<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Red Sea: News &amp; Videos about Red Sea - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Red_Sea</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Red Sea from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:07:36 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Red Sea: News &amp; Videos about Red Sea - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/meast/10/14/kaust.qanda/tztop.architecture.kaust.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Red_Sea</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Red Sea from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Future meets past in Saudi's new eco-friendly 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marriages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/16/yemen.girl.childbirth/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/16/yemen.girl.childbirth/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Yemeni government Wednesday defended its efforts to end the practice of young girls marrying, citing last week's death during childbirth of a 12-year-old Yemeni.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yemeni girl, 12, dies in painful childbirth</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/14/yemen.childbirth.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/14/yemen.childbirth.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A 12-year-old Yemeni girl, who was forced into marriage, died during a painful childbirth that also killed her baby, a children's rights group said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pirates release Malaysian tugboat after seven months</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.piracy.ship.released/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/03/somalia.piracy.ship.released/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Somali pirates have released a Malaysian tugboat and 11 crew members after holding them for more than seven months, an international business group reported Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Somali pirates release German ship</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/18/somalia.germany.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/18/somalia.germany.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Somali pirates released a German cargo ship Saturday that they have held since May, the German Foreign Ministry said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Somali pirates release Belgian ship, crew</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/28/somali.pirates.belgium.ship/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/28/somali.pirates.belgium.ship/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Belgian ship and its crew captured by Somali pirates two months ago have been released, the Belgium government said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Manufacturer optimistic of finding AF447 flight data recorder</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/18/air.france.blackbox/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/18/air.france.blackbox/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A top executive for the company which built the flight data recorder aboard Air France Flight 447 says he hopes his firm's 100 percent recovery record from air accidents will be maintained despite concerns the device may be lost at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Somali pirates release tugboat held 10 months</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/06/somali.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/06/06/somali.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Somali pirates freed a Nigerian tugboat they seized 10 months ago, and the Dutch navy frigate De Zeven Provincien was escorting it to a safe harbor, the Dutch Defense Ministry said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/07/us.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/07/us.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A sudden surge of pirate attacks off the coast of eastern Somalia in recent days has prompted the U.S. military to put out a new alert to mariners, warning of increased danger in the region.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reports: 14 people missing after cargo ship sinks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/09/egypt.cargo.ship/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/09/egypt.cargo.ship/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fourteen people were missing after a cargo ship sank Monday in Egyptian waters, Red Sea Gov. Majdi Al Qubaisi told Egyptian television.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warns of possible attack on embassy in Yemen</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/26/yemen.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/26/yemen.warning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Embassy in Yemen warned Americans there Monday it has received a report of a possible attack against its compound in Sanaa.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pirate attack on Dutch ship thwarted by Russians</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/14/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/14/somalia.piracy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Russian naval ship rescued a Dutch container vessel under attack by suspected Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the head of the International Maritime Bureau said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Exclusive: Pirate tells how comrades drowned</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/12/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/12/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>One of the pirates who held a Saudi oil supertanker off Somalia before releasing it for ransom has told CNN how five in his group drowned when the boat in which they left the ship capsized as they tried to evade rival pirates seeking a cut of the money.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy creates force devoted to fighting piracy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/08/piracy.task.force/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/08/piracy.task.force/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Navy has started a force to battle pirates attacking ships in and near the Gulf of Aden off Somalia's coast, the U.S. Fifth Fleet said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan mulls sending ships to Somalia to halt pirates</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/japan.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/24/japan.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Japan is considering joining an international effort to protect ships from a growing threat of piracy in the Gulf of Aden near Somalia, a top official told reporters.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 02:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel: 24 dead as bus plunges down ravine</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.bus.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 24 Russian tourists have been killed in one of Israel's deadliest traffic accidents when their bus plunged down a ravine, throwing nearly all of the passengers out of the vehicle.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cargo ship outruns pirates off Tanzania</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/07/tanzania.pirates.boat.outrun/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/07/tanzania.pirates.boat.outrun/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Dutch-operated container ship outran pirates off the coast of Tanzania this weekend, an official with the International Maritime Bureau said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Somali pirates release ship without ransom</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.pirates.boat.released/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/03/somalia.pirates.boat.released/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pirates have released a Yemeni cargo ship without receiving a ransom after negotiations with local elders, a Somali official said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pirates collect $150 million in ransoms</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/pirates.ransom.payments/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/pirates.ransom.payments/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than $150 million has been paid to pirates around the Horn of Africa over the past 12 months, Kenya's foreign minister said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ransom Paid, Somali Pirates Release Cargo 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</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens killed in Mogadishu fighting</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/somalia.