Positive news from Egypt
CT scan reveals hidden face under Nefertiti bustBerlin, Germany - Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured artworks — the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. |
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Satellite Internet Accelerated Access For Africa And Middle EastRomania - New satellite internet access for Africa is now available due to the new satellite capacities allocated by Lamit Company, to all kind of users along the entire continent. |
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Baby Girl’s Restored Vision is a “Miracle in Morgantown”Morgantown, West Virginia, USA - Febi Hanna was born three months premature, with some scar tissue in her eyes that made it impossible for her to see. |
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Darfur: Egyptian troops arrive to boost strength of joint UN-African Union force
More than 160 Egyptian personnel arrived in Darfur today as part of a large battalion that will boost the strength of the joint United Nations-African Union force deployed earlier this year in an attempt to quell the fighting and humanitarian suffering in the strife-torn Sudanese region.
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Egypt desert tourists freed after three-day ordeal
CAIRO (AFP) - A group of 19 foreign tourists and Egyptians kidnapped at gunpoint by bandits while on a desert safari in a remote corner of southwestern Egypt have been freed, Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday.
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PHOTOS: Ancient Egypt Town Found
A well-preserved settlement near the temple of Edfu provides rare glimpses into the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians.
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Musical reward for cabbie who returned $4M violinNewark, New Jersey, USA - A New Jersey cab driver who reunited a professional violinist with his more than 250-year-old instrument was to receive his musical reward on Tuesday. |
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Saudi King makes plea for new interfaith dialogueRIyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews -- the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols. |
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Egypt’s Earliest Farming Village Found
Before the pharaohs, a Stone Age people cultivated pigs, sheep, wheat, and barley in the village?Egypt's earliest known agricultural settlement?a new study says.
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Bin Laden Jr.: “Ambassador For Peace”Cairo, Egypt - (AP) Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father - except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. |
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