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CAIRO (AP) — Archaeologists in Egypt discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum that may be of Ramses II, one of the country’s most famous and longest ruling ancient pharaohs. The colossus, a large ...

CAIRO — While the ancient Egyptian empire fell a millennia ago, discoveries from the time period are still being uncovered. A team of archeologists from Egypt and Germany have found a colossal statue ...

Beloved in her homeland of France and among the poor she helped in one of Cairo’s worst slums, Sister Emmanuelle died today at the age of 99. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the French nun, who ...

The people have grown cynical over the years and no longer get their hopes up when government officials and journalists come around to ask about... In Cairo Slum, Little Hope For Change "Is your story ...

Hundreds of Christians demonstrated late Wednesday near a large Cairo slum, blocking a major highway and clashing with police following the shooting death of a Christian man the day before, said a ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - When an uprising ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, Egyptians in the impoverished Cairo neighbourhood of Imbaba rejoiced. The revolt raised hopes that a democratic government ...

CAIRO, Aug 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In a compound in southeastern Cairo, Elham Fouad walks through a clean, organised street full of colourful buildings with her husband and young daughter.

CAIRO (AP) — In a slum inhabited by Cairo's legions of informal garbage collectors, children in tattered sandals walk down muddy, trash-strewn alleys to get to Mama Maggie's community center, where ...