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Egyptian FM delays trip to Israel
Egypt's foreign minister postponed his visit to Israel on Saturday, two days after Israeli troops killed three Egyptian paramilitary policemen on the Gaza Strip border. In an overnight statement published in Egyptian media Saturday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit had discussed with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom "choosing a new date" for the Nov. 24 visit, which will now be "in the first half of December." Egypt condemned Israel's killing of three border police in the dark hours of Thursday morning. Israel promptly apologized for the incident, saying one of its tanks mistakenly fired at the police when it had been ordered to shoot at militants on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border. But many Egyptians did not accept the apology. About 600 people demonstrated against the killing on Friday in Cairo, holding banners with slogans such as "The pigs' apology doesn't quench our rage."
Posted by: Fred 2004-11-21 |
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