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...Right before he left, the White House added a little side-trip to Tanzania (a mere five hours' flight farther east) to help out good friend Nelson Mandela with the tricky Burundian peace talks. In mid-journey it announced that on the way back he'd pop in on Cairo, Egypt, for some consultations with President Mubarak about the Middle East peace talks...
...today--Ross plays Middle East diplomacy like an NBA guard: with a broad game plan in mind but with quick movements, spontaneity and flexibility between quarters. Sometimes flying commercial, he's equally likely to order up Air Force planes on a moment's notice to jet him to Cairo, Damascus or Amman...
...grandson of highly respected kyais--Muslim scholars--Wahid learned the Koran in traditional Muslim schools, or pesantren. Despite stints studying in Cairo and Baghdad--mostly spent reading Western literature and watching movies--Wahid has remained close to his roots. He relies on the N.U. organization for his political support and still meets regularly with a wide network of kyai friends...
...Cairo was one of many examples of what Steve Lopez writes about in this issue: the attempt to restore Main Streets into quaint shopping and entertainment areas in reaction to the spread of big malls. It's a very localized version of what is sometimes called the Rousing of America--the creation by developers such as James Rouse of entertaining renovated shopping areas like Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston or Harborplace in Baltimore, Md. Now you can find the Rousing impulse in small towns such as Cairo or tiny hamlets such as Kimmswick, Mo., which are exposing every brick...
CREVE COEUR, MO. Two entrepreneurs want to transform the way people experience cemeteries CAIRO, ILL. A town once seared by racial conflict tries to rebuild itself