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FIFA probe Egypt FA over stoning of bus

20.11.09
FIFA has charged Egypt's football federation after an attack by fans on the Algerian national team before a World Cup qualifying match in Cairo... more

Guus Hiddink ponders his future after Russia failure

19.11.09
Guus Hiddink needs "time for thought" over his future after his Russia side failed to qualify for next summer's World Cup... more

It's not time for a Zaha Hadid backlash

17.11.09
The world's most glamorous architect has just unveiled a futuristic new museum in Rome - and her Olympic Aquatics Centre is taking shape. They may be extravagant, but there is still value in thinking big... more

Egypt overtakes European resorts for half-term sun

23.10.09
Record numbers of British families will take their October half-term holidays in distant sun-spots because of the weakness of the pound and the 'staycation summer' washout, according to new figures... more

Look but don’t touch at V&A’s ceramics rooms

16.09.09
It's enough to test the nerve of any curator: setting up 3,300 of the world’s most precious but supremely breakable works of art and craft... more

Rail crash driver’s brother dies in fall

26.08.09
The brother of a train driver killed in the Paddington rail disaster has died falling from a hotel balcony in Egypt... more

Howard Webb sparks FIFA’s TV ban

19.06.09
Foorball: FIFA have removed television monitors from the sidelines in the Confederations Cup following Howard Webb's controversial penalty decision in the match between Egypt and Brazil... more

TUI upbeat despite a £30m forex toll

19.05.09
The fall in the pound against the euro cost TUI Travel £30 million this year but the holidays group is still optimistic it will have a good summer ... more

Dig begins for Cleopatra tomb search begins

16.04.09
Archaeologists will begin excavating in Egypt next week in an attempt to find the resting place of Cleopatra and Mark Antony... more

Briton claims UK colluded with Egyptian torturers

16.03.09
A British man detained in Egypt claims he was tortured while being interrogated using information allegedly supplied by the UK... more

Carter's Egypt notes to net £4,000

13.03.09
Archives relating to great discoveries in ancient Egypt, including the tomb of Tutankhamun, are to go to auction... more

Carla's Mexican sparkle

10.03.09
French First Lady Carla Bruni showed off her diamonds at a state dinner in Mexico City... more

French school party hit by blast in Cairo market

23.02.09
A schoolgirl was killed and 17 of her classmates injured when a bomb ripped through a crowded café in Cairo... more

Names to cherish before they perish

18.02.09
Doris Longwing isn't the prettiest of the tropical butterflies currently making themselves at home in the huge glasshouse at Wisley but she wins hands down on name... more

Sunseekers fly to keep Cook smiling

02.12.08
Leisure: Canny British holidaymakers are diverting from the high currency costs of taking a break in the eurozone and instead heading for the sunspots of Turkey and Egypt... more

FA to investigate Mido abuse allegations

01.12.08
The Football Association is investigating allegations of racist chants directed at Middlesbrough striker Ahmed Mido by Newcastle fans... more

Screaming Man 'led plot against pharaoh'

13.11.08
It is a mystery that has troubled Egyptologists for generations - just why was this mummy screaming 3,000 years ago?... more

Womad on the sunny side of the beat

28.07.08
Last year Womad festival's new location in Wiltshire was a sodden mudpit. This year, it bathed in a sunny sense of disbelief.... more

Songs of love, coffee and camels

18.06.08
Genuine musicians from the Sinai desert, the Bedouin Jerry Can Band brought a Moorish party atmosphere to London with a superb performance that saw an ammunition box used as percussion.... more

Lost in the East at Tate Britain

30.05.08
What a pity the British Orientalists — on show at Tate Britain from next week — shied away from the sex and sadism that other European painters revelled in.... more

Fela's boy comes into his own

29.05.08
The diminutive Showboy, Seun Kuti, true to his name in gold lamé and black shades, blasted baritone sax riffs skywards.... more

Mummified boy inspires art

20.05.08
The mummified body of a boy who died nearly 2,000 years ago is on show in London in an artwork where modern science meets ancient burial rituals... more

Pricey rice hits East and West

18.04.08
Rice futures surge for a fifth day to a new record, as export restrictions bite and Aussie farmers shift out of the crop... more

Champion diver runs London Marathon for fellow terror victims

10.04.08
A sporting champion who was badly injured in a terror attack in Egypt two years ago is set to run the London Marathon... more

BP, Shell, RWE in Egypt tie-up

20.03.08
BP, Shell and RWE agree to spend £475m on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Egypt... more

The mummy returns

05.11.07
As the Tutankhamun exhibition comes to London, the great-grandson of the man behind the original expedition talks about the curse that haunts his family... more

Mavericks of malignance

29.10.07
The 10 plagues visited upon Egypt revisited the Barbican in song form, making for an unparalleled evening of pestilence.... more

Capturing the great man's spirit

17.10.07
It can't be easy being the son of a music giant. But Seun Kuti seems to have no trouble stepping into his father Fela's shoes.... more

The beauty of Islam

17.07.07
Designed to illustrate the richness of Muslim culture and highlight its strong humanist traditions, Spirit and Life brings together highlights of Islamic art.... more

Spiritual freedom and not a veil in sight

25.10.06
With debate about the Muslim veil dominating the media, the Barbican's marvellous Ramadan Nights festival is a well-timed alternative to such controversy.... more

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