Egypt

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Holger Osieck (l) the coach of Australia directs his players as Hassan Shehata (r) the Egypt coach looks on during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Scott McDonald (4th r) and Dario Vidosic (r) of Australia wait to restart after conceding the third goal during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Scott McDonald of Australia is squeezed out by Ahmed Dewidar (2nd l), Ahmed Samir Farag ( l) and Ibrahim Salah (r) during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Scott McDonald of Australia is squeezed out by Ahmed Dewidar (#12), Ahmed Samir Farag (2nd l) and Ibrahim Salah (r) during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Mile Jedinak (l) of Australia walks to the sidelines after his right eye was cut during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Lucas Neill (l) captain of Australia scratches his head after his team conceded the second goal during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Lucas Neill (l), Mark Schwarzer (2nd l) Tim Cahill (2nd r) and Scott McDonald (r) of Australia during the anthems before the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt's secular Wafd party chairman Al-Sayed al-Badawi arrives to his party's headquarters in Cairo on December 2, 2010. The Muslim Brotherhood and the secular Wafd party withdrew from Egypt's election after a crushing first-round defeat by the president's ruling party marred by alleged fraud and violence.

Egypt's secular Wafd party chairman Al-Sayed al-Badawi arrives to his party's headquarters in Cairo on December 2, 2010. The Muslim Brotherhood and the secular Wafd party withdrew from Egypt's election after a crushing first-round defeat by the president's ruling party marred by alleged fraud and violence.

Supporters of Egypt's liberal Wafd party candidate Atef el-Ashmoni shout slogans as they call on him to compete in the run-off of the general election in Cairo on December 2, 2010. Egypt's liberal Wafd opposition party officially confirmed that it would not participate in the second round of a parliamentary election its says was marred by fraud.

A supporter of Egypt's liberal Wafd party candidate Atef el-Ashmoni shouts slogans calling on him to compete in the run-off of the general election in Cairo on December 2, 2010. Egypt's liberal Wafd opposition party officially confirmed that it would not participate in the second round of a parliamentary election its says was marred by fraud.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) gestures towards his unseen Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi (R) prior to a meeting in Budapest on December 9, 2010. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is on an official visit to Hungary.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) is welcomed by his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi (R) prior to a meeting in Budapest on December 9, 2010. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is on an official visit to Hungary.

Supporters of Egypt's secular Wafd party shout slogans as they call for an election boycott at the party headquarters in Cairo on December 2, 2010. Egypt's liberal Wafd opposition party officially confirmed that it would not participate in the second round of a parliamentary election its says was marred by fraud.

A member of Egypt's secular Wafd party holds a ballot which the party says is fraudulent at its headquarters in Cairo on December 2, 2010. Egypt's liberal Wafd opposition party officially confirmed that it would not participate in the second round of a parliamentary election its says was marred by fraud.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) is welcomed by his Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi (R) prior to a meeting in Budapest on December 9, 2010. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is on an official visit to Hungary.

Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (L) gestures towards his unseen Hungarian counterpart Janos Martonyi prior to a meeting in Budapest on December 9, 2010. Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is on an official visit to Hungary.

