Al Qalyubiyah (Egypt)

Laugh or you'd cry

Clowns Without Borders and the Egyptian street theatre company Al-Khayal Al-Shaabi have been cheering up children in Cairo's most culturally unprivileged areas. Ghada Abdel-Kader watched them perform Al-Khayal Al-Shaabi, a...

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4 suspected swine flu cases hospitalized in Egypt

Egyptian Health Minister Hatem el Gabali Egyptian Health Ministry announced that four Egyptian people coming from abroad have been hospitalized on suspicion of contracting the H1N1 virus known as swine flu Meanwhile, the death...

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Egypt pig farmers clash with police over cull (AFP)

CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian riot police clashed on Sunday with stone-throwing pig farmers trying to prevent their animals from being taken away for slaughter as part of a nationwide cull. Between 300 and 400 residents of the hilly...

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Clashes after Egypt orders nationwide pig slaughter

Egypt on Wednesday ordered the immediate cull of all pigs in the country as a precaution against swine flu, sparking clashes with farmers resisting the first such move in an increasingly anxious world.

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