar Mosque, built in 969 AD, in downtown Cairo.
Cairo   Death   Egypt   Muslim   Photos
 Star Tribune 
Egypt's top Muslim cleric, whose moderate views angered hard-liners, dies of heart attack
Wed 10 Mar 2010
CAIRO - Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit... (photo: US DoD)
An african immigrant rests inside a red cross tent after arriving in a small wooden fishing boat
Eritrea   Europe   Military   Photos   Sudan
 The Daily Tribune 
East Sudan, a first step for Eritrea’s Europe-bound migrants
Wed 10 Mar 2010
FEATURE 03/11/2010 SHEGERAB — Fleeing a military regime, thousands of young Eritreans stream into neighboring east Sudan, the first stage of their long migration to Europe, Israel — or even Khartoum.... (photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez)
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wave to the press ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts.  Zeenews  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden
Ramallah (West Bank): Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Israel   Jerusalem   Palestinians   Photos   US
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt  Independent online (SA)  Wed 10 Mar 2010
 Head of al-Azhar dies
Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials at... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos
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England national soccer team striker Michael Owen arrives for a squad training session for the World Cup at Mittelbergstadion in Buehlertal, Germany, Saturday June 17, 2006. England face Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in their Group B games at the World Cup Sky Sports Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pearce - Door open for Owen
England U21 boss Stuart Pearce insists it is wrong to suggest Michael Owen's international career is over. Owen's slim hopes of making this summer's World Cup finals... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Football   Owen   Photos   Soccer   Sport
Islamic Center Khaleej Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. Senior... (photo: Creative Commons / Unfocused)
Future   Islamic   Muslim   Oxford   Photos
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1) Khaleej Times Tue 9 Mar 2010
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Egypt   Mubarak   Photos   President   World
Farouk Hosny - Egyptian minister of culture. ula1 Ohio Tue 9 Mar 2010
Egypt to pay for restoration of all synagogues
CAIRO: Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister today, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's... (photo: WN)
Cairo   Country   Egypt   Photos   Restoration
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. China Daily Tue 9 Mar 2010
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed
Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key reason... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Beijing   Diplomacy   Mideast   Photos   Tehran


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