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By Challiss McDonough Cairo 30 December 2007 The president of France says he will have no further contact with Syria until he is convinced that Syria is really trying to resolve the political crisis in neighboring Lebanon. He spoke on a visit to Egyp
以色列空袭造成埃及边境数名士兵死亡 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak promised a full investigation of what happened Thursday atthe Egyptian-Israeli border, and said Israel regrets the deaths of the three Egyptians. Hiscomments were
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 28 February 2007 An Egyptian Canadian man accused of spying for Israel appeared in an Egyptian court where he denied many of the allegations that have swirled around the unusual case. Leslie Boctor has more for VOA from Cairo.
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 01 August 2006 Roughly 96 percent of Egypt's land mass is made up of desert. Since the time of the pharaohs, the country has relied on a fertile narrow strip along the Nile River to support every aspect of social and economic
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 January 2006 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, left, meets with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the presidential palace in Cairo U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney is on
By Challiss McDonough Cairo, Egypt 25 May 2006 Egyptian pro-reform judges stand in front the Supreme Court house during an anti-government protest in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 25, 2006 At least 300 pro-reform judges in Egypt stood in silent protes
The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is buzzing with diplomatic activity, as European and Arab diplomats scramble to put together a cease-fire in Gaza, amid increasingly strident calls from Arab public opinion to halt Israel's invasion of the enclave. Egypt
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 24 April 2007 Earlier this week an Egyptian court sentenced an Egyptian Canadian man to 15 years in prison for spying on behalf of Israel. In the same week, Egyptian authorities charged another man with giving Israel confidenti
By Karem Sa'id Cairo 25 February 2007 Tourists to Egypt are no doubt familiar with the felucca, a timeless sailboat. Egyptians, however, use the word felucca for another kind of boat on the Nile - a motorboat that blares popular music. Karem Said re
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 21 March 2006 Egypt says it might have its third human case of bird flu. A woman has preliminarily tested positive for the virus, but further tests are being run to confirm
Arab leaders and diplomats are engaged in an increasingly bitter quarrel over the need to hold an emergency summit to discuss a cease-fire in Gaza, where the death toll has now risen to more than 1,000. Diplomatic efforts continued Thursday in Cairo
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A museum in Cairo that was damaged by a car bomb three years ago recently opened its doors again. The Museum of Islamic Art houses some of the most important treasures of Islamic culture. NPR's Jane Arraf was there to ta
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 10 May 2007 The World Diamond Council, the association responsible for regulating the global diamond trade, has singled out Zimbabwe and Venezuela for not meeting global standards aimed at curtailing the trade in so-called con
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 30 October 2007 The leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian ruling coalition says he has information about a plot to kill him. He and other anti-Syrian politicians have been living under tight security for several years amid a str
In Court, Egypt's Morsi Insists He is Still President 穆尔西拒穿囚服大闹法庭 坚称自己仍是埃及合法总统 CAIRO From president to prisoner. Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi made his first public appearance since his ouster i
By Leslie Boctor Cairo 11 November 2006 Archeologists in Egypt have uncovered the ancient tombs of three dentists close to Egypt's oldest pyramid, located just outside Cairo. The tombs were found after a group of thieves was caught digging in the ar
On the occasion of marking the 70th anniversary of the Cairo Declaration, our correspondent visited the venue of the Potsdam Conference in Germany. The Postsdam Declaration defined the terms for Japans surrender, and was issued in July 1945 by the US
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 20 February 2008 Egyptian police have arrested more than 70 members of the Muslim Brotherhood early Thursday, the latest in a wave of arrests that the banned Islamist group says is connected to upcoming local elections. VO
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 09 July 2006 Not a single opposition or independent newspaper was for sale Sunday in Cairo because of a strike over a controversial proposed press law. The same issue brought hundreds of journalists into the streets to pr
By Elizabeth Arrott Cairo, Egypt 07 October 2009 An Egyptian woman, right, wears a niqab a veil which shows only the eyes, as she walks with another, wearing the hijab, or headscarf, left, in downtown Cairo, Egypt (file) Egypt has long valued its ro