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...Though Egyptian billionaire MOHAMED AL-FAYED failed to win British citizenship (again) this month, it hasn't impeded his plans to spend eternity in the U.K. Fayed, whose son Dodi died in the car crash that also killed Princess Diana, owns the London department store Harrods. Last week Fayed's spokesman said the Anglophile tycoon would like to have himself mummified after death, then have his coffin placed in a dome at the top of the store. The spokesman also said, hopefully in jest, that Fayed would like to have "a hundred clones of himself made so he can come...
...kettle black. The latest public critic of increasingly under-fire Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is none other than that most unloved of modern-day diplomats -- former U.N. secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali. According to the New York Times, in his new book, "Unvanquished: A U.S.-U.N. Saga," the Egyptian envoy savages Albright's diplomatic abilities. "She seemed to assume," he wrote, "that her mere assertion of a U.S. policy should be sufficient to achieve the support of other nations," and tended to lecture foreign leaders rather than engage in the "difficult diplomatic work of persuading [them] to go along...
...York trial of an accused aide to alleged terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden may prove damaging to U.S. intelligence agencies. Former U.S. Army sergeant -- and Egyptian army major -- Ali Mohamed was indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiracy for his alleged role in providing military training to Bin Laden operatives intent on destroying the United States. Mohamed was charged after the failure of an eight-month attempt by U.S. law enforcement officials to get him to cooperate...
...LADIES, EITHER Disney recently asked Elton John and Tim Rice to update Aida, the opera about an Egyptian's doomed love for an Ethiopian slave. They did more than just lighten the tone. While Verdi has Egyptians making garlands for soldiers, John and Rice have the Spice Girls singing about panties...
Stop by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for another culturally enriching event. In between viewing exhibits on Egyptian Funerary artifacts, French photography and Mary Cassatt, catch the final Sunday "Mozart at the MFA" concert at 3 p.m. The MFA also has a gift shop and a restaurant. Call 267-9300 for exhibit and concert details. $20, $16 students...