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	Egypt to spend $10.5b to upgrade irrigation CAIRO- Egypt plans to spend an initial 60 billion Egyptian pounds ($10.5 billion) to upgrade the country's irrigation network, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing the agriculture minister. >>> More

	Official on trial for painting theft CAIRO - Egypt's Prosecutor General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud Monday referred Mohssen Shaalan, the First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Head of Sector of Fine Arts, together with 10 other defendants, to the Criminal Court to be tried over the theft of van Gogh's painting 'Poppy Flowers' from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Giza last month. >>> More

	Protest over alleged Coptic convert CAIRO - Hundreds of Muslim worshippers and activists from the social networking website Facebook protested Sunday night outside Amr Ibn el-Aas Mosque in Old Cairo, calling for the release of Camilia Shehata, the wife of a priest who has allegedly converted to Islam and then disappeared around a month ago. >>> More

	Bon appetit, auntie It's half an hour before iftar (the fast-breaking meal). The Muslim holy month of Ramadan traditionally changes the lifestyle of almost everyone in Egypt and affects almost every nook and cranny of the country. And the Greater Cairo Underground is no exception. >>> More

	Debt-ridden man claims finding stolen painting CAIRO-A tanning-workshop owner in Giza, south of Cairo has claimed that he found the stolen "Poppy Flowers", a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece in a desperate bid to secure a reward and repay his debts, a security official said Sunday. >>> More

	Sentence for 2 lawyers commuted CAIRO-An appeal court in the Nile Delta town of Tanta Sunday jailed two lawyers, accused of assaulting a local prosecutor and vandalism,to 37 months in prison each. >>> More

	Mubarak pledges more reforms CAIRO--President Hosni Mubarak Sunday night pledged to continue reforms in order to "create a modern civil country and a vigorous society" in Egypt. >>> More

	TV commentator to stand trial for FM slander CAIRO-Egypt's Chief Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud Sunday referred to a criminal court TV commentator Hamdi Qandil on charges of slandering Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit. >>> More

	ME peace talks to resume in Egypt CAIRO-The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. >>> More

	Red-handed No divorce for dangerous housewife:A housewife in Kafr el-Bustan near Damietta got two of her male relatives to help her set her husband alight, because he refused to divorce her, so that she could marry her lover. >>> More

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