Israel decided Wednesday against lifting its border blockade of the Gaza Strip until Hamas agreed to the release of a captured Israeli soldier, putting a longer-term ceasefire proposal by Egypt on hold.
GENEVA - Mobile telephones are seen as a basic necessity around the world and should enjoy persistent strong demand throughout an economic downturn, a United Nations agency said in a report published on Monday.
With or without a recession, millions of people in India, China, Nigeria, and other emerging markets will seek out mobile phones, according to the International Telecommunication ...
GENEVA - Mobile telephones are seen as a basic necessity around the world and should enjoy persistent strong demand throughout an economic downturn, a United Nations agency said in a report published on Monday.
With or without a recession, millions of people in India, China, Nigeria, and other emerging markets will seek out mobile phones, according to the International Telecommunication ...
Egyptian archaeologists have found about 30 mummies and at least one unopened sarcophagus in a burial chamber believed to be about 4,300 years old, in the latest excavations at the vast necropolis of Saqqara south of Cairo, The associated press quoted, Monday.
On Thursday German investigators said they will attempt to find the body of Nazi war criminal Aribert Heim following the new information released by Germany's ZDF television a day earlier indicating he died in Egypt in 1992.
The New York Times and Germany's ZDF television reported on Wednesday documents have surfaced in Egypt showing the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminal, Aribert Heim, died in Cairo in 1992.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama's new envoy to the Middle East called for an end to Hamas weapons smuggling and a reopening of Gaza's borders.
Egypt is synonymous with Pharaohs, the pyramids, temples and antiquities from ancient civilisations. And at the centre of these great civilisations lies the Nile River that has influenced their economics, social life, politics and religion. It is the oldest travel destination on earth: Greek and Roman travellers came in 430 BC to wonder at some of the very sights that make it a modern travel desti...
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On Thursday, an Egyptian security official said three Palestinians were injured when a tunnel used by smugglers collapsed on the border between Egypt and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday the last of Israel's troops left the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday Hamas took to the streets of Gaza waving green Islamic flags atop the ruins of Gaza proclaiming victory.
On Tuesday Arab leaders met for the second and final day in its two day summit in Kuwait city with the aim of making a plan to rebuild Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmer addressed his nation on Saturday indicating that the leadership's goals had been fully achieved in Gaza against Hamas and that the armed forces would begin a ceasefire at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Israeli troops advanced into densely populated suburbs of Gaza early Tuesday; just hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned Islamic militants of an iron fist unless they agree to Israel's terms to end the fighting.
On Monday Israel's ambassador to Cairo apologized for an Israeli air strike that wounded five Egyptians near the border on Sunday.
An estimated 50,000 people in Alexandria, Egypt and thousands in more than a dozen Middle Eastern cities have taken to the streets protesting against Israel.
Airstrikes and rockets continue to be fired as both Israel and Hamas reject the U.N. call for an immediate cease fire.
On Wednesday Israel resumed its attacks on Gaza bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour stop to allow in humanitarian aid.
After a brief pause allowing food and fuel into Gaza, Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed.
GAZA - Hamas's top leader warned Israel its army would be defeated if it invaded the Gaza Strip, while the United States said it envisioned a ceasefire with international monitoring that would ensure the Islamist group could not rearm.
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