In brief
Sudden warmth
(cairolive.com, March 8, 2002) Cairo's weather has improved significantly in the past few days. But with the sun shining hard all day Thursday and Friday, and temperatures in the low 30s centigrade (low 90s Fahrenheit), some still warned that,  "Starting to dress like it's summer-time is a big mistake. It's going to get cold again."
Whether or not winter is really over remains to be seen -- but according to most meteorologists, the weather is set to remain at least this warm, if not warmer, for the next few days, and certainly over the weekend.

Politics/Headline news
One martyr per hour
(cairolive.com, March 8, 2002) A front page headline in Al-Akhbar's Friday edition announces, "One Palestinian martyr per hour". The item reports on the intensifying Israeli incursions in Palestinian territories which resulted in the deaths of 24 Palestinians in a 24-hour period. "That's a rate of one martyr per hour," the paper writes.

Click here for more cairolive.com coverage of the Intifada

Travel
Too much hajj luggage
(cairolive.com, March 8, 2002) The Egypt Air lost baggage warehouse at Cairo International Airport is unusually full in the post-eid rush this year, reports an item on the front page of Al-Akhbar. With 150,000 pilgrims returning from Mecca on 181 flights over the past week or so, it seems a great deal of them were "so excited to greet their waiting relatives", that they forgot to pick up their bags. Because the warehouse is so full, the paper says, this year Egypt Air will be personally delivering many of the bags to their owners, based on the addresses written on the baggage claim tags.

To take a look at cairolive's exclusive photo essay on the return of the pilgrims, click here.

Music
Diab reaches out
(cairolive.com, March 8, 2002) A tiny item in Friday's Al-Ahram indicates that pop star Amr Diab's producers are trying hard to get Diab into the studio with internationally famous singer Shakira. The tiem describes Shakira as a Lebanese-born Columbian whose last few songs have done extremely well. The item says Diab's producers are currently involved in intensive secret negotiations with the singer, hoping Diab will be able to capitalize on her fame.

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