<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Cairo: News &amp; Videos about Cairo - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Cairo</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Cairo from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:25:17 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Cairo: News &amp; Videos about Cairo - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Cairo</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Cairo from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>This month on Inside the Middle East</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/synopsis.september/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/synopsis.september/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>INSIDE THE MIDDLE EAST RE-LAUNCHES ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cairo fact file: How to navigate Mideast's biggest metropolis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/Cairo.Fact.File/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/31/Cairo.Fact.File/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Home of the ancient pyramids and the Arab League, Cairo blends three thousand years of Egyptian history. Today, this sprawling capital, Africa's largest city, teems with life and sound.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Amen, Mr. President</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/iftikhar.obama.cairo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/04/iftikhar.obama.cairo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Opening the Muslim-world leg of the "Audacity of Hope" world tour with the universal Islamic greeting "Assalamu alaikum" (May peace be with you) to thunderous applause, President Obama began his long-awaited major address by going straight to many of our pressing geopolitical issues.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil jumps higher</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/markets/oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/13/markets/oil/index.htm</guid><description>Oil prices rebounded from a 21-month low Thursday as equity markets recovered and investors weighed the possibility that OPEC may pledge another production cut before the end of the month.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nuclear Watchdog Mohamed el-Baradei</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845070,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1845070,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Caught between the West and nuclear upstarts like Iran and North Korea, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has one of the toughest jobs in diplomacy</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>4,500 Years: Egyptian Boat Located</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824608,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1824608,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Archaeologists will excavate hundreds of fragments of an ancient Egyptian wooden boat entombed in an underground chamber next to Giza's Great Pyramid</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Egyptian Gaza Border to Reopen</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819032,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1819032,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Egypt will reopen its Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip for two days this week to allow hundreds of stranded on both sides to cross</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Cargo Ship Fires in Suez Canal</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1725307,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>An American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal, the U.S. military said Tuesday</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Islanders fear Egyptian land grab</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/04/egypt.grab/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/04/egypt.grab/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There's only one way to get to Qorsaya island -- a boat that ferries people back and forth all day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Veni, visa, vici: Cutting through visa red tape</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/traveltips/09/04/visas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/traveltips/09/04/visas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Getting a visa can be a thicket of red tape -- or as easy as pie. Whether you should hire someone or do it yourself depends on where you're going.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fence that fell brought Arabs together -- briefly</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/29/wedeman.btsc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/29/wedeman.btsc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>There is something almost indescribably exhilarating about suddenly evaporating borders, an almost palpable electricity that pulses through the air.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel: No talks on Gaza border crisis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/27/egypt.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/27/egypt.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli officials Sunday expressed hope that Egypt will regain control of its border crossing with Gaza as the flow of Palestinians slowed to a trickle due to heavy rains and muddy roads.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Decade of De-mining</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690545,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1690545,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Ten years after a global pact to outlaw land mines, Afghanistan has seen genuine progress</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doing Business During Ramadan</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1667218,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1667218,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A guide to what to expect when in the Arab world during the month-long fast and feast</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cards halt 9-game losing slide, split twinbill with Cubs</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/09/15/cubs.doubleheader.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/09/15/cubs.doubleheader.ap/index.html</guid><description>The Cardinals ended their slide, probably too late to do them any good.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Bin Laden Planning 9/11 Video</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659817,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1659817,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Terror mastermind Osama bin Laden plans a new video addressing the American people regarding the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, terror monitoring groups said Thursday</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cardinals acquire Branyan from Phillies</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/08/31/bc.bbn.cardinals.phillies.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/baseball/mlb/08/31/bc.bbn.cardinals.phillies.ap/index.html</guid><description>ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals, preparing to play the final month without Scott Rolen, acquired Russell Branyan from the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday for a player to be named.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/17/egypt.ferry.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/17/egypt.ferry.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo on Friday, and police said dozens of passengers were missing.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mideast Talks Set for September</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1645056,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1645056,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Mideast peace conference called for by President Bush will take place in September on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Egypt's 'Dr. Ruth': Let's talk sex in the Arab world</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/25/muslim.sextalk/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/25/muslim.sextalk/index.html</guid><description>Dr. Heba Kotb is tackling a taboo in the Arab world unlike anyone else: She's talking about sex openly on a show broadcast all over the Middle East.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cairo's refuse collectors under threat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/19/cairo.recycling/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/04/19/cairo.recycling/index.html</guid><description>Growing piles of rubbish in cities is something that concerns city dwellers around the globe.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crash kills 18 Egyptian students</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/18/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/18/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>A head-on collision between a school bus and a truck killed 18 students and injured eight others on a road south of Cairo Wednesday morning, according to Egypt's interior ministry and the Middle East News Agency.