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 33 people have been killed as fighting rages in the volatile Somali capital of Mogadishu, residents and media reports said on Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:51:00 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>Pirates release German cargo ship, company says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/09/somalia.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pirates have released a German cargo ship and its crew of 14 after holding them for nearly six weeks, the vessel's owner said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pirates take four European tourists hostage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/24/pirates.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/24/pirates.somalia/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pirates took four European tourists hostage after their yacht ran out of fuel off the coast of northern Somalia in the Red Sea's Gulf of Aden, according to a Somaliland official.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Captain: My 'heart sank' when pirates attacked</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/pirate.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/05/pirate.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Colin Darch was piloting his slow-moving tugboat out of the Red Sea close to Somalia when heavily armed pirates sped up next to him screaming and firing weapons.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Piracy Sparks High-Tech Defenses</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1732125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1732125,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As the frequency of piracy on the high seas grows, many ship owners aren't willing to wait for the navy to help them out</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Video shows pirates pursued, captured </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/15/france.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/15/france.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Dramatic video released by the French defense ministry this week shows French helicopters pursuing Somali pirates through the desert as they tried to escape following a weeklong hijacking.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>French hold six pirates after hostages released</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/11/yacht.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/11/yacht.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>French troops are holding six pirates after the 30-member crew of a luxury yacht hijacked a week ago off Somalia's coast were released, officials said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>French navy pursues hijacked yacht</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/05/cruiseship.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/04/05/cruiseship.pirates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A French navy vessel is in pursuit of a luxury yacht which pirates seized off the coast of Somalia a day earlier, the French Foreign Ministry said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Egyptian killed by warning shots </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/suez.incident/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/suez.incident/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Navy on Wednesday admitted an Egyptian was killed this week when shots were fired from a military-contracted cargo ship at a boat near the Suez Canal.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>US Cargo Ship Fires in Suez 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For the most part, the critics are correct. Oscar de la Hoya (34), Floyd Mayweather (30), Wladimir Klitschko (31) and Shane Mosley (36) are all on the wrong side of 30. 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The porch was ... </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil heiress strikes gold in hotels</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/magazines/fsb/women_fsb_hotels/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/30/magazines/fsb/women_fsb_hotels/index.htm</guid><description>You're sitting on the porch," says Caroline Rose Hunt, 83, rolling her vowels charmingly, "where they used to sit out here and sweat."</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At least 57 die in Bahrain boat accident</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/31/bahrain.accident/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/31/bahrain.accident/index.html</guid><description>At least 57 bodies have been recovered by Friday in the Persian Gulf off Bahrain after a cruise boat carrying 137 people capsized the night before.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>At 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ferry sink</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/04/egypt.ship.roro/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/04/egypt.ship.roro/index.html</guid><description>Egypt's transport minister has said a blaze aboard an Egyptian ferry set off a sequence of events that led it to sink Friday in the Red Sea, causing what officials fear may be around 1,000 deaths.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 16:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>1,000 ferry passengers missing in Red Sea</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/04/egypt.ship.0420/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/04/egypt.ship.0420/index.html</guid><description>Rescuers who plucked more than 340 people from the chilly Red Sea were continuing to search the water Saturday for hundreds of other people feared dead after an Egyptian ferry sank with about 1,400 people on board.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 09:18:00 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>Maritime disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/03/maritime.disasters/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/02/03/maritime.disasters/index.html</guid><description>Rescuers are seeking survivors after an Egyptian ferry with about 1,400 people on board sank in the Red Sea.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: 'The Bible Game' is a testament to your knowledge</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/01/13/bible.game/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/fun.games/01/13/bible.game/index.html</guid><description>If the television show "Jeopardy" were written by Sunday school teachers, the result might be "The Bible Game," a new trivia game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Game Boy Advance that casts players as contestants in a game show about the Old Testament.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: U.S. trails in refinery growth</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/28/news/international/refinery_investments/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/28/news/international/refinery_investments/index.htm</guid><description>A surge in oil refinery investment is under way overseas, which could make the United States more reliant on imports of refined products like gasoline and heating oil in coming years, according to a published report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pirate hunter: Take me to the mothership</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/11/pirate.mothership.reut/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/11/11/pirate.mothership.reut/index.html</guid><description>Somali pirates attacked five ships in the past week in a sharp rise of banditry apparently orchestrated by a mysterious "mothership" prowling the busy Indian Ocean corridor, shipping experts said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The new bin Laden?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/new.bin.Laden.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/new.bin.Laden.tm/index.html</guid><description>Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, was rumored to be gravely injured or dead just a few months ago.