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        <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#CC0000" size="3"><b><font color="#990000">Cairo 

          Times</font><font color="#990000" size="2"> <br>

          Egypt's only independent English-language news magazine</font><font color="#990000"> 

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        <p><span class="resume"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">This 

          week:</font></b></span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>

          Torture, Sudanese refugees, Iraq dispatch, Press review, Music festival</font></p>

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        <p><strong>Note</strong>: The Cairo Times will be publishing on a reduced 

          schedule for the foreseeable future. We will be using the time to improve 

          the magazine through restructuring and refinancing, and will be returning 

          in due course to weekly publication.<br>

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        <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666"><b>news<br>

          </b></font><span class="titlefenster"><font color="#CC6600">Ministry 

          denies torture reports</font></span><font color="#000099"><br>

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        <p><span class="text">A report issued by the Egyptian Association against 

          Torture (EAAT) on 21 June provides evidence of abuse in prisons nationwide. 

          The report followed an unprecedented letter from the Ministry of the 

          Interior to members of the New York-based Human Rights Watch, denying 

          accusations that 38 incidents of torture and seven deaths occurred at 

          the hands of state security intelligence officers. <br>

          In the letter, issued 29 February, the ministry claimed that all seven 

          deaths could be attributed to suicide or infighting among prisoners, 

          and that 19 of the 38 alleged cases of torture &#8220;did not happen.&#8221; 

          Investigations are pending in the remaining cases.<br>

          When EAAT announced its findings, the group accused the government of 

          operating solely to defend its reputation abroad. <br>

          &#8220;With Egypt&#8217;s public image at stake, the ministry&#8217;s 

          reaction is a form of damage control,&#8221; said EAAT founder and president, 

          Aida Seif Al Dawla. &#8220;As a result, not a single police officer 

          or prison guard has ever been prosecuted for the mistreatment of prisoners 

          and detainees.&#8221; <a href="/news/torture0815.html">full story</a></span></p>

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        <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666"><b>news<br>

          </b></font><font color="#000099"><span class="titlefenster"><font color="#CC6600">Status 

          of the nation</font></span><br>

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      <div align="justify"> <span class="text">Sudanese refugees in Cairo say 

        a recent decision by the United Nations to suspend resettlement interviews 

        for six months confuses their situation and throws their future into doubt. 

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        The policy change by the United Nations High Commisser for Refugees (UNHCR), 

        which took effect on 1 June, suspends individual interviews for Sudanese 

        asylum seekers until the political situation in the war-torn country becomes 

        clearer. <br>

        &#8220;This is not a major policy change,&#8221; says Damtew Dessalegne, 

        assistant regional representative at UNHCR&#8217;s Cairo office. <br>

        &#8220;The changes we have introduced are in fact to the benefit of asylum 

        seekers in Egypt,&#8221; he told the Cairo Times. He says all refugees 

        will continue to be granted UNCHR status that will allow them to obtain 

        temporary resident status in Egypt.<br><a href="http://pujckaonlinedohodiny.cz/">Rychl� Poj
ka</a>

        </span><span class="text">The UNHCR made the decision in response to the 

        nascent peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese 

        People&#8217;s Liberation Army (SPLA), who until recently were embroiled 

        in the world&#8217;s longest-running civil war. <a href="/news/sudanese0815.html">full 

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        <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666"><b>dispatch<br>

          </b></font><span class="titlefenster"><font color="#CC6600">Coming apart 

          at the seams</font></span><font color="#000099"><br>

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      <div align="justify"> <span class="text">Global leaders and citizens have 

        spent this year anticipating and arguing over what would happen after 

        the 30 June transfer of power in Iraq. As the days ticked down, bringing 

        the country closer to the transfer of sovereignty to an Iraqi interim 

        government, a long-expected run of terror bombings ripped through Iraqi 

        cities, fanning fears that sovereignty would do nothing to improve Iraqis&#8217; 

        most frequently articulated complaint, security.<br>

        Still, some Iraqis are optimistic about the transfer. They detested rule 

        by foreigners, particularly the coalition leadership, which was perceived 

        to be arrogant and unable to admit error. The public irresolution and 

        private nepotism of the coalition&#8217;s appointed Iraqi Governing Council 

        also sapped their confidence. Many of the optimists have warmed to the 

        new Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who has gone on television vowing to take 

        whatever &#8220;drastic measures&#8221; may be necessary to improve the 

        security situation. Others have their confidence inspired by the new president, 

        Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Ghazi Al Yawar, whose stately robes, some say, 

        show that he is a man at home in a traditional society, who will know 

        how to wield his authority in a way that people respect. <a href="/content/archive08/iraq0815.html">full 

