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...which members adopted a resolution expressing concern over the detention of the American diplomats, and he asked several of Iran's Muslim neighbors, including Pakistan, for help. Fresh offers of assistance poured in. The Shah passed the word that he was willing to leave the U.S., leading Egyptian President Anwar Sadat ?who had denounced the seizure of the hostages as "a disgrace to Islam"?to offer to send his private jet to fly the ailing monarch to Cairo. Retired Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali announced he would be willing to exchange himself for the prisoners. Said...
Each of them was an imperious ruler of Egypt, albeit 32 centuries apart. Perhaps that was why President Anwar Sadat, the present ruler, leaned so solicitously over the glass-topped coffin of Pharaoh Ramses II last week at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Three years ago the mummified pharaoh, who built Abu Simbel in the course of his 67-year rule, developed-well, a fungus and parasites. He was shipped to Paris to be cured of the condition. Back in Cairo, Ramses II went on display again, along with a plaque noting that in 1258 B.C. he and Hattusilis, great...
...civil rights leader toured Israel, Jordan and Lebanon, where he had met with Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat. That was phase one of his self-appointed mission to promote U.S. and Israeli acceptance of the P.L.O. Phase two was a meeting in Cairo with Egypt's President Anwar Sadat. During the session...
...carpets for the comfort of guests who had paid up to $30,000 a table to hear him sing such golden oldies as The Lady Is a Tramp, Someone to Watch over Me and, of course, My Way. Between songs Sinatra cracked Italian and Jewish jokes and complimented Host Anwar Sadat: "He really is a great...
Basheer, a close friend and adviser of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, emphasizes that an eventual peace settlement between Israel and the Arabs must be fair to both sides. That means, Basheer said, that the final agreement should include provisions allowing the creation of an independent Palestinian state in occupied Israeli territory...