Word: shafei
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Shamir meantime met with Egypt's Assistant Secretary of State Shafei Abdel Hamid, the highest-ranking Cairo official to visit Israel since Egypt recalled its ambassador in 1982 to protest the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The Prime Minister urged that the moribund negotiations on autonomy for the West Bank's 800,000 Palestinians be revived, but he flatly ruled out involving Palestine Liberation Organization Chief Yasser Arafat. Shamir's smile, however, could quickly fade. A senior diplomatic source told TIME in Cairo last week that during Hosni Mubarak's meeting with Arafat two weeks...
...SURFACE, it was a minor diplomatic incident. On route to Ethiopia early last month, the Vice-President of the Soviet government, a man named lebitchov, made a quick stopover at Cairo International Airport for some brief talks with Shafei Abdul Harnid, a representative of the Egyptian foreign minister. After their conversation, the Russian delivered what he called "an important message" from the Kremlin. The Soviet government, always on the lookout for potential stooges in destabilized regions, is apparently eager to renew its friendship with Egypt after more than a decade of severed relations and often open hostility. If successful, Moscow...
...pressure-packed finals of major tournaments. Instead, he is shakiest in the early rounds, "before I have a chance to get the feel of the court, the atmosphere of the tournament, the sense of my game." Ironically, his opening round opponent at Wimbledon is Egypt's Ismail El Shafei, 32, one of three players to beat Borg there. He eliminated the Swede in the third round of the 1974 Wimbledon...