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Mubarak contacts Bush on deteriorating situation in occupied territories
In the context of Egypt's efforts aiming at halting Israeli hostile practices against the Palestinian people and avoiding further deterioration in the occupied territories, President Mubarak sent an urgent message to US President George W. Bush dealing with sustained Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and deteriorating positions in the occupied territories.
Egypt-USA, Politics, 8/4/2001

Cairo denies intention to cut relations with Israel
Cairo on Thursday denied news which stated its determination to cancel the Camp David agreement signed with Israel in 1978 nor to take measures like expelling the Israeli ambassador from Egypt and freezing diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/4/2001

Ministerial economic group discusses activating privatization program
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid meets today with the economic ministerial group and senior bankers to approve the new system of foreign exchange rates, to be effective tomorrow, and ways of activating the national privatization program.
Egypt, Economics, 8/4/2001

Defending Jerusalem is all Muslims' responsibility
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Mohammed Sayed Tantawi called all Muslim World to defend Jerusalem.
Egypt-Palestine, Religion, 8/4/2001

Egyptian parties call for boycutting relations with Israel
The largest four opposition parties in Egypt have called on the Egyptian government to cut diplomatic relations with Israel and to immediately call for convening an urgent Arab summit to discuss the events of the " alleged Haikal."
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/4/2001

Israeli ambassador in Cairo accuses the Egyptian media of 'provocation'
In a press conference held in Cairo, the Israeli ambassador in cairo Zafi Mazeil accused the Egyptian media of misleading the Egyptian public opinion concerning the Israeli- Palestinian conflict and of provoking for hostilities against his country.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/4/2001

EU, Egypt discuss aid program
Ambassador Gamal Bayoumy who is in charge of the Egyptian European Union File, said the two sides are currently holding talks on defining the Egyptian sectors that will receive finance within the framework of the European aid offered to Egypt.
Egypt-European Union, Economics, 8/4/2001

Reporters without frontiers condemn Israeli attack on Egyptian TV correspondent
Reporters without frontiers (RSF) decided to submit an official protest to Israeli officials condemning the attack on Egyptian News sector correspondent Tarek Abdel-Gaber.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/4/2001

Metropolitan returns arch
Egypt restored an ancient stone which was stolen more than 50 years ago from an archaeological site in Badrashein and then smuggled to the United States.
Egypt, History, 8/4/2001

Official source rejects Shaath's statements
An Egyptian official source voiced indignation for the statements by Mr. Nabil Shaaath, minister of planning and international cooperation in the Palestinian national authority, to Abu Dhabi TV channel when he made fun of Arab leaders and unreal expositions.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/3/2001

Egypt rejects Israeli government's policies towards Palestinians
On whether he was optimistic about the possibility of achieving something positive with Ariel Sharon in power in Israel, Siegman said officials would have to make initiatives and exert all possible efforts to try to return the peace process to its rational track.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/2/2001

Israeli attempts to build third temple doomed to fail
Egyptian Presidential Political Adviser Osama A1 Baz Wednesday stressed that all Israeli attempts to lay the foundation stone for the alleged third Temple were doomed to failure. "No side is supporting Israeli desecration of the Islamic holy places," Baz said.
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 8/2/2001

Radio Monte Carlo highlights Mubarak statements
This would lead to a situation that could be difficult to control, according to Mubarak.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/2/2001

President Mubarak presides over ministerial economic group meeting
The meeting discussed a number of ministerial reports, particularly as regards following up and regulating the exchange market and realizing stability in the financial exchange market and daily follow up of changes related to this.
Egypt, Economics, 8/2/2001

Egypt warns against Juadizing Jerusalem's antiquities
Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni called for holding an emergency meeting by the UNESCO world heritage committee to discuss Israeli measures aiming at Juadizing Islamic heritage of the Palestinian people.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/2/2001

Imam exhorts Muslims to defend Jerusalem
On the other hand, Tantawi stressed that there has been no Solomon Temple under Al-Aqsa Mosque as the Jews claim. He pointed out that the Israeli allegations are sheer lies aiming at misleading the international public opinion.
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 8/2/2001

Gov't role in luring investments increases
Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid stated in press statements yesterday that the role of the government will be maximized in future to attract more investment in certain fields.
Egypt, Economics, 8/2/2001

Egyptian investors intend to hold projects in al-Aqaba private district
The chairman of the private economic al-Aqaba district commissions board Aqil Beltaji has stressed that Arab businessmen and investors are to hold various investment projects in the " private area," with the aim to benefit from the competition and investment environment in Jordan, especially in al-Aqaba.
Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 8/2/2001

Germany seeks to enhance trade ties with Egypt
Officials at the German -Arab Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Cairo discussed the possibility of enhancing trade ties between Germany and Egypt on one side and with Arab states on the other.
Egypt-Germany, Economics, 8/2/2001

Excavators unearth remains of church from Byzantine age in Marsa Matruh
In the west coastal city of Marsa Matruh a group of Egyptian excavators have unearthed the remains of a church that dates back to the fourth and fifth centuries AD of the Byzantine age.
Egypt, History, 8/2/2001

Wreckage of Roman ship in Red Sea might reveal first maritime commercial route
Trade is one of the oldest forms of relations between countries. For the sake of getting access to more information on the trade route between Rome, Egypt and India in the period between the first century BC and the first century AD a group of British and American experts have embarked upon an ambitious program to survey a Roman vessel lying underwater in the Red Sea opposite the coast of Al Qosseir.
Egypt, History, 8/2/2001

Egypt maintains intensive contacts with Arab states
"Egypt maintains intensive contacts with the various Arab and Islamic countries to confront the Israeli provocations, the latest escalation being the laying of a cornerstone for the so-called new temple," Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher said.
Egypt-Regional, Politics, 7/30/2001

Ghali confers with South African Trade Minister
Egyptian Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Youssef Boutros Ghali held a session of talks with South African Minister of Trade and Industry Erwin Alee to discuss ways of enhancing bilateral economic and trade relations.
Egypt-South Africa, Economics, 7/30/2001

Looking for Lions' Castle
Egypt, History, 7/30/2001

Rayan, Boeing Chairman meet on EgyptAir crash
EgyptAir Chairman Mohamad Faheem Rayan will hold talks on Monday with chairman of the US Boeing Company and discuss with him the latest developments in the investigation into the crash of an EgyptAir plane off the US east coast in 1999.
Egypt-USA, Local, 7/30/2001

Treasures in a sunken ship in the Red Sea
Trade relations are one of the most ancient in the whole world. Therefore, to get more information of the trade routes between Ancient Egypt, Rome and India, a team of British and American archaeological experts initiated an ambitious program to explore a sunken Roman ship in the Red Sea off the Egyptian coasts and specifically the Egyptian city of Qusair. This ship dates back to more than 2000 years.
Egypt, History, 7/30/2001


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