AT AN EXPANDED cabinet meeting on Tuesday, President Hosni Mubarak reviewed Egypt's industrial and technological development programme to upgrade local industry and export products to bring them in line with international standards.
Information Minister Safwat El-Sherif told reporters that Mubarak asked his ministers to make technological development a top priority for improving Egypt's economy.
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Catalysing good chemistry
A few days after his arrival in Khartoum, Mohamed Assem, Egypt's new ambassador to Sudan, spoke to Dina Ezzat about the concerns of his mandate and the constraints involved
Tracing Egypt's ancient roots
Egyptologists will be back in Cairo for the third International Congress of Egyptology (ICE) to be held in Egypt. Jill Kamil recalls the lessons learned from congresses past
Turmoil at Al-Azhar
A senior official at Al-Azhar Mosque has resigned in protest against administrative decrees recently issued by the institution's Grand Imam. Mona El-Nahhas reports
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SUCCESSFUL PILGRIMAGE: Egyptian pilgrims began their return from Saudi Arabia on Saturday and, by 7 April, 288 special EgyptAir flights will have brought 65,000 pilgrims home. Others are journeying home by sea and preparations have been made at the harbours of Suez, Safaga and Nuweiba to receive some 22,000 pilgrims. Hamdi Zaqzouq, minister of Al-Awqaf (religious endowments), who led the official Egyptian pilgrimage mission, said that this year's pilgrimage season was successful "by all standards." The pilgrimage to Mecca, for those who can afford the trip, is one of the five pillars of Islam.
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Sadat's days on the screen
Following on from the film Nasser 56, a box-office success, it is now Anwar El-Sadat's turn on the silver screen, with leading actor Ahmed Zaki playing both presidents, reports Hanan Sabra
Barada stabbed in the back
Squash star Ahmed Barada, ranked third in the world, has survived an attack by an unidentified assailant late on Sunday. Inas Mazhar reports
Turning a new page
The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights' cheque file has been "closed," but does this indicate that a new page has been turned in relations between the government and civil society? Amira Howeidy investigates
Temporal tunes
Political analysts are divided over whether the Gama'a's latest statement reflects a genuine departure from non-violent activity or is just another ploy. Omayma Abdel-Latif writes
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Art for children
MRS SUZANNE Mubarak inaugurated on Tuesday an exhibition of drawings by children from all over the world. The exhibition, held at the Opera House, is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the International Museum for Children's Art in Oslo, Norway.
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Visions of water
IN HIS capacity as chairman of the World Water Council, Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mahmoud Abu Zeid presided over the Second World Water Forum in The Hague between 17 and 22 March.
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Cooperation with Tunisia
PRIME Minister Atef Ebeid and his Tunisian counterpart, Mohamed Ghannushi, chaired their eighth joint committee meeting yesterday. --read on--
Suspect handed over
AN EGYPTIAN arrested in Tanzania on suspicion of helping to blow up the US embassy there in August 1998 was deported to Egypt on Sunday, after charges against him were dropped.
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