Reuters
covers the fascinating drive to
get antiquated taxis
MISC
Interesting figures..
LA
Times compares: "in the squatter
neighborhoods of Giza, 23,000
babies are born each year"
...
while
"[the] upscale
neighborhood of Zamalek records
a mere 235 births each year."
Meanwhile, woman gives birth to septuplets..
Starting over... Reuters: "Air-conditioning for bears is part of efforts to revitalize the historical Giza Zoo and help it rejoin a world zoo association after its exclusion in 2004..."
A modest proposal... AFP: Veil shed for bikini on Egypt's women-only beaches...
Changing environments... BBC notes new road laws and new crashes...
SHOWBIZ
Too political...
Guardian: Censors have
refused
to allow the public release of Adam
Sandler's comedy You Don't Mess With
the Zohan.
ARCHAEOLOGY
Four small
Sphinx statues
found
near Luxor...
Brooklyn museum to show off fake Egypt sculptures
Brand
new look...
The Telegraph's
take on the
pyramids clean-up...
Plateau visitor
experience
gets
a modernization push....
Peace
move... Retired Egyptian diplomat named as
Arab League