TAREK ATIA'S
WEB LOG

Find out how the world media sees Egypt...



Sunday
September 12, 2004

Aiming high
Citing its regional and international clout, Egypt seeks a permanent place on the UN Security Council

Major increase in diesel prices...
...from 40 to 60 piastres per litre...

Olympic bid?
Gamal Mubarak's appearance on a large poster with Egypt's Olympic champion in Tahrir Square is spotlighted by AP. "The new billboard is the first to give the son such prominence", the news agency reports, "but the real question was whether Gamal Mubarak had the support of the military". "The answer to that was not yet clear," it concludes.

 

Trouble and tragedy
Ship carrying Egyptian marble for export battered by heavy sea winds...

Celebratory gunfire accidentally kills Shura Council member at village wedding... bodyguard who did it then kills himself.

Egypt's Patriarch of Alexandria, a top leader of the Greek Orthodox church, was among 17 people feared killed when a helicopter crashed on Saturday off northern Greece, the Defense Ministry said.

Boy George's dad dies while holidaying in Egypt.

Ongoing September 11
Summary of Archbishop of Canterbury's speech at Al-Azhar on September 11. CNN's take on how Egyptians commemorated the anniversary

Lots of Arabs and Egyptian still think 911 was a conspiracy, CNS reports.

 

Web posted by Tarek Atia Sunday, September 12, 2004 11:30 CAIRO

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