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View of the facade of the National Police of Panama (DIJ) headquarters in Panama City on July 19, 2013. (AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)

Fugitive ex-CIA station chief returned to US

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 20, 2013 | World

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ex-CIA station chief Robert Seldon Lady, who was sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for his involvement in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, will not be returned to Italy to begin his sentence after being arrested in...

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19 killed in Egypt train crash

19 killed in Egypt train crash

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 15, 2013 | Middle East

CAIRO (AP) — The accident comes less than two weeks after a new transportation minister was appointed to overhaul the rail system, and just two months after a deadly collision between a train and school bus. The official MENA news agency quoted Health Ministry...

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Arab Republic of Egypt

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 11, 2012 | Country Brief

[map id=”countryBriefMapIn” w=”676″ h=”350″ z=”7″ maptype=”TERRAIN” address=”Cairo, Egypt” marker=”yes”] Timeline • 1859: Work on the Suez Canal project, an artificial waterway...