• Egypt's el-Sissi heads to Moscow in rare visit to Russian capital by Arab nation's army chief
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[IMG]http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/7/26/1374840748995/Abdel-Fattah-el-Sissi-008.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]CAIRO - Egypt's military chief is heading to Moscow in a rare visit to the Russian capital by the Arab nation's top commander — and the first since the popularly-backed coup that ousted the country's Islamist president last summer. Military spokesman Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali says Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi is accompanied on the trip, which starts Wednesday, by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. Ali says the trip follows the "historic" visit by a top-level Russian delegation in November. Moscow is trying to expand its influence in Egypt, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, at a time when U.S.-Egyptian relations have soured after the military's ouster of President Mohammed Morsi last July.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Egypt+Driveby+shooting+leaves+policemen+dead+highway+east/9496762/story.html[/url]
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