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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: Egypt cancels unveiling of restored synagogue
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_synagogue"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100314/capt.12b5c7644bd24c8c938e5a77b31d5a22-12b5c7644bd24c8c938e5a77b31d5a22-0.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=EThpe.qh3jOVMpjqaxL2CQ--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, an Egyptian antiquities worker performs restoration work on the Ben Maimon Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt has canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue citing the Israeli oppression of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as excesses by Jews during an earlier ceremony at the synagogue. Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities spent seven months restoring the synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter and had been set to unveil it to the press Sunday, a week after its rededication in a private ceremony. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Egypt canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue on Sunday citing objections to Israel's treatment of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as alleged excesses during an earlier ceremony.</p><br clear="all"/>
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