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		<title>Are we now &#8216;friends&#8217; of al-Qaeda in Libya?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Belgium was one of the 'Friends of Libya' in Paris. But does the prime minister realise that these Libyan 'friends' include a former al-Qaeda fighter?
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		<title>Indiana Hawass and the pharaoh&#8217;s curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 09:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zahi Hawass may liken himself to Indiana Jones, but the minister of antiquities is one artifact of the old regime Egyptians want to live without.

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		<title>How African is the Arab revolution?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the 'Arab' revolution started in North Africa, most debate has focused on the Arab world, but what about the rest of Africa? ]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile revolution in the Middle East</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/science/mobile-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You won’t fool the children of the revolution.” Especially not if they’re Twittering away on their mobile phones.]]></description>
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		<title>Defiantly delusional</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/europe/european-union/defiantly-delusional/</link>
		<comments>http://chronikler.com/europe/european-union/defiantly-delusional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[africa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi and Silvio Berlusconi have something in common: delusions of grandeur that keep them desperately holding on to the reins of power.]]></description>
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		<title>The Jasmine Revolution</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/politics/jasmine-revolution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tunisia's revolution will spread the scent of its jasmine to oppressed nations all over the region.]]></description>
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		<title>The mother of all clashes</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/egypt/ahly-zamalek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Osama Diab  It&#8217;s true that football divides Egyptians today, but it also, paradoxically, unites them on so many other levels. 30 December 2010 Today, once again, Egypt will be divided, but this time not based on sectarian tension between Muslims and Copts or political rivalry between the government and the opposition, but between supporters of Ahly and Zamalek, Cairo&#8217;s arch-rival football clubs. People in Egypt take their football seriously, especially when the clash is between Egypt&#8217;s and Africa&#8217;s most successful football sides.   Even though this pugnacity rarely gets violent, it is commonplace on the derby day for fans of both clubs to avoid watching the game with supporters of the opposite side. Even the one family is divided on that football festival. Ahly fans in the living room, while the odd Zamalek fan would watch it with his fellow Zamalkaweya in some street cafe while sucking on a shisha to keep the stress level under control. It&#8217;s also common for the fans to verbally harass the enemies a few hours before the battle breaks out.  But among all this harmless hostility on the day of this Cairo derby, there is also a very positive aspect to it, which is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The curse of the Nile</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/middle-east/africa/the-curse-of-the-nile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Egypt is certainly the gift of the Nile, but the great river could become east Africa’s curse. What are the chances of a future ‘water war’? ]]></description>
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		<title>Deserts, desolation and development</title>
		<link>http://chronikler.com/travel/sudan2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amid the sweltering heat and omnipresent dust, Andrew Eatwell discovers Sudan's hospitable and friendly face – and its rapidly developing capital.]]></description>
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		<title>More to Sudan than meets the West&#8217;s eye</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KhaledDiab</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite its reputation for war and violence, there is more to Sudan than meets the West's eye.]]></description>
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