</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda claim for Red Sea attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/19/jordan.blasts/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/19/jordan.blasts/index.html</guid><description>An al Qaeda-linked group has claimed responsibility for rocket attacks Friday that targeted but missed two U.S. military ships in the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Pakistanis not linked to Egypt bombs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/26/egypt.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/26/egypt.explosions/index.html</guid><description>Five Pakistani men being sought by Egyptian authorities are not connected to Saturday's bombings in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian officials said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombs kill scores in Egyptian resort town</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/egypt.explosions.0600/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/egypt.explosions.0600/index.html</guid><description>Investigators in Egypt searched Saturday for bodies and clues after near-simultaneous bombings at the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, attacks that killed at least 83 people and injured more than 200 others.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Authorities sweep Sinai in bombing probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/egypt.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/24/egypt.explosions/index.html</guid><description>Egyptian security forces on Sunday were sweeping the Sinai peninsula and rounding up Bedouins as part of their investigation into three bombings that killed 84 people and wounded more than 200 in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2005 06:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'The sky was lit up, it was terrible'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/bombing.scene/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/bombing.scene/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- The sky lit up right after midnight as three  separate bombs exploded in the Egyptian Red Sea resort Sharm-el Sheikh, killing scores and wounding many more.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World leaders offer solidarity, sympathy </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/egypt.reax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/23/egypt.reax/index.html</guid><description>Three terrorist bombs killed at least 83 people and injured more than 200 others in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egyptian authorities said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 13:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Egyptian resort town blasts kill dozens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/22/egypt.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/22/egypt.explosions/index.html</guid><description>Deadly explosions that rocked the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday may be linked to a series of bomb blasts last October in the Red Sea resort of Taba, Egypt's interior minister said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:20:00 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>Suicide bombers suspected in blasts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/11/egypt.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/11/egypt.explosions/index.html</guid><description>Investigators believe three car bombs driven by three suicide bombers were responsible for the blasts that killed at least 34 people last week in the Red Sea tourist area of Taba, an Israeli security source said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2004 04:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Egypt police hunt explosives buyer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/10/egypt.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/10/egypt.explosions/index.html</guid><description>A Bedouin has confessed to selling explosives to a man before Thursday's deadly bombings targeting Israeli vacationers in the Red Sea resort of Taba, according to an Egyptian security source.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Death toll rises in Egypt tourist bombings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/09/egypt.explosions/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/09/egypt.explosions/index.html</guid><description>Rescuers are searching the wreckage of a Red Sea hotel for survivors after a series of bomb blasts at Egyptian vacation spots frequented by Israelis.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2004 11:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Red Sea resort bombs kill 26</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/08/egypt.explosions.intl/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/08/egypt.explosions.intl/index.html</guid><description>A top Israeli official says he suspects al Qaeda is to blame for the bombings of three Egyptian resorts popular with Israelis that killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens more.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 07:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>British Author Gavin Menzies' TalkAsia Interview Transcript</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/talkasia.menzies.script/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/09/13/talkasia.menzies.script/index.html</guid><description>Airdate: August 28th 2004</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gunmen kill several at Saudi oil compound</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/02/saudi.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/05/02/saudi.attack/index.html</guid><description>Four attackers entered a Saudi compound and opened fire on workers Saturday, killing six, Saudi officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2004 08:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis: 3 militants killed in gunfight</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/22/jeddah.gunfight/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/22/jeddah.gunfight/index.html</guid><description>Saudi Arabian state television reported Thursday that three militants thought to be on the country's most-wanted list were killed in a fierce gunfight in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:00:00 EDT</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>Sub recovers Red Sea 'black box'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/17/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/17/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>An unmanned French Navy "Scorpio" submarine has recovered the flight data recorder from the wreckage of an Egyptian airliner about 1,000 meters under the Red Sea, Egyptian officials said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2004 10:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Air crash families mourn relatives</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/08/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/08/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>Memorial services have been held for the victims of last weekend's crash of an Egyptian charter jet that went down in the Red Sea.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 07:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Navy locates both crash recorders</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/07/egypt.crash/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/07/egypt.crash/index.html</guid><description>French naval teams have located the second flight data recorder from the wreckage of an Egyptian airliner in the Red Sea.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2004 09:12:00 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>Tribute to Red Sea crash victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/04/egypt.airliner/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/04/egypt.airliner/index.html</guid><description>France's deputy minister of foreign affairs has tossed flowers into the Red Sea over the site of a deadly charter plane crash that killed at least 148 people.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2004 11:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Families gather at Paris airport</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/03/crash.relatives/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/03/crash.relatives/index.html</guid><description>Distraught family members gathered at Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris for word on the fate of their loved ones aboard a Boeing 737 that crashed into the Red Sea off Egypt.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:48:00 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></channel></rss>