Egypt scraps synagogue ceremony in Jerusalem
Egypt cancelled the formal opening on Sunday of a
renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo in protest at what
antiquities chief Zahi Hawass called “provocative” Jewish and
Israeli actions. Both Hawass and Culture Minister Faruq Hosni had
been due to attend the event a week to the day after 150 people,
including rabbis and the US and Israeli ambassadors, attended the
rededication of the Maimonides synagogue.
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China coal mine fire kills 25
Twenty-five people have been killed in a coal
mine fire in central China, local authorities said Tuesday, the
latest deadly incident in the country’s hazardous mining industry.
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Iraq PM’s bloc widens lead
IRAQ: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s bloc
looked likely to form Parliament’s single largest grouping Tuesday,
after results showed the incumbent had strengthened his hold on key
Baghdad province.
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