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AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Liz McElroy of the Philadelphia Council of the AFL-CIO, Dan Heck of Working America and Scott Reynolds of the AFL-CIO staff meet with a group of worker activists from the Egyptian Center for Trade Union and Worker Services in Cairo. Dan Heck, Midwest regional director for Working America , recently visited Egypt as a member of a three-person delegation sponsored by the Solidarity Center. He writes...
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Candy Sandwich (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
"Are you OK?" a new friend asked. "You're awfully quiet." She wasn't the only one to comment. I was quiet as I sat on the roof of a house in a Nubian village, eating dinner. My head hurt something wicked, drowning my thoughts like the Nile below. Apparently, though, in only two days of travel, I had made an impression with the group. A loud impression. Sociable. Talking. Something....
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Candy Sandwich (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Technically, we're still in Aswan for the day, but options included leaving early to visit the temple of Abu Simbel. Quite early. 4 a.m. early. To travel deep in the desert to visit the site of two enormous temples, on the shores of Lake Nasser. Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "Nubian Monuments", the twin temples were carved out of the mountainside during the reign of...
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walter menzies (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
saved from the flooding of the aswan dam, the temple was presented by egypt to spain and reconstructed in 1960...an evocative landmark at night and nearby magnificent views across to the palacio real
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Candy Sandwich (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
One of the driest inhabited places in the world, the last recorded rainfall in Aswan was a thunderstorm more than three years ago. Our train was due to arrive early this morning, but we were prepared to expect "Egypt time." (Actually, they told us to expect "Egypt time!" but I thought I'd tone it down a little. I haven't been here long enough to judge.) Fortunately, we have a free...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
SONOMA, Calif., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoma, California resident and chair of the Sonoma, California-Aswan, Egypt Sister City Committee, Sherri Ferris, recently returned from Aswan, Egypt, where she led delegation members of the San Francisco Bay Area "Sacramento Seminar" as they met with the Aswan-Sonoma Sister City Chair, Dr. Ossama A. W Abdel Meguid, Director of the Nubian Museum in...
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Heritage Key (Malcolm Jack) Quarries, often ignored, were a crucial part of Egypt. It was from these sites that the precious raw materials and minerals used in the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks was hewn thousands of years ago. Among the most prolific were the Quarries of Aswan, which yielded the red granite of Cleopatra’s Needles and many of the quality...
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Travelblog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Cheap Tickets to Cairo from London Cheap Tickets to Cairo Cheap tickets provides you a complete package on Egypt tour. Get online reservation for hotels Flights car rentals and many more.Egypt is one big adventure exploring inside the Giza pyramids and the impressive temples and tombs seeing real mummies cruising on the River Nile between Luxor and Aswan in Upper Egypt with knowledgeable e
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My Right Word (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
According to the web site of The Department for Work and Pensions , the UK has a narrow definition of "Israel" for the purposes of entitlement to State Pension: Quote: "Israel - means the territory administered by the Government of Israel on 19 July 1956 . Territory which is outside Israel, as defined above, is not covered by the agreement." First, why was that date chosen? * Second,...
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stuartshepherd human name male (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Cairo Tower, burj al-qāhira, colloquially burg al-qāhira) is a free-standing concrete television tower in Cairo, Egypt. It stands in the Zamalek district on Gezira Island in the River Nile, close to the city centre. At 187 m (610 ft), it is 43 metres (140 ft) higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which stands some 15 km (9.3 mi) to the southwest. It is one of Cairo's most famous and...
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Whether it's trolling the Via dei Condotti for Manolo Blahniks or provisioning your felucca at the Aswan souk, you need a way to haul your treasures. A good choice is the Joey Tote. Made of rip-stop nylon - light, tough, easily scrunchable - these reusable... Nylon - Aswan - Shopping - Arts - Niche
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
&$ &$Tourists take photographs of a column at Kom Ombo Temple, southern Egypt, November 7, 2009. The temple, which dates from about 180 B.C. during the Ptolemaic era with additions made during the Roman period, stands right on the bank of the Nile between Edfu and Aswan.(Xinhua/Agencies Photo)&$ &$&$ 【1】
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Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) I suppose that I can get away with describing underwater excavations as field work :-) Video and accompanying article about the excavations taking place in the Nile itself at Aswan. The video concentrates on items being brought out of the Nile at the moment of their extraction from the water. It doesn't show any underwater footage. Here's an extract from the article: Ever...
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ProudToBeCanadian Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Will technology solve our energy problems? This seemingly fatuous question is actually stupider than first appears. For we already have the technology to power anything within reason, with minimal if any environmental fallout. Yet under the inspiration of the Green Zeitgeist, I cannot go into a magazine shop without finding some science-lite cover story on new prospects for harnessing solar, thermal,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
National Soccer team, Taifa Stars will play Yemen on November 8 in Sana'a after their November 5 encounter with Egyptian Pharaohs in Aswan.
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