NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug 29, 2006 (AFP)
US President George W. Bush said Tuesday he's no longer reading French philosopher Albert Camus but tries to keep his reading list "eclectic."
Bush, on his 13th trip to New Orleans since it flooded one year ago, said he was reading about the region. "Well, I'm reading about the battle of New Orleans right now," Bush said in an interview with "NBC Nightly News." |
Created: 30.08.2006 19:57 MSK (GMT +3), Updated: 19:58 MSK
MosNews Russia's 24-satellite navigational and global positioning system, Glonass, will be fully deployed by 2010, the country's Defense Ministry said Wednesday, RIA Novosti news agency reports.
The ministry's press office said the development and use of Glonass was discussed in Moscow at a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and members of a government military commission. "In his introductory speech, Sergei Ivanov said Glonass was extremely important to the country's defense and its economic development, and was ranked among the strategically vital elements of the country's infrastructure," the office said. |
By LEE KEATH
Associated Press August 30, 2006 CAIRO, Egypt - Naguib Mahfouz, who became the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels depicting modern Egyptian life in his beloved, millennium-old corner of Islamic Cairo, died Wednesday, his doctor said. He was 94.
Mahfouz, who was accused of blasphemy by an Islamic militant and survived a stabbing attack 12 years ago, was admitted to the hospital last month after falling in his home and injuring his head. He died Wednesday morning after his health declined sharply, said Dr. Hossam Mowafi, head of a medical team supervising his treatment at the Police Hospital. |
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