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New developments
Instant hieroglyphs
You may soon see an electronic hieroglyphs translator in a store near you, if a tiny item on a recent Al-Akhbar front page is anything to go by. The paper quotes informed sources in Montevideo, the Uruguan capital, confirming that a local Egyptology student has successfully programmed an electronic translator that converts from hieroglyphs to any other language. The device is ready for market, the item says.
Economy
Jellyfish salad
A Chinese company has put in an order for 5000 tons of Red Sea jellyfish, reports Al-Akhbar. The fish are used in the production of certain chemicals, and are also used in salads, the item says. A Sinai company is taking care of the order, and hopes it leads to even more business of the same sort.
Television
News Head explains it all
The head of the TV Union's News Sector defended the more daring style of Egyptian news anchors, while simultaneously deflecting charges that the style was a little too Al-Jazeera. That's the name of the Qatari all-news channel that has itself been a major source of news, by squabbling with nearly everyone in the region over its coverage of the region's politics. In recent weeks, on shows that feature feisty arguments about Israel vis a vis the Arabs, among other things, Egyptian TV has witnessed a noticeable heightening of the pitch. Regarding news anchors who either speak in Arab accents, or use techniques similar to those of anchors at Al-Jazeera, the News Head told Al-Wafd that it was just to show people we can.
Events
Opera Aida is everywhere
Getting to this year's performances of Opera Aida at the Pyramids promises to be a much smoother process -- no matter where you're coming from. Tickets are being sold around the globe, including at 1300 opera houses and theaters in Europe, as well as via the internet. The show will run for six days beginning October 12th, and tickets range from 75 to 300 dollars (75 to 300 pounds for Egyptians and foreign residents).
Make sure to read cairolive.com's account of a past performance of Aida here.
Tourism
Roger Moore and the Millennium
The port at Alexandria had a big day recently, according to an item on the back page of Al-Ahram. Millennium, the world's largest cruise ship, docked in Alex, with 2000 passengers and 975 crew on board. Another ship, Olympia, had less people, but Roger Moore, aka James Bond, was amongst them, as were 6 other movie stars, part of the cast of Moore's latest film, some of which will apparently be shot between Alexandria and Cairo. Over 5000 tourists docked in Alexandria that day, the paper says, most of whom took buses into Cairo for a day trip to the major sights.
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