U.S. President George W. Bush (L), Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (2nd L), French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and South African President Thabo Mbeki (R) share a laugh while posing for a group photo at the G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany on June 8, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kamal Kishore).
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‘No, Egypt’
Egypt reacted with shock to news that its bid to host the 2010 World Cup was not only defeated, but failed even to gain a single vote.
Engine fire caused deadly jet crash in Algerian Sahara: official
The Algerian government said Friday that an engine fire caused the crash of an Air Algerie jet as it took off from the Sahara desert town of Tamanrasset, killing all but one of 100 people on board.
Your move, South Africa
The ball is in South Africa's court. On Thursday, South African Justice Department Spokesman Paul Setsetse told reporters that the government had received an official request from Israeli investigators to help probe a $1.
Business Briefs
The Commercial Bank of Qatar on Sunday said it signed a $120 million loan from a group of international banks to refinance an existing loan signed in May 2000. Lead arrangers for the loan were Arab Banking Corp.
Egypt and Libya leaders discuss Africa, Mideast
LAUGHING IT UP: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK LAUGHS AS HE WELCOMES LIBYAN LEADER MUAMMAR QADHAFI ON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE IN CAIRO.
G8 regrets Mubarak decision to skip summit
President Hosni Mubarak decided to skip this month's G8 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, much to the chagrin of Western countries.
Summit of Poor says G8 summit of rich produced nothing for Africa
Delegates at a "Summit of the Poor" in Mali responded caustically Friday to proposals for Africa by the G8 summit of the world's rich, with one sceptic lamenting that the meeting in the Canadian Rocky Mountains had given birth to a mouse.
Region Roundups
AL-QAEDA-LINKED NETWORKS SPREAD ACROSS MOROCCO: PRESS REPORT RABAT, June 21 – Militant Islamist groups dedicated to Osama bin Laden have spread out across Morocco, the independent daily newspaper Aujourd'hui le Maroc said Friday.
Canadian minister invites Mubarak to G-8 summit
KEEPING UP THE DIALOGUE: EGYPT'S PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK (R) MEETS WITH CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BILL GRAHAM.
Substantial progress expected at Mideast talks: SA official
SPIER RIVER ESTATE, South Africa, Jan 11Informal talks on the Middle East crisis are expected to end in South Africa on Friday with an announcement that "substantial progress" has been made towards finding solutions, a government spokesman s
