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washingtonpost.com | 6 hours ago

Today in History

...state went into operation. In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt. In 1958, movie producer Mike Todd (husband of actress Elizabeth...

International Herald Tribune | 7 hours ago

Cairo Journal: Synagogue's Restoration and Unveiling Expose Conundrum in Egyptian Society

...the synagogue and office space where Maimonides once worked and studied in Cairo. Published: March 21, 2010 CAIRO - Down a winding alley, deep in a quiet neighborhood of rutted...

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washingtonpost.com | 22 hours ago

Darfur donor meeting eyeing $2 billion opens in Cairo

CAIRO (Reuters) - Investment in infrastructure, health, education and agriculture is vital to ending conflict in Sudan's Darfur region and nurturing the relative peace from recent ceasefire...

New Kerala | 1 day ago

Donors' conference for Darfur begins in Cairo

Cairo, March 21 : International donors gathered in Cairo Sunday for a conference to raise USD 2 billion in aid for the western Sudanese province of Darfur that has been battered by seven...

"The clean water, electricity, and sewage sanitation services just aren't available or reliable," said Jones, a former Cairo resident who has experience setting up community solar-energy programs in Nepalese villages. Jones believes that if Solar CITIES is successful, the project could serve as a catalyst for change throughout Egypt. Nonprofits like Solar CITIES "can show that a new technology works, feed the market, and then pass the baton on to government and the private sector,"

Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover National Geographic News | 5 days ago

GlobalPost | 2 days ago

Synagogue makeover exasperates Egyptians

...Ben Maimon, a philosopher and doctor born in 1135 in Cordoba, Spain, who died in Cairo. (Cris Bouroncle/AFP/Getty Images) CAIRO, Egypt - Through a maze of narrow stone alleyways in...

Reuters | 4 days ago

Obama's outreach to Muslims proves tough sell

Nine months ago President Barack Obama offered Muslims a "new beginning" with the United States in a speech in Cairo that was the centerpiece of his efforts to restore America's image...

National Geographic News | 5 days ago

Cairo Slums Get Energy Makeover

...heater on the roof of an apartment building in the Zabaleen neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt. The project offers people in Cairo's slums clean energy through solar panels and biogas...

SmartMoney | 1 week ago

Cairo Calling: Upside in the Middle East (Tradecraft)

Monday March 15, 2010 4:30 PM ET Cairo Calling: Upside in the Middle East Since we wrote about Israel last fall, stocks in that Middle Eastern country have risen more than 25%. Over the...

International Herald Tribune | 1 week ago

Memo From Cairo: Political Levers Lock Into Gear in Election Year

...in Election Year Arrests began shortly after the Muslim Brotherhood named Mohammed Badie, left, leader. CAIRO - Egypt's parliamentary elections are still months away, but the...

National Public Radio | 1 week ago

Umm Kulthum: 'The Lady' Of Cairo

...in the way that she sings it." Nations Listen Kulthum's legendary concerts were broadcast live from Cairo on the first Thursday of each month from the 1930s to the early '70s. The...

Times Online | 1 week ago

Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi: Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo

...- link to other main sections from here Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi: Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi was one of the most influential, but...

New Kerala | 1 week ago

34th Arab health ministers' meet in Cairo Wednesday

Abu Dhabi, March 10: The 34th Arab Health Ministers' Conference will begin in Cairo Wednesday to discuss ways to improve primary healthcare in the region, WAM news agency reported. The...