Egypt cancels official opening of synagogue

Egypt cancelled the formal opening on Sunday of a renovated 19th-century synagogue in Cairo in protest at what antiquities chief Zahi Hawass called "provocative" Jewish and Israeli actions. Both Hawass and Culture Minister Faruq Hosni had been due to attend the event a

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