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Armed robberies in Egypt's remotest desert  -  27 Sep 2008
The Associated PressThe vast majority of Egypt's 9 million tourists each year visit pharaonic sites along the Nile River or Red Sea beach resorts, a world away from the Western

Independent.co.uk Web  -  Sep 19, 2008
Independent,If the prospect of that weren't frightening enough, the sign used by Nile River Explorers, which is based in Jinja (around 50 miles north of the Ugandan

Kenyan minister accuses Egypt of unfair use of Nile river  -  Sep 7, 2008
African Press Agency,APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Kenya’s minister for water, Charity Ngilu has accused Egypt of unfair use of the Nile waters at the detriment of the other 10 countries

Ethiopia inaugurates $14-million bridge over Abay River  -  Sep 10, 2008
African Press Agency,APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Ethiopia on Wednesday inaugurated a $14-million state-of-the-art bridge constructed over the Abay (Nile) River located 208

The Water Problem : 'Water Wars' a Bad Sign of Times  -  Sep 19, 2008
MorungExpress,There is already fierce national competition over water for irrigation and power generation -- most notably in the Nile river basin.

Ethiopia's First Extradosed Bridge to Span the Blue Nile Gorge  -  Sep 6, 2008
Nazret.com,...for a stretch of road that links Goha Tsion and Dejen, two towns situated about 2500 meters (8200 feet) above sea level and separated by the Nile River.

Cairo Landslide Death Toll Hits 53; Rescuers Toil (Update1)  -  Sep 8, 2008
BloombergThe crag at the edge of the Nile River valley collapsed Sept. 6 onto a jumble of brick houses at its base. Like many outlying districts of the Egyptian

Kagera River water to benefit 4 nations  -  Sep 9, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,The four East African countries which share River Kagera water are in the process of developing a cooperative framework that would allow them to jointly

Nile countries in agreement  -  Sep 8, 2008
New Vision,By Joel Ogwang UGANDA has entered negotiations with other countries that share the River Nile to design a new cooperative framework that will benefit the

10 Destinations to Be Discovered  -  Sep 5, 2008
Home and AwayAswan is positioned on the Nile River in southern Egypt. Renowned for its bustling market, Aswan is also one of the driest cities in the world.

Egypt resisting female circumcision  -  Sep 16, 2008
Washington Times,Anna Johnson AP In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohammed has started to doubt whether she should circumcise her two daughters.

Facts and Figures Why Water Could be Worth Fighting For  -  Sep 12, 2008
EcoWorldly,Africa has two of the world’s longest rivers - the 6400-kilometer Nile River and the 4370-kilometer Congo River, but it suffers from a perennial shortage

Thief takes valuable pelts from fair  -  Sep 8, 2008
KTEN,Also taken were a sea otter hide, a cobra belt, a Nile River crocodile purse, a buffalo hide and beaver and badger hides. Investigators say they're not sure

European tourists are kidnapped in Egypt  -  Sep 22, 2008
The Associated PressIslamic militants waged a campaign of violence, including attacks on tourists, in the 1990s along the Nile River, but never strayed into the vast expanses

Shooting erupts at Egyptian prison, one killed  -  Sep 8, 2008
Reuters South Africa,About 10 truckloads of crowd control police have gone to the scene and the authorities have closed off the main road along the bank of the Nile river nearby

Bring It On Home: Egypt  -  Aug 31, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,THE TRIP: We visited Egypt in April, starting in Cairo and traveling south along the Nile River by bus, sleeper train, plane and cruise ship.

Lions Club film series will travel around the world  -  Sep 12, 2008
Palladium-Item,..."Egypt's Treasures & Cruising the Nile," by Clint and Sue Denn, March 22 -- Focusing on the Nile River and the mysteries of the cradle of civilization

Southern Sudan News  -  Sep 4, 2008
Borglobe,19 Heavy rainfall is predicted over the Ethiopian plateau, as a result, water levels, of blue Nile River are expected to continue at a high flood risk level

Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile Announced  -  Sep 8, 2008
2404 - PC Gaming (press release)..."Experience a thrilling Hidden Object murder mystery game aboard a paddle steamer making its way down the Nile River. Assume the role of Hercule Poirot as

Ethiopia, Like Libya, Must Also Be Compensated for Colonial Crime  -  Aug 31, 2008
Nazret.com,Due to the Anglo-Egyptian unequal treaty on the control and use of the Nile River, it has been contributing nearly 86 % of the waters of the Blue Nile to

Joint security forces rack the southern region of Jijel  -  Sep 20, 2008
Elkhabar,Joint security forces have started a large racking operation on the coasts of Nile river, between Tahir and Cheffa municipalities, southern Jijel province,

Tempo’s Wonders of the Nile big on ‘wow’  -  Sep 3, 2008
e-Travel Blackboard (press release),The Valley of Kings, the Temple of Horus in Edfu and Aswan’s Philae Temple are among the wonders of cruising Egypt’s Nile River, an adventure which

Practice some patience  -  Sep 19, 2008
The Huntsville Times - al.com,It is often referred to as Lily of the Nile (although it doesn't grow naturally near the Nile River) or African lily. It is prized for the long periods of

UAE invests in Sudan’s sugar industry  -  Sep 17, 2008
AfricaNews,With the high potential for expanding the sugar industry, the government plans the enlargement of crop fields near the Nile River in the near future.

Kenosha Public Museum Presents 72nd Travelogue Season  -  Sep 15, 2008
The Daily Kenoshan,Egypt’s Treasures and Cruising the Nile March 13, 2009 Clint Denn Jump aboard the MS Sun Goddess and take a cruise down the historic Nile River.

