21 - 27 February 2002
Issue No.574
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Al-Ahram Weekly Online 21 - 27 February 2002 Issue No.574 |
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Sorely missed
FRANK BROWN, who wrote on the pages of Al- Ahram Weekly under the pen name David Blake, died of cancer, aged 85, on 15 February at the Cairo Italian Hospital and was buried the following day at the Cairo British Cemetry in Masr Al-Qadima.David Blake was associated with this paper for the past 11 years -- all of Al- Ahram Weekly.'s life. Beside being the paper's music critic, he was also an incisive and prolific prose and poetry writer and a passionate connoisseur of the arts. He will be sorely missed by all his colleagues at the Weekly.
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EGYPT has requested that Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman postpone a scheduled visit to Cairo, one day after he was quoted by an Israeli newspaper as saying that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was similar to Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler."We have asked the Czech prime minister to postpone his visit because of previous commitments," Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher told reporters on Tuesday. Maher refused to elaborate.
In an interview published on Monday with the Israeli daily Haaretz, Zeman, who was due in Cairo on 28 February, said Israel should not have to negotiate with Arafat, just as world leaders should not have negotiated with the Nazis before World War II.
Zeman also described Palestinians as "terrorists" and suggested they should be expelled from the West Bank and Gaza Strip if they do not agree to Israeli peace proposals.
Arab League Secretary- General Amr Moussa expressed concern about the statement. "This is illogical, unacceptable and hostile to all Arab countries," Moussa said.
Zeman has denied making the remarks. "I would like to stress that I never compared Arafat to Hitler," he said.
Rights talks
Robinson, known for her outspoken views in support of human rights and her opposition to the way the United States has been treating prisoners captured in Afghanistan, will discuss the status of human rights in Egypt and the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, officials added.
Metro tragedy
TWO people were killed and nine injured on Tuesday in the Cairo suburb of Nasr City when a train of the above-ground metro rolled backwards down an incline and ploughed into two cars trying to cross the train tracks.Police said that the accident occurred when the metro driver had, for unknown reasons, left his cabin without having pulled the train brakes. As a result, the train rolled backwards, tearing apart two vehicles before crashing into another train headed up the incline. Nine passengers in the two trains were injured.
Police sources said the metro driver had gone to pray when the accident took place. Other sources said that the train had broken down and the driver was seeking help when the accident occurred.
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