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...cultures. Indeed, if an Indian Mac tastes a little different, that's because it's a "lamb-burger" - eating beef offends Hindu tradition. Forget about ordering a cheeseburger at a kosher outlet in Israel (mixing milk and meat is a no-no), but you could always console yourself in Cairo with a "McFalafel," or in Bangkok with a "Samurai Pork Burger." Big Macs are hard to find on the menus of the 80 Mcdonald's outlets in Beijing, which include spicy chicken wings and red bean pie - the Big Mac is there, of course, it's just sporting a more...
...support for Israel in the course of the current Palestinian intifada, for example, aroused deep hostility on the streets of Cairo, Amman and Riyadh, and boycott calls threatened McDonald's revenues. So, nimble local marketing executives found novel ways to reclaim their market share. In Saudi Arabia, the local license-holders for McDonald's came up with a unique promotion during Ramadan two years ago - giving 25 cents (American) out of every sandwich sold to that country's 'Al Quds Intifada Fund,' which supported Palestinian children's hospitals treating casualties of the uprising. And in Egypt, local marketers chose singer...
...imams and priests, which resulted in a joint declaration that condemned "killing innocents in the name of God" and committed the signatories "to throw their moral weight behind attempts to stop the violence." Participants included Israeli and Palestinian cabinet members, and the head of Islam's most prestigious university, Cairo's Al Azhar...
...sultans of Malaysia's nine states. Salahuddin married four times, lastly exchanging controversial vows with a 19-year-old. DIED. MOHAMED IBRAHIM KAMEL, 74, the former Egyptian Foreign Minister who resigned at Camp David in the wake of the historical peace accords between Israel and Egypt in 1978; in Cairo. Kamel was the second Egyptian Foreign Minister to resign in a period of a year, disagreeing with President Anwar Sadat's policies. DIED. MARY KAY ASH, 83, founder of the cosmetics company Mary Kay Inc. and one of the most influential women in American business; in Dallas. Ash created...
...troops and more than 100 rebels were killed. Police in Malaysia later nabbed Misuari, who has been stripped of his powers EGYPT Military Trial Ninety-four alleged Islamic extremists denied charges of plotting to overthrow the state at the opening of their trial in a military court near Cairo. Several of the mainly Egyptian defendants protested their innocence from a cage in the courtroom. Most of them were arrested in May on charges of collecting donations for the Palestinian uprising and for Chechnya, but more serious charges were added later. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Money Talks An E.U. delegation persuaded...