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        <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="1" color="#666666">press 

          review </font></b></font><font color="#333333"><span class="titlefenster"><br>

          </span></font><font color="#CC6600">&#8220;Total cultural collapse&#8221;</font><font color="#000066"><br>

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      <p class="text">Does <strong>Samir Ragab</strong> live in Egypt? That&#8217;s 

        the question on everyone&#8217;s lips after his bizarre commentary on 

        Safwat Al Sherif&#8217;s move from information minister to head of the 

        Shura Council. &#8220;I believe that the choice of Sherif as speaker of 

        the Shura Council will bear positively on the march for democracy in Egypt 

        under the leadership of President Mubarak,&#8221; the editor of the state&#8217;s 

        <em>Al Gomhouriya</em> daily wrote in his 26 June publication. &#8220;In 

        addition, I&#8217;m confident that the choice of Sherif will enhance the 

        role of the Supreme Council for Journalism in promoting democracy in the 

        country.&#8221; Huh?<br>

        Other writers said that difficulties in creating democratic institutions 

        in Egpyt caused not individuals but in the sickness of the system as a 

        whole. In the opposition press, <em>Al Wafd</em> editor <strong>Abbas 

        Al Tarabili</strong> said that the president&#8217;s illness had delayed 

        the announcement of a new government and added to political paralysis. 

        &#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for the president&#8217;s condition, the government 

        would have been changed. That&#8217;s what people are saying. They also 

        say that the president&#8217;s illness has saved the government from falling 

        and prolonged its life,&#8221; he wrote in the 27 June issue. &#8220;What 

        we want is a real change, by the will of the whole nation and not just 

        a small section that&#8217;s only looking for its interests. We want a 

        democratic change in a democratic manner. We don&#8217;t want one group 

        to suddenly jump into the job, because that&#8217;s been Egypt&#8217;s 

        tragedy before. <a href="/content/archive08/press0815.html">full story</a></p></td>

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        <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font size="1" color="#666666">culture<br>

          </font></b></font><span class="titlefenster"><font color="#CC6600">Sax, 

          drums and rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll</font><font color="#000066"><br>

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      <p align="left" class="text">On 21 June, Cairo&#8217;s 11th F&ecirc;te de 

        la Musique gathered singers, percussionists, a jazz band and a Frenchman 

        with an upright bass for a night of music beside the Nile. The event was 

        part of the international F&ecirc;te de la Musique, which started in Paris 

        in 1982 and quickly spread to over 120 countries around the world.<br>

        Intended to &#8220;democratize&#8221; access to live music by providing 

        free outdoor concerts, the F&ecirc;te takes place simultaneously across 

        Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Asia and South America on the evening 

        of 21 June&#8212;the summer solstice.<br>

        Cairo&#8217;s F&ecirc;te is run by the city&#8217;s French cultural center, 

        the CFCC. Vincent Martigny, a charming, energetic Parisian, has worked 

        on the event for the past three years. Organizing Cairo&#8217;s own Woodstock 

        or Glastonbury has its own difficulties, he explains. &#8220;Egyptian 

        audiences aren&#8217;t used to the idea of outdoor festivals.&#8221; <br>

        Despite this, Cairenes have been quick to embrace the festival. The 2004 

        event attracted a 3,000-strong audience, a third bigger than last year&#8217;s.<br>

        Despite this, Cairenes have been quick to embrace the festival. The 2004 

        event attracted a 3,000-strong audience, a third bigger than last year&#8217;s. 

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