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NEWS FEATURE: Egyptians try to make sense of Cairo bombing

Egyptians try to make sense of Cairo bombingCairo  - As the morning light broke on Monday over minarets crowding the 1,500-year-old Cairo neighbourhood where a bomb had killed a French tourist and wounded 21 others the night before, Egyptians tried to make sense of the attack.

Many asked themselves who could have been responsible.

"We cannot really point a finger and say an Iranian or a Jew did it, maybe it is someone from Gaza who wants to tell people, 'wake up,' because these bombings are frequent in places like Gaza and Iraq," said Rifaat al-Sheikh told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Monday.

NEWS FEATURE: A rare silence falls on site of Cairo bomb attack

A rare silence falls on site of Cairo bomb attackCairo  - An h

Al-Zawahiri urges Hamas to continue fight

Ayman al zawahiriCairo - Deputy al-Qaeda leader Amyan al-Zawahiri urged Hamas not to accept a truce to end fighting in the Gaza Strip in a new video message distributed over the Internet.

"Israel's Arab aides are attempting to impose on the people of Gaza a truce which will stop their Jihad in exchange for the lifting of the embargo (on the Gaza Strip)," al-Zawahiri said, according to a transcript of the tape posted to Islamist websites alongside the video on Sunday.

Al-Zawahiri urges Hamas to continue fight

Al-Zawahiri urges Hamas to continue fight Cairo - Deputy al-Qaeda leader Amyan al-Zawahiri urged Hamas not to accept a truce to end fighting in the Gaza Strip in a new video message distributed over the Internet.

"Israel's Arab aides are attempting to impose on the people of Gaza a truce which will stop their Jihad in exchange for the lifting of the embargo (on the Gaza Strip)," al-Zawahiri said, according to a transcript of the tape posted to Islamist websites alongside the video on Sunday.

Suspects arrested in Cairo bombing investigation

Suspects arrested in Cairo bombing investigation Cairo - Egyptian police arrested five suspects in connection with a bomb attack on a popular tourist destination in Cairo that killed one person and injured 21 others, the Egyptian Ministry of Interior announced on Monday.

According to a security official who spoke to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, three of the suspects, two women and one man, were then released on Monday morning. Two suspects remain in custody.

NATO condemns "cowardly" terrorist attack in Cairo

NATO officers reject order to fight drug gangs Brussels - NATO on Monday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the terrorist attack in Cairo that killed a French woman and injured several Europeans and Egyptian civilians.

"There can be no justification for this cowardly and pointless attack," NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a statement issued by the alliance's headquarters in Brussels.

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