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All rights reserved.http://news.usti.net/News of Egypten-usMon, 06 Oct 2008 17:03:14 GMT288012336http://news.usti.net/http://rss.usti.net/xml_news.gif http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bq/Uiraq-egypt.ROfg_IO6.htmlwed/bq/Uiraq-egypt.ROfg_IO6.html1223312088Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:54:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bq/Uiraq-egypt.ROfg_IO6.html"></a>BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his country is seeking better relations with Egypt and other Arab nations.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bq/Uiraq-egypt.ROfg_IO6.html">Maliki urges Egyptian investment in Iraq</a><br />BAGHDAD, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says his country is seeking better relations with Egypt and other Arab nations.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/aj/Uegypt-oilfind.RkMh_IO3.htmlwed/aj/Uegypt-oilfind.RkMh_IO3.html1223061290Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:14:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/aj/Uegypt-oilfind.RkMh_IO3.html"></a>LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Britain's Circle Oil PLC said Friday drilling in North West Gemsa Concession in Egypt produced both oil and natural gas.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/aj/Uegypt-oilfind.RkMh_IO3.html">Circle Oil reports Egyptian discovery</a><br />LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Britain's Circle Oil PLC said Friday drilling in North West Gemsa Concession in Egypt produced both oil and natural gas.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dm/Uegypt-kidnapped.RLdY_IST.htmlwed/dm/Uegypt-kidnapped.RLdY_IST.html1222691695Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:55 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dm/Uegypt-kidnapped.RLdY_IST.html"></a>CAIRO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Kidnappers have released a group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides after taking them hostage 10 days ago, Italian officials said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dm/Uegypt-kidnapped.RLdY_IST.html">Hostages freed; returning to Cairo</a><br />CAIRO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Kidnappers have released a group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides after taking them hostage 10 days ago, Italian officials said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.htmlwed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.html1222581290Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:54:50 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.html"></a>CAIRO, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A fire that gutted the main auditorium of the Egyptian National Theater Saturday has been blamed on a short circuit in the air conditioning.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/cr/Uegypt-theaterfire.RLKR_ISS.html">Fire hits National Theater in Cairo</a><br />CAIRO, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A fire that gutted the main auditorium of the Egyptian National Theater Saturday has been blamed on a short circuit in the air conditioning.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/br/Uegypt-rockslide.RFMQ_IS6.htmlwed/br/Uegypt-rockslide.RFMQ_IS6.html1220748887Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/br/Uegypt-rockslide.RFMQ_IS6.html"></a>CAIRO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A rockslide slammed a poor Cairo neighborhood Saturday, killing at least 30 people, injuring dozens more and burying unknown others, emergency workers said.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/br/Uegypt-rockslide.RFMQ_IS6.html">Cairo rockslide death toll reaches 30</a><br />CAIRO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- A rockslide slammed a poor Cairo neighborhood Saturday, killing at least 30 people, injuring dozens more and burying unknown others, emergency workers said.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ba/Uegypt-ramadan.R_C3_IaV.htmlwed/ba/Uegypt-ramadan.R_C3_IaV.html1220200502Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:35:02 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ba/Uegypt-ramadan.R_C3_IaV.html"></a>CAIRO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Egyptian astronomers say their use of technology to look for the crescent moon signaling the start of Ramadan is still fulfilling tradition.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ba/Uegypt-ramadan.R_C3_IaV.html">Astronomers look for Ramadan moon</a><br />CAIRO, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Egyptian astronomers say their use of technology to look for the crescent moon signaling the start of Ramadan is still fulfilling tradition.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ae/Uegypt-alalam.RAa3_IlP.htmlwed/ae/Uegypt-alalam.RAa3_IlP.html1217001900Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:05:00 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ae/Uegypt-alalam.RAa3_IlP.html"></a>CAIRO, July 25 (UPI) -- Al-Alam, Iran's international news TV channel, says it has received no official word that it faces a ban in Egypt.