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Crowds attack Israel embassy in Cairo

10 Sep 2011: A building housing Israel's embassy in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, has been stormed by hundreds of protesters who tore down one of the outer embassy walls. Protesters demolished the wall, erected to protect the embassy which has become a focus for

Egyptian Breakthrough in Stem Cells

05 Jul 2011: Scientists all over the world are trying to discover more about stem cells to understand how they transform into specialized human body cells. Studying stem cells and their development will help us know the cause of serious health cases like birth defects

Egypt destroys 10 Gaza smuggling tunnels

16 Sep 2009: Egyptian security forces destroyed 10 tunnels used to smuggle contraband to the besieged Gaza Strip after a tip-off from a runner arrested last week, a security official said yesterday. The tunnels were found north of the Egyptian border town of Rafah

UAE's Janan, Egypt to sign agriculture deal

04 Aug 2009: A United Arab Emirates company will sign a deal with Egypt to cultivate 100,000 feddans, about 42,000 hectares (103 acres), of land with wheat, corn and feed, the official news agency MENA reported Tuesday. UAE agricultural investment firm Janan will sign

Egypt destroys Gaza smuggling tunnels

01 Apr 2009: CAIRO - The Egyptian authorities have destroyed six tunnels used to smuggle contraband fuel and food to the Gaza Strip, the official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday. The tunnels along Egypt’s border with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip also contained

Boycott of Egypt Copts Un-Islamic: Muslims

31 Mar 2009: An online campaign for boycotting Coptic businesses in Egypt is drawing fire from scholars and the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's biggest opposition group, as a violation of the tenets of Islam and a threat to social fabric. "This campaign is

Muslim Brotherhood Leader to Step Down

30 Mar 2009: CAIRO - The leader of Egypt's most powerful opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is planning to step down next year. "I do not intend to run again for the post of Muslim Brotherhood guide-general after the end of my term in January," Mohamed Mahdi

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slashnews major-quake-shakes-eastern-city-of-van-1000-feared-dead-2011-10-23_l.jpgMajor quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,

slashnews palestine-gaza-a-child-girl-sleeps-front-of-her-destroyed-house.jpgThe wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that

slashnews desert-crossing-2011.JPGFrom Hate to Love - Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,

slashnews miscrosoft-bing-highlands-2011.pngMicrosoft Bing in search deal with China’s Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said

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