Instructors Struggle to Calm Cairo Traffic Chaos
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A cigarette dangling from his lips,  driving instructor Ahmed Ramadan imparts a valuable lesson to a  learner as he twists together the two frayed wires that choke  his training car into life.
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Tareq Abu Rajab shot in chest on Gaza&#39;s coastal highway. Identity of assassins remains unknown. The state of unrest in the Gaza Strip is continuing after a senior Palestinian intelligence officer was moderately
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The aftermath of an explosion in the Egyptian resort of Taba. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty. There are fears that the death toll will rise after 27 people were killed last night in bomb attacks in Egyptian Red Sea resorts popular with Israelis.
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For many Palestinian Jerusalemites, a trip to school or work is complicated by multiple checkpoint crossings. Part 2 of three.
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Sedici i feriti nell'incidente ferroviario a 30 km dal Cairo
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel eased its siege of Gaza for a day on Tuesday, allowing in shipments of fuel and medicine. But tensions erupted over Egypt's closure of its Gaza border, with Palestinian protesters breaking through the crossing and clashing with Egyptian guards.
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JERUSALEM - Egypt said yesterday it had brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, hours after Hamas militants set off a bomb in Gaza that killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas -- and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other
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Egyptian resorts filled mainly with Israelis were blasted by terroristâs car-bombs. At least 21 people were killed and 122 wounded as a result of heavy bomb explosions in Sinai Peninsula on Egyptâs border with Israel.
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A shortage of experienced air traffic controllers has resulted in a "staffing emergency" that is jeopardizing safety in the sky and on runways in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California, according to the union representing the nation's 14,800 controllers.
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The drive by the F.A.A. is producing tension, anger and occasional shows of defiance among controllers.
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CAIRO -- It's sandstorm season in Cairo, when the desert wind known as the Khamaseen seems determined to reclaim the city.
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Faction voices concern as Islamists help Egyptian troops restore order and seal border at Rafah
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Egypt put its security forces on maximum alert and workers spruced up a modest mosque at Cairo's international airport Thursday in preparation for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's funeral, which will include a procession led by a horse-drawn carriage.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat&#39;s slide into serious illness has raised fear of chaos among his people with their struggle for statehood at a standstill and armed groups taking over the streets.
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Egypt plans to reform its overburdened higher education system that is grappling with a host of problems, including staffing shortages, a decline in standards and funding difficulties.
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PALESTINIAN security forces are unable to stop the spreading chaos in the West Bank and Gaza, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie said today, a day after a failed attempt to kill a Gaza security commander.