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ae/Uegypt-alalam.RAa3_IlP.html">Al-Alam says Cairo ban only speculation</a><br />CAIRO, July 25 (UPI) -- Al-Alam, Iran's international news TV channel, says it has received no official word that it faces a ban in Egypt.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bz/Uegypt-khomeini.RMI0_IlG.htmlwed/bz/Uegypt-khomeini.RMI0_IlG.html1216241089Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:44:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bz/Uegypt-khomeini.RMI0_IlG.html"></a>CAIRO, July 16 (UPI) -- The Egyptian government, stung by an Iranian documentary on the assassination of Anwar Sadat, is sponsoring a movie criticizing Ayatollah Khomeini.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bz/Uegypt-khomeini.RMI0_IlG.html">Egypt plans anti-Khomeini movie</a><br />CAIRO, July 16 (UPI) -- The Egyptian government, stung by an Iranian documentary on the assassination of Anwar Sadat, is sponsoring a movie criticizing Ayatollah Khomeini.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ce/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RwrE_Il2.htmlwed/ce/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RwrE_Il2.html1215159361Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:16:01 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ce/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RwrE_Il2.html"></a>CAIRO, July 2 (UPI) -- The African Union passed a resolution urging Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to compromise with the opposition party, a move aides said Mugabe rejects.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ce/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RwrE_Il2.html">African Union urges Zimbabwean unity</a><br />CAIRO, July 2 (UPI) -- The African Union passed a resolution urging Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to compromise with the opposition party, a move aides said Mugabe rejects.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ad/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RaH3_IuU.htmlwed/ad/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RaH3_IuU.html1214986548Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:15:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ad/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RaH3_IuU.html"></a>SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt, July 1 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's spokesman said Tuesday at an African Union summit conference in Egypt the regime's detractors can "go hang."</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ad/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe.RaH3_IuU.html">Zimbabwe: Mugabe critics can 'go hang'</a><br />SHARM EL SHEIK, Egypt, July 1 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's spokesman said Tuesday at an African Union summit conference in Egypt the regime's detractors can "go hang."</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dv/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe-brown.Rxd8_IuU.htmlwed/dv/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe-brown.Rxd8_IuU.html1214870700Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:05:00 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dv/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe-brown.Rxd8_IuU.html"></a>SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, June 30 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the African Union to tell Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the African country needs a new government.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dv/Uegypt-au-zimbabwe-brown.Rxd8_IuU.html">Brown calls on AU to press Mugabe</a><br />SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, June 30 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the African Union to tell Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe the African country needs a new government.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bh/Uegypt-ackerman.R9CH_IuS.htmlwed/bh/Uegypt-ackerman.R9CH_IuS.html1214675687Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:54:47 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bh/Uegypt-ackerman.R9CH_IuS.html"></a>SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 28 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Saturday with U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, head of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bh/Uegypt-ackerman.R9CH_IuS.html">U.S. congressman meets with Mubarak</a><br />SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 28 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Saturday with U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, head of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ae/Uegypt-chahine.Rmrw_IuH.htmlwed/ae/Uegypt-chahine.Rmrw_IuH.html1213736695Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:04:55 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ae/Uegypt-chahine.Rmrw_IuH.html"></a>CAIRO, June 17 (UPI) -- Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, who made about 40 movies in a career that has spanned half a century, reportedly is in a coma.