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...share religious ties. Sixteen of the men jailed in Kuwait are Shi'ite Muslims who are thought to support Iran and its leader, the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. Hostages released from the jetliner said the gunmen often spoke in religious terms. Sherif Mahrojk Badrawi, a Kuwait Airways ticket agent in Cairo, called them "good Muslims" who "spoke to us in a very Koranic language. They were always using verses from the Koran." The hijackers are thought to belong to Hizballah, a radical Shi'ite group...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden Paris: Jordan Bonfante, / Adam Zagorin Bonn: John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...
Europe: Christopher Redman London: Christopher Ogden Paris: Jordan Bonfante, Adam Zagorin Bonn: John Kohan Rome: Sam Allis, Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: Kenneth W. Banta Moscow: James O. Jackson, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Johanna McGeary Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde ! Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Ross H. Munro Bangkok: Dean Brelis Beijing: Sandra Burton Hong Kong: William Stewart, Jay Branegan Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Yukinori Ishikawa, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Peter Stoler Mexico City: John Borrell, John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...
Maher Abaza, Egypt's Minister of Energy, sits in semidarkness in his cavernous Cairo office, the only light a small desk lamp and neon bulbs overhead. "This is a very hard year for our country's power system," he explains. "I have told the Egyptian people clearly -- we do not have enough." At the Aswan High Dam, Supervisor Hamdi el Shaffei observes, "Water is our fuel. Not a drop is wasted." Under his feet, huge turbines hum as thousands of gallons of precious Nile River water gush past each second, heading north on the last...
...press. The sense of urgency increased last month when officials decided to save water by adding an extra week to the dam's annual 21-day maintenance period, when water flow is sharply reduced. The results downstream were dramatic: parts of the Nile's muddy bottom in Cairo were exposed for the first time, and tourist boats cruising between Aswan and Luxor suddenly confronted midstream sandbars, making passage impossible...