| Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will go to Germany on Sunday to have surgery the following day for a slipped disc. Mubarak, 76, has delayed several meetings with important visitors this month amid rumours about his health. He put off a meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom because of a sprained ankle, an official source said at the time, and a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie last week also took place later than expected. But state television showed the president in apparently good health on Wednesday, standing and talking to reporters about Egyptian plans to help the Palestinians with security. |