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ae/Uegypt-chahine.Rmrw_IuH.html">Egyptian filmmaker Chahine in a coma</a><br />CAIRO, June 17 (UPI) -- Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, who made about 40 movies in a career that has spanned half a century, reportedly is in a coma.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/do/Uegypt-hiv.R6XZ_IyT.htmlwed/do/Uegypt-hiv.R6XZ_IyT.html1212101088Thu, 29 May 2008 22:44:48 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/do/Uegypt-hiv.R6XZ_IyT.html"></a>CAIRO, May 29 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch has criticized an Egyptian court for upholding prison sentences for five men arrested in a campaign targeting people with HIV.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/do/Uegypt-hiv.R6XZ_IyT.html">Group blasts Egyptian ruling in HIV case</a><br />CAIRO, May 29 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch has criticized an Egyptian court for upholding prison sentences for five men arrested in a campaign targeting people with HIV.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/co/Uegypt-pressfreedom.R4wI_IyN.htmlwed/co/Uegypt-pressfreedom.R4wI_IyN.html1211587500Sat, 24 May 2008 00:05:00 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/co/Uegypt-pressfreedom.R4wI_IyN.html"></a>CAIRO, May 23 (UPI) -- Egyptian authorities have targeted a news company associated with broadcasting information critical of the government, Human Rights Watch said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/co/Uegypt-pressfreedom.R4wI_IyN.html">Egyptian news company targeted</a><br />CAIRO, May 23 (UPI) -- Egyptian authorities have targeted a news company associated with broadcasting information critical of the government, Human Rights Watch said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/cf/Uegypt-censorship.RKuR_IyI.htmlwed/cf/Uegypt-censorship.RKuR_IyI.html1211132689Sun, 18 May 2008 17:44:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/cf/Uegypt-censorship.RKuR_IyI.html"></a>CAIRO, May 18 (UPI) -- A group of mostly young Egyptians was trying to organize an uprising using the Internet until the government cracked-down on the dissidents, the dissidents say.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/cf/Uegypt-censorship.RKuR_IyI.html">Egypt quashes Facbook-driven revolt</a><br />CAIRO, May 18 (UPI) -- A group of mostly young Egyptians was trying to organize an uprising using the Internet until the government cracked-down on the dissidents, the dissidents say.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bz/Umideast-bush-karzai.RxJB_IyI.htmlwed/bz/Umideast-bush-karzai.RxJB_IyI.html1211125489Sun, 18 May 2008 15:44:49 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bz/Umideast-bush-karzai.RxJB_IyI.html"></a>SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush in Egypt Sunday said he backed a request by Afghan President Hamid Karzai for $50 billion in foreign aid.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bz/Umideast-bush-karzai.RxJB_IyI.html">Bush backs Karzai's aid appeal</a><br />SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, May 18 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush in Egypt Sunday said he backed a request by Afghan President Hamid Karzai for $50 billion in foreign aid.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ai/Ayb116975168.RCeq_IA1.htmlwed/ai/Ayb116975168.RCeq_IA1.html1209677416Thu, 01 May 2008 21:30:16 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ai/Ayb116975168.RCeq_IA1.html"></a>CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera television reports that cameraman Sami al-Haj has been released from Guantanamo after more than six years in U.S. custody and is en route to his home country Sudan.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/ai/Ayb116975168.RCeq_IA1.html">Report: Al Jazeera cameraman freed from Guantanamo</a><br />CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Jazeera television reports that cameraman Sami al-Haj has been released from Guantanamo after more than six years in U.S. custody and is en route to his home country Sudan.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/as/Ubritain-binladenson.R2Ip_IAU.htmlwed/as/Ubritain-binladenson.R2Ip_IAU.html1209573614Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:40:14 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/as/Ubritain-binladenson.R2Ip_IAU.html"></a>CAIRO, April 30 (UPI) -- Officials with the British Embassy in Cairo said they denied a British entrance visa to the son of Osama bin Laden over fears he supports his father's ideology.