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 10:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Analysis: Egypt's ailing democracy movement</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/26/egypt.wedeman/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/26/egypt.wedeman/index.html</guid><description>It was a time when you felt you were covering a profound historic shift.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 08:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inside the Middle East: Challenging attitudes to disability</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/inside.wehdat/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/29/inside.wehdat/index.html</guid><description>Locals at the Wehdat Palestinian refugee camp used to toss their garbage on the front steps of the town's main day center for the mentally disabled.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cairo: City overview</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/10/05/cairo-cityoverview/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/10/05/cairo-cityoverview/index.html</guid><description>Cairo is a lodestone of civilization, the center of a complex field of geographical, historical and cultural currents compressed into one chaotic megalopolis on the banks of the Nile. Egyptians proudly refer to their capital as the "Mother of all Cities." Medieval Arabs called it the "Mother of the World." For centuries it has been a natural meeting point between African, Arabic and European cultures. To walk through Cairo -- from the pyramids at Giza, via the Roman-influenced old town, the mosques and souks of Ottoman-era Darb al-Ahmar, the Garden City's Art Deco suburbs to Nasser's secular modernism -- is to step along a seismic fault line of epochs and empires. Yet in its modern incarnation, Cairo inspires more awe than love. Overcrowded, overflowing and overstretched, Cairo is home to more than 16 million people, with an estimated 13 square centimeters of greenery for each of them. As the suburbs begin to creep around them, even the pyramids are no longer sacred space. 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Do you have a favorite hangout in the Egyptian capital? What's your favorite MC Solaar track? Send us your suggestions and ideas and read your comments below.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2006 12:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ferry 'pressed on despite fire'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/05/ferry.sun/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/05/ferry.sun/index.html</guid><description>A crew member of the ferry that sank Friday in the Red Sea said Sunday water used to extinguish a fire aboard caused the ship to list in heavy winds.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ship with 1,400 sinks in Red Sea </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/03/egypt.ship.1334/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/03/egypt.ship.1334/index.html</guid><description>An aging Egyptian passenger ferry loaded to near capacity with about 1,400 people and dozens of vehicles sank Friday in the Red Sea, an official said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 18:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cairo Director's Blog</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.blog/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.blog/index.html</guid><description>If you're a movie lover and want to go back in time to imagine that you're in "The Maltese Falcon" or "Indiana Jones" then Cairo is for you! A sprawling buzzing mass of humanity.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>MC Solaar's Cairo Top Picks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.toppicks/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.toppicks/index.html</guid><description>Do you agree with MC Solaar's selections? Send us your ideas and comments below.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Q &amp;amp; A</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.qa/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.qa/index.html</guid><description>The Scene talks to French rapper MC Solaar about the influence of a Cairo childhood on his music.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cairo Insider Tips</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.insidertips/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.insidertips/index.html</guid><description>Have you got an inside tip on Cairo? Send us your ideas and suggestions below.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cairo City Guide</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.guide/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/02/03/cairo.guide/index.html</guid><description>Check out The Scene's recommendations for the Egyptian capital and send us your own suggestions below.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Egypt bus crash kills six tourists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/11/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/01/11/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>Up to six Australian tourists have been killed and 24 injured in a bus crash in Egypt, Australian officials say.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2006 06:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Egyptian soldiers kill 10 refugees</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/30/egypt.sudanese.1430/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/30/egypt.sudanese.1430/index.html</guid><description>U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has condemned as unjustified the killings by Egyptian soldiers of between 10 and 20 Sudanese refugees in a wealthy Cairo neighborhood.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 19:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Annan slams Cairo protest deaths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/30/egypt.sudanese/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/30/egypt.sudanese/index.html</guid><description>U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has condemned as unjustified the killings by Egyptian soldiers of between 10 and 20 Sudanese refugees in a park in wealthy Cairo neighborhood.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gas prices around the globe</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/19/news/international/global_gasprices/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/19/news/international/global_gasprices/index.htm</guid><description>After seven consecutive days of price hikes at the pump, American consumers may be surprised to know that they are still paying a lot less at the pump than drivers in many other countries.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Egypt clears London attack suspect</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/19/egypt.elnashar/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/19/egypt.elnashar/index.html</guid><description>The Egyptian government has determined that a biochemist arrested last week has no links to the July 7 attack on the London mass transit system.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FBI investigates U.S. lead in bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/14/fbi.london/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/07/14/fbi.london/index.html</guid><description>Federal law enforcement officials tell CNN the FBI is investigating the background of a former North Carolina State University student sought by British police in connection with the London bombings.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rome: No knowledge of 'CIA kidnap'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/30/security.italy.kidnap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/30/security.italy.kidnap/index.html</guid><description>The Italian government has denied having any prior knowledge of the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Egypt's other pasts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/19/insideafrica.egypt/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/06/19/insideafrica.egypt/index.html</guid><description>Although Egypt stands at the crossroads of continents and civilizations, images of pyramids, The Sphinx and mummies dominate, eclipsing its other historic cultural and religious strands.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2005 15:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tourists targeted in Cairo</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/30/cairo.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/30/cairo.explosion/index.html</guid><description>Two veiled woman shot at a tourist bus, while a man blew himself up, in two attacks against tourists in Cairo that left the three assailants dead and seven people wounded.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Frenchman is 4th Cairo bomb victim</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/10/egypt.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/10/egypt.