The Kushitic Civilization of North East Africa: An Overview  -  Sep 7, 2008
American Chronicle,The Kush kingdom was a great civilization in the Northern Valley of the Nile River. The kingdom began to rise at the end of the New Kingdom of Egypt which

What Every Black Christian Should Know  -  Sep 16, 2008
FinalCall.com,Barbara Reynolds Imagine cruising along the centuries old Nile river shaded by lush date palm trees, stopping to check out a Nubian elementary school,

Blog Carnival: Hotels We Love  -  Sep 5, 2008
About - News & Issues,..."The views of the pyramids at Giza from our 30th floor balcony overlooking the Nile River were almost surreal." "Quite simply, this may be the most

In Memory of Kay McWilliams: Traveler, reader, teacher  -  Sep 20, 2008
MPNnow.com,...“While my mother was there, she was able to take a boat down the Nile River,� Don said. Although traveling kept her busy, her younger brother,

The danger of crude oil in the making in South Sudan  -  Sep 20, 2008
New Sudan Vision,...coral reefs, seagrass and mangrove habitats which are the breeding areas of many fish in the Nile river sudd; interference with breeding by making the

Rising from the ruins  -  Sep 6, 2008
Malaysia Star,The fact is, even though there are more than 80 of these burial monuments along the Nile River, they are all in various states of ruin, with some barely

Bargain Trip To St. Martin  -  Sep 6, 2008
Hartford Courant,...four nights' hotel in Egypt; seven nights' lodging in Kenya; a three-night Nile River cruise; 29 meals; tour guides; transfers; and seven game drives.

Visit the land of the Bible with Dr. Jim Collins and Wife  -  Sep 2, 2008
Smoky Mountain Sentinel,...and other great wonders of this historic land. The highlight of our visit will be a four night cruise on the Nile River. We will be protected and cared for.

Stay tuned for NBC’s biased news  -  Aug 31, 2008
Boston Herald,NBC has discovered the wicker basket in which Moses floated down the Nile River before being rescued by the pharaoh’s wife. We can tell you tonight that DNA

Old Town patriarch endured horrid misfortunes  -  Sep 17, 2008
TheBulletin.ca,However his also included side trips to Turkey, Sudan, Greece, a jaunt up the Nile River, and a visit to the Holy Land in a time when excursions to these

NGO report details new dimensions of violence after Khartoum attack  -  Sep 13, 2008
Sudan Tribune,...and Equality Movement’s (JEM) unprecedented May 10 attack on Omdurman, the largest city in Sudan, which lies opposite Khartoum on the Nile River.

St. Paul's Books for Africa program sends donated titles to people  -  Sep 12, 2008
Pioneer Press,A friend in Uganda brought him to see a library in Jinja, on the shore of Lake Victoria, the source of the Nile River. "This library had been built in the

Valuable hides go missing from wildlife refuge exhibit in Lawton  -  Sep 9, 2008
NewsOK.com,Other items stolen from the exhibit include an elephant foot ash tray, a Nile River crocodile purse, a sea otter hide, a buffalo hide, a cobra belt and a

Power, beauty and survival in Uganda  -  Sep 6, 2008
Brantford Expositor,We settled into our sumptuous rooms and I grabbed my video camera, intent on getting a high shot of the Nile River, which snaked through the

Rogers Media Television Expands to Include OLN  -  Sep 2, 2008
Exchange Morning Post,Whether riding up the majestic Nile River on a felucca boat, hitchhiking across Peru on flatbed trucks, crossing the Arctic Circle on a reindeer sled,

All that drama!  -  Sep 1, 2008
Menassat,She was suspiciously killed at age 26 when her car crashed into the Nile river, a death linked at the time to her alleged activities for the British

NYOIL on Barack Obama: I Shed A Tear  -  Aug 29, 2008
ThugLifeArmy.comBut tonight we have witness history. one that we can say we were here to see. my tears rolled down my face and from a distance looked like the nile river

'Age of Empires: Mythologies' (NDS) Civilizations - Screens & Trailer  -  Aug 29, 2008
WorthPlaying.com,Built through struggle and determination along the fertile Nile River, the Egyptian Culture is one of great faith and imagination.

NASA MODIS Image of the Day: September 21, 2008 - Egypt  -  Sep 21, 2008
Space Ref (press release)The green Nile River Valley and Delta stand out in stark contrast to the surrounding brown desert sands in this image, captured by the MODIS on the Aqua

Rice presses Tunisia for reform  -  Sep 6, 2008
The Associated PressThe Maghreb is the region of Africa north of the Sahara Desert and west of the Nile River. In power since a bloodless palace coup in 1987, Ben Ali has won

There’s Still Time to Replace Sarah Palin With Lynne Cox  -  Sep 25, 2008
Washington City Paper,...(Don’t agree to a competition in the Nile River. Dog carcasses.) I know nothing of her politics. But somebody so strong, so articulate, so capable of using

Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile (PC)  -  Sep 10, 2008
WorthPlaying.com,Experience a thrilling Hidden Object murder mystery game aboard a paddle steamer making its way down the Nile River. Assume the role of Hercule Poirot as

Horoscopes by Holiday by Holiday Mathis  -  Sep 17, 2008
Creators Syndicate,ASTROLOGICAL TOPICS: Your Egyptian zodiac sign — In the Egyptian zodiac, a deity, totem animal, a combination of the two, or the Nile River describe one's

Larger-than-life map of Africa brings learning and fun to ALMS  -  Sep 22, 2008
Roanoke Times,This particular eighth grade class is learning about weather phenomena–like the “Egypt flood from the Nile River,� said student Desiree Davis.

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