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/as/Ubritain-binladenson.R2Ip_IAU.html">Embassy bars bin Laden son from England</a><br />CAIRO, April 30 (UPI) -- Officials with the British Embassy in Cairo said they denied a British entrance visa to the son of Osama bin Laden over fears he supports his father's ideology.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bb/Umideast-drones.RFwg_IAQ.htmlwed/bb/Umideast-drones.RFwg_IAQ.html1209267631Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:40:31 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bb/Umideast-drones.RFwg_IAQ.html"></a>CAIRO, April 26 (UPI) -- Members of the Muslim Brotherhood questioned by Egyptian intelligence have said Hamas is trying to make drones to carry bombs, an Egyptian newspaper reported.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bb/Umideast-drones.RFwg_IAQ.html">Hamas reportedly working on drones</a><br />CAIRO, April 26 (UPI) -- Members of the Muslim Brotherhood questioned by Egyptian intelligence have said Hamas is trying to make drones to carry bombs, an Egyptian newspaper reported.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dj/Ayb116783913.RCAX_IMP.htmlwed/dj/Ayb116783913.RCAX_IMP.html1209141009Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:30:09 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dj/Ayb116783913.RCAX_IMP.html"></a>CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S. Navy says a Defense Department contractor's ship fired flares and warning shots at two small boats approaching it in the Persian Gulf.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dj/Ayb116783913.RCAX_IMP.html">US-contracted ship fires warning shots in Gulf</a><br />CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S. Navy says a Defense Department contractor's ship fired flares and warning shots at two small boats approaching it in the Persian Gulf.</p><br clear="all"/>(AP) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bi/Uegypt-elections.RQVA_IA8.htmlwed/bi/Uegypt-elections.RQVA_IA8.html1207665417Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:36:57 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bi/Uegypt-elections.RQVA_IA8.html"></a>CAIRO, April 8 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said it called for a boycott of municipal elections amid protests and a government crackdown on candidates.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/bi/Uegypt-elections.RQVA_IA8.html">Call for boycott mars Egyptian elections</a><br />CAIRO, April 8 (UPI) -- The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said it called for a boycott of municipal elections amid protests and a government crackdown on candidates.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/as/Uegypt-greenteasuperbug.RpWd_IMV.htmlwed/as/Uegypt-greenteasuperbug.RpWd_IMV.html1207009206Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:20:06 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/as/Uegypt-greenteasuperbug.RpWd_IMV.html"></a>ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 31 (UPI) -- Egyptian scientists say drinking green tea helps make antibiotics three times more effective, even against so-called superbugs.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/as/Uegypt-greenteasuperbug.RpWd_IMV.html">Green tea boosts antibiotic effectiveness</a><br />ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 31 (UPI) -- Egyptian scientists say drinking green tea helps make antibiotics three times more effective, even against so-called superbugs.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dr/Uegypt-suez.RlsR_IMQ.htmlwed/dr/Uegypt-suez.RlsR_IMQ.html1206559839Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:30:39 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dr/Uegypt-suez.RlsR_IMQ.html"></a>CAIRO, March 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. 5th Fleet Wednesday said an Egyptian died as a result of warning shots fired from a U.S. vessel in the Suez Canal.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dr/Uegypt-suez.RlsR_IMQ.html">U.S. shots killed 1 in Suez Canal</a><br />CAIRO, March 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. 5th Fleet Wednesday said an Egyptian died as a result of warning shots fired from a U.S. vessel in the Suez Canal.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI) http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dq/Urussia-egypt.R0RY_IMQ.htmlwed/dq/Urussia-egypt.R0RY_IMQ.html1206553204Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:40:04 GMT<p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dq/Urussia-egypt.R0RY_IMQ.html"></a>MOSCOW, March 26 (UPI) -- Despite a political gaffe by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Moscow and Russian officials hailed his visit as positive on the energy and diplomatic front.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.usti.net/newsstory/world.mideast.egypt/2/wed/dq/Urussia-egypt.R0RY_IMQ.html">Mubarak-Putin visit good, despite gaffe</a><br />MOSCOW, March 26 (UPI) -- Despite a political gaffe by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Moscow and Russian officials hailed his visit as positive on the energy and diplomatic front.</p><br clear="all"/>(UPI)