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Sports
Loss to Morocco makes it tough
Egypt's national soccer team was defeated by Morocco 1-0 in a tough match on Saturday night. The World Cup qualifier took place on the Moroccan team's home turf, where a large number of Egyptians fans had traveled to watch the match and cheer on their team.
The goal scored by Morocco came near the end of the first half, which, like the entire match, was pretty much dominated by Egypt. The only problem was that the team's midfield attacks were not accompanied by successful forays into the goal.
The loss makes Egypt's chances of advancing to the 2002 World Cup even tougher -- with just two matches to go, a victory against Morocco would have made things that much easier. Now, Egypt must first of all win its next two games -- but not only that, the team must also hope that Senegal beats group leader Morocco, and loses against Namibia.
The odds are certainly not in Egypt's favor, but there is still that slight chance. Egypt's performance against Morocco showed that the team can be tough, and consistent, but still needs quite a bit of work on the final part of its attack. That, and a lot of luck -- something which, as of now, hasn't been very forthcoming.
Politics/headline news
Burying a legend
Thousands of mourners turned out at Mustafa Mahmoud mosque in Mohandissen at noon on Thursday to bid their last farewells to actress Suad Hosny.
Read more about the funeral, and the circumstances surrounding Suad Honsy's death, in this dispatch.
There are also more pictures here.
Busy foreign minister
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher is on his way to Luxemburg to sign Egypt's free trade agreement with the European Union on Tuesday. The agreement will open up barriers on both sides, making it easier, not only to export and import goods, but to enter into partnerships in a variety of realms.
Maher heads to Europe after completing a whirlwind 4-day diplomatic tour in Washington DC, where he met with US Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, and Vice President Dick Cheney. The Egyptian Foreign Minister also held talks with both Jewish and Arab-American leaders, as well as with the editorial board of the Washington Post.
Maher and Powell's discussions -- like most of the ones Maher took part in during his Washington tour -- centered on the efforts taking place to help bring an end to the current crisis in Palestine. Powell is actually due in the region later this week, as he tries to shore up a US-brokered cease-fire agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The Bush administration has gradually gotten more and more involved in a situation that they very publicly stated they wanted to deal with from a distance. Egypt and other Arab countries' push for an increased US role seem to have finally been heeded.
Click here for links to the best stories on the net about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and much much more.
Sports
Military soccer underway
12 teams are participating in the 39th International Military Soccer Championship, currently taking place in Cairo. Amongst the participants are Egypt, the United States, North Korea, Greece, Burkina Faso, Syria and Cote D'Ivoire.
Egyptians abroad
Expat doctors feted in Cairo
25 prominent Egyptian doctors living outside of Egypt were honored in Cairo last week by the Ministry of Health. Health minister Ismail Sallam presented the 25 honorees with the nation's highest medical award, as well as a message of congratulations from president Hosni Mubarak.
Amongst those honored was London-based Egyptian heart surgeon Magdi Yacoub, whose remarks touched on a doctor's need -- no matter how great he may be -- for a superior support team of nurses and technicians. Yacoub encouraged Egyptian medical institutions to concentrate on improving training programs for such support personnel.
The ceremony was a healthy recognition of successful Egyptians working abroad, clearly part of a growing trend whereby the government looks to expat Egyptians for ideas and initiatives on improving different aspects of Egyptian life. Sallam indicated that the expat doctors had agreed to increased participation in local medical practices. Many of them would be coming to Egypt to perform specialized surgeries, as Yacoub often does., especially in places where such high-level treatment is currently non-existent.
Medicine
Baby out of the womb
A doctor at a hospital in the Pyramids district successfully performed a "one-in-a-million" operation last week, according to a tiny item on the front page of Al-Ahram. The doctor helped a woman give birth to a healthy baby girl -- the baby had been inside her mother's stomach, but outside of the womb. The paper says that the chances of such a pregnancy coming to full term and the baby being born healthy are one in a million.
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