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Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poul
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flock
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Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, front left, is joined by his daughter Sarah as he returns to the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt,Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Haniyeh's trip included a visit to Iran where... View Photo »
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will fight at all costs to crush the revolt seeking his ouster, a member of parliament who defected to Egypt said Tuesday. 'There is an open budget allocated to the crackdown on the popular uprising and revolution,' said Imad Ghalioun , who was a member of the Syrian par...
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What happened to bird flu? Deaths continue, new strain outsmarts poultry vaccine in Vietnam
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HANOI, Vietnam - Thought bird flu was gone? Recent human deaths in Asia and Egypt are a reminder that the H5N1 virus is still alive and dangerous, and Vietnam is grappling with a new strain that has outsmarted vaccines used to protect poultry flocks. Ten
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The service aims to bring the social network to a million new users within the first year of operation, Orange said. It uses a low-bandwidth system that the operator claims is “accessible from even the most basic phones”. The new technology is based on ”
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In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, a health worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant at a suspected outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus among ducks in Nhat Tan commune, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province, Vietnam. Recent human deaths i
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Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh reviews an honor guard as he returns to the Gaza Strip through Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt ,Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Haniyeh's trip included a visit to Iran where he spoke at the 33rd... View Photo »
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The impact of IMF funds on the economy won’t be the same as it would have been had Egypt accepted the money in June
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17 February 2012 Last updated at 02:35 ET Anthony Shadid (centre front) on assignment in Egypt during the 2011 revolution New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, who twice won the Pulitzer Prize, has died on assignment in Syria. The 43-year-old is b
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I arrived in the Egyptian town of Edfu on a Friday in early February. The temple there, a wondrous reminder of the Egyptian pharaohs’ obsession with eternity and architectural monumentalism, was eerily quiet and empty of tourists. But the silence was mor
About Egypt
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Egypt (Egyptian: Km.t ; Coptic: Ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Kīmi ; Arabic: مصر Miṣr ; Egyptian Arabic: Máṣr), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country in North Africa that includes the Sinai Peninsula, a land bridge to Asia. Covering an area of about 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,560 square miles), Egypt borders Libya to the west, Sudan to the south, and... Full Article
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: A picture of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is fixed in a barrier as supporters demonstrate outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of ordering the...
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: Military vehicles secure the entrance outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during the uprising that...
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: A horse mounted police man looks on as supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak demonstrate outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of...
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: Supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak chant slogans and carry his portrait as they demonstrate outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of...
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: A protester holds up a symbolic chain as the trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of demonstrators during the...
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A labourer works at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its efforts to erect a giant, impenetrable security barrier...
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An Egyptian woman walks by a mural at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. The mural reads in Arabic: "We bring them their rights or we die like them".
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An Egyptian man walks by a mural depicting some of the fans of the Cairo's Al-Ahly soccer club who were killed in last week's fan riots, at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. 74 people were killed in riots between rival clubs earlier this month. The sign in Arabic...
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An Egyptian mother grieves in front of posters of killed fans of Cairo's Al-Ahly soccer club, known as Ultras, during a protest in front of the office of the prosecutor in central Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, to demand justice for the dozens killed in stadium violence...
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Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as their Israeli counterparts supervise the construction of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been...
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Egyptian border guards observe from a watch tower as a bulldozer moves dirt at the construction site of a border fence along Israel's border with Egypt near the Red Sea resort town of Eilat on February 15, 2012. Far from the uproar of Cairo's Tahrir Square, Israel has been doubling its...
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Egyptians walk past an artist, center, working on an advertisement banner for a customer in an alley of a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Banners on the wall from left to right, depicting former Arab singing star Umm Kolthoum, former Egyptian singer Abdel Halim...
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An Egyptian worker places a crescent over a mosque minaret near the Nile river in Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Muslims form 90 percent and Coptic Christians make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt's population of 81 million.
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Palestinians wait to fill containers with fuel from a petrol station in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 14, 2012, as the Palestinian authority calls on Egypt to provide more fuel.
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An Egyptian boy looks at balloons displayed outside a flowers shop to attract customers on Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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An Egyptian vendor, third right, leans on his car decorated with Teddy bears to attract customers on Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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An Egyptian woman is seen through the glass of a pastry shop decorated with sticker shaped hearts on Valentine's Day, in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012.
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Egyptian soldiers and police guard the entrance as a an election volunteer (R) organises the queue waiting to cast their ballot in the run-off of the first round of voting in the Cairo neighbourhood of Zamalek on December 5, 2011. Islamist candidates in Egypt looked to extend their...
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An Egyptian woman, top center, uses a rope to pull a basket of goods from the window of her house, in a neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. Arabic writing on the wall reads, "our country needs our efforts."
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An Egyptian butcher cuts meat in a market in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
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Egyptian women walk past a mural supporting the revolution in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
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Egyptians collect burnt manuscripts from the destroyed Institute of Egypt in central Cairo on December 19, 2011 after the world-famous centre caught fire during deadly clashes between security forces and protesters. The heavily damaged historic centre for the advancement of scientific...
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An Egyptian man rests in front of a wall painted with a mural supporting the revolution in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
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China's ambassador to Egypt, Song Aiguo (C), leaves at the end of a meeting with the representatives of the UN Security Council member nations on the situation in Syria on February, 13 2012 at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo.
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An Egyptian couple sits on the bank of the Nile River on the eve of Valentine's Day in Cairo, Egypt Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 16: A picture of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is fixed in a barrier as supporters demonstrate outside the police academy, as Mubarak's trial continues on February 16, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. The 83-year-old former president is accused of ordering the...
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