Egypt-Israeli ties face multiple challenges
The relations between Israel and Egypt have been
facing multiple challenges after the fall of former Egyptian
president Hosni Mubarak, whose policy toward Israel drew domestic
criticism. The trial of Mubarak on Wednesday also revealed one
aspect regarding Egypt’s natural gas to Israel. In one of the
charges, prosecutors accused the former president of agreeing with
former petroleum minister Sameh Fahmi on signing a contract with the
Eastern Mediterranean Gas to supply Israel with natural gas at low
prices, causing a loss of 715 million Egyptian pounds (about 120
million U.S. dollars).
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Majority of U.S. military equipment moved out of Iraq: report
Nearly 60 percent of U.S. military equipment has
been moved out of Iraq and the remaining is on track, as the
deadline for U.S. forces to be out of Iraq approaches, the American
Forces Press Service reported Friday. “The mission is looking good,”
Air Force Maj. John Rozsnyai, who heads up the U.S. Transportation
Command’s joint planning team for the effort, told the service in an
interview this week. “ Everything we’re seeing is tracking well.” To
date, 1.7 million pieces of military equipment have been moved out
of Iraq since the drawdown began Sept. 1 after combat operations
ceased, Rozsnyai said.
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Man’s love for pets turns fourth floor into a pigsty
After years of complaining, residents in a
community in the city eventually started asking the public for help
to resolve a conflict between them and a neighbor who is a pet
fanatic. In Liangxiang township in Fangshan district, Ouyang
Xiaochang, a 63-year-old man, is famous for his “animal home”.
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