Egypt's Unesco hopeful in book burning row

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Egypt’s Unesco hopeful in book burning row

Farouk Hosny Egypt’s culture minister, and candidate to lead Unesco, the UN’s cultural arm, has expressed “solemn regret” over a May 2008 pledge to burn Israeli books in Egyptian libraries. Read more here

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28 May 09

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Iran’s supreme court overturns death sentence given to Toomaj Salehi

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