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...Sallam Sallah Farag. He suggested having First Lieut. Khaled Ahmed Shawki el-Istambuli , a member of the Takfir wa Hijra (Atonement and Holy Flight) group, and three others shoot Sadat at the military-day parade. This plan was approved by Abboud Zomor in his hideout near the pyramids of Giza. It was also sanctioned by a fundamentalist group in the southern city of Asyut, which had launched attacks on police stations in Asyut soon after Sadat was killed. Finally, the plan was accepted by the plotters' spiritual leader, a blind mufti named Omar Ahmed Abdel Rahman...
...tens of thousands of Egyptians who, upon his return, greeted their smiling President with chants of "Sadat! The man of peace" as his open limousine slowly made its way from the airport to his home in Giza...
...resumption of the Palestinian autonomy negotiations after a hiatus of 16 months. Representatives of Egypt, Israel and the U.S. assembled in Cairo last week amid the usual displays of friendship and expressions of optimism. At the close of a two-day meeting at the Mena House Hotel, near the Giza pyramids, they announced a schedule for continuing discussions concerning that most difficult of unresolved questions, the nature of the "full autonomy" promised the Palestinian Arabs of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip under the Camp David accords. The plan is for diplomats of the three countries to meet...
...overland voyage from Giza's pyramids to Jerusalem's Wailing Wall used to require a leap of the imagination for Egyptians and Israelis. Today, as a result of normalized relations between their countries, they can make the journey by car or bus across the Sinai in a few hours. Last week Cairo Bureau Chief William Drozdiak made the crossing and sent this report...
...could describe Jerusalem as the apple of God's eye," observed Edward Koch, mayor of New York. Koch was in Israel and in Egypt on an unofficial nine-day tour to see the ancient sights and create a few new ones. Outside the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Giza, he gamely wrapped himself in Arab robes and called for "the toughest camel." Cracked Edward of Arabia as he mounted the snorting beast: "I want to look like Henry Kissinger looked." But the majestic surroundings also left Hizzoner humbled: "Will the ruins of New York City have the same grandeur...