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Egyptian and Saudi officials carry the coffin of Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar
Egypt   Islam   Liberal   Photos   Sunni  
Was Egypt's Sheikh Tantawi a liberal or a stooge?
| By Roger Hardy | BBC Middle East analyst | For some, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Sunni Islam's most prestigious seat of learning, was a bravely outspoken liberal; for others, a mouthp... (photo: AP / AP) BBC News
The Al Azhar Mosque, built in 969 AD, in downtown Cairo.
Cairo   Death   Egypt   Muslim   Photos  
Egypt's top Muslim cleric, whose moderate views angered hard-liners, dies of heart attack
| CAIRO - Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a vis... (photo: US DoD) Star Tribune
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt  Head of al-Azhar dies
| Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, religious officials ... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Independent online
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos  
A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a giant globe in the main venue hall of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009. INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
| OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or bilateral channels, Norway said on... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Star
Climate Change   Deforestation   Environment   Photos   UN  
Top Stories
 Chen Feng, chairman of Hainan Group, left, shows an airplane model of Grand China Air to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, center, and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, during a news conference at Logan International Airport in Boston, Thursday, March, 8, 2007 Deval Patrick is not Barack Obama
| Think Scott Brown's victory in liberal Massachusetts – for Ted Kennedy's seat, no less – has become an overworked metaphor to describe Barack Obama's political plig... (photo: AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki) The Guardian
Brown   Deval   Liberal   Photos   Political  
An unidentified man stands in front of a burned home in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Gunshots heard in violence-wracked Nigerian town
| JOS, Nigeria -- Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell) The State
Killing   Nigeria   Photos   Victims   Violence  
Farouk Hosny - Egyptian minister of culture. ula1 Egypt to pay for restoration of all synagogues
| CAIRO: Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister today, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's... (photo: WN) Ohio
Cairo   Country   Egypt   Photos   Restoration  
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Clinton seeks Nigeria trial for Jos massacres
| Mark Lipdo of the Stefanos Foundation said he witnessed the massacre | US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for k... (photo: Creative Commons / U.S. Department of State) BBC News
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   US  
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (podium) opens the UN's World Summit on Food Security in Rome, Italy. Mr. Ban discussed various measures to combat the hunger which afflicts one billion people worldwide, from providing food aid to investing in agricultural development. UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for calm as 500 Christians slaughtered in Nigeria
| UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint today after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped ... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Christians   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   UN  
Togo riot police face off supporters of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre protested in Lome, Togo. Tuesday March 9, 2010. Togo Police Seal Off Opposition Headquarters
| LOMÉ, Togo (AP) — Anti-riot police officers on Monday sealed off the alleyways leading to the headquarters of Togo’s largest opposition party, strand... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The New York Times
Election   Fraud   Photos   Police   Togo  
Condoms Britain sends South Africa 42m condoms in HIV fight before World Cup
| • Host nation has one-in-five rate of HIV/Aids among adults | • Plea for an extra billion condoms before football fans descend | A teenage prostitute holds on to he... (photo: Creative Commons / peachy92) The Guardian
Africa   Britain   Condoms   Disease   Photos  
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Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
Ex-wife criticises Mandela in UK newspaper
Etisalat witnesses growth in Egypt
Controversial Egyptian cleric leaves mixed legacy
A man speaks on his cell phone in front of a giant globe in the main venue hall of the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Tuesday Dec. 15, 2009.
INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests
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Kanu Makes His Life Movie Move
Australian Film Festival starts March 11
Joshi underlines rural development cooperation between India
Armstrong in Cape Town
Aswan Street, Egypt, Oct 2004
Egypt: A View from the Street
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Society Music & Movies
NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites
Social Communication Minister Visited Angop
'Elinga' and 'Movimento X' Run Painting Exhi
SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility
Soil - Drought - El Nio
NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites
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Producer Launches Musical Contest "Caça Talentos"
Forgiveness in Hollywood
Elton John recording album with Leon Russell
Senegalese filmmaker, festival founder Mahama Johnson Traore
Girls Aloud... Something Kinda Ooooh!
Recording Girls Aloud covers in Ghana
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Women & Fashion Health & Science
Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
Egypt's top cleric actively courted controversy with his
Nigerian mothers recall children’s slaughter
Controversial Egyptian cleric leaves mixed legacy
Egyptian and Saudi officials carry the coffin of Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar
Was Egypt's Sheikh Tantawi a liberal or a stooge?
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Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
KENYA: Thousands hit by flooding
CHAD: Wipe out corruption, wipe out polio
Global Agency Reconsiders `.xxx' for Porn Sites
HIV patients wait to receive their anti-retroviral medicine at the Deborah Retief hospital in Moshundi, Botswana
Circumcision may not cut HIV spread among gay men
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Sport Internet
South Africa will soon get things right, Pollock says
Golf Loses in BP Pullout
Nigerian Clubs Wear Black Armbands To Mourn Deceased Striker
West Indies thrash Zimbabwe to take one-day series lead
Somalia - food aid trucks
UN Report: Much of Somalia's Food Aid Diverted
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Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites
Global Internet agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites
Global Agency Reconsiders `.xxx' for Porn Sites
Togo riot police face off supporters of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre protested in Lome, Togo. Tuesday March 9, 2010.
Togo Police Seal Off Opposition Headquarters
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