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A French citizen wounded in last week's explosion in Cairo has died, according to the French foreign ministry.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Islamic group claims Cairo bombing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/08/egypt.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/08/egypt.explosion/index.html</guid><description>An obscure Islamic group has claimed responsibility for a bombing in the heart of old Cairo Thursday that killed three people, including one American.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 09:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blast in Cairo tourist area kills two</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/07/egypt.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/07/egypt.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A suspected bomb attack in a historic neighborhood of the Egyptian capital has killed two people, including a French tourist, and wounded 18 others, authorities say.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 18:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hoping against hope in Sharm el-Sheikh</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/07/wedeman/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/07/wedeman/index.html</guid><description>They're making another go of it ... again.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stocks slip at open</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/10/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/10/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm</guid><description>Stocks slipped Friday morning, with investors taking some profits on higher oil prices and a surprisingly strong read on wholesale prices, a key inflation measure.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders pay tribute to Arafat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/12/arafat.funeral/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/12/arafat.funeral/index.html</guid><description>World leaders and Palestinian representatives gathered in Cairo Friday morning for Yasser Arafat's military funeral service.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders to attend Arafat funeral</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/12/leaders.arafat/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/12/leaders.arafat/index.html</guid><description>The following is a list of world leaders and representatives that CNN has confirmed will attend Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo, Egypt:</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 06:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders gather in Egypt for Arafat's funeral</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/11/arafat.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/11/arafat.main/index.html</guid><description>World leaders are gathering in Egypt for Yasser Arafat's funeral on Friday, a day after the Palestinian leader died of a lengthy and unknown illness at a Paris hospital.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinians set for Arafat funeral</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/11/arafat.funeral/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/11/arafat.funeral/index.html</guid><description>World leaders and representatives will gather in Cairo, Egypt Friday morning for the funeral of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died early Thursday in Paris.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Arafat burial preparations under way</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/10/arafat.funeral/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/10/arafat.funeral/index.html</guid><description>Preparations were under way in Ramallah on Wednesday for the burial of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who is gravely ill in a Paris hospital.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinians plan for eventual Arafat funeral</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/10/arafat/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/10/arafat/index.html</guid><description>Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat still was clinging to life late Wednesday, a Muslim cleric said, as Palestinian leaders made burial plans.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>From desert oasis, to the catwalk</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/01/embroidery/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/11/01/embroidery/index.html</guid><description>Embroidery lies behind a very peaceful revolution in the very traditional Egyptian oasis of Siwa.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Powell says Egypt, U.S. ties strong</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/28/powell.egypt/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/28/powell.egypt/index.html</guid><description>After meeting with Egyptian leaders in Cairo, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell affirmed the nations will work together to address Sudan's humanitarian crisis, Mideast peace and security in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Arab League weighs rescheduling summit </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/30/arab.summit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/30/arab.summit/index.html</guid><description>Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa is expected to tour Arab capitals in the days ahead to discuss plans for a summit in the wake of the cancellation of a meeting that was to begin Monday in Tunisia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Major train disasters since 1900</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/18/iran.train.disaster/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/18/iran.train.disaster/index.html</guid><description>A list of some of the major train disasters since 1900:</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2nd Red Sea 'black box' recovered</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>A remote-controlled French mini sub retrieved the voice cockpit recorder of an Egyptian charter plane that crashed January 3 killing all aboard, the head of the Egyptian investigating team said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2004 09:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Crash flight recorder 'too deep'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/06/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/06/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>A French admiral says the flight data recorder from a charter jet that crashed last weekend is believed to be located deeper than searchers can dive.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Robot sub used in Red Sea search</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/05/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/05/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>A robotic submarine from the French navy is scouring the waters of the Red Sea, looking for debris and bodies at the site of a weekend charter plane crash that killed 148 people.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Swiss official: Egyptian airline banned; Cairo denies claim</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/04/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/04/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>Flash Airlines, which operated a chartered Boeing 737 that crashed in the Red Sea off Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was banned by Switzerland in 2002 over technical worries, the country's office of aviation said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No survivors likely in Red Sea air disaster</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/03/egypt.airliner/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/03/egypt.airliner/index.html</guid><description>Officials said they expected to find no survivors among the 148 people who were aboard a charter plane that crashed Saturday in the deep waters of the Red Sea off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2004 08:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pyramid Schemes War? What war? Susan Hack checks out the Middle East's massive investment in tourism.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/16/301054/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/16/301054/index.htm</guid><description>It's 110 degrees in the shade, but you'd never know it inside the air-conditioned Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph whisking you from Dubai's new $550 million airport to the Burj Al Arab Hotel. Shaped like...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ping-Pong for heavy thinkers, an electronic vacation, moving everyone to Texas, and other matters. ASK MR. STATISTICS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/03/79785/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/03/79785/index.htm</guid><description>Dear Cruncher: I am a concerned earthman getting progressively more concerned as a result of overexposure to media maundering about the U.N. Conference on Population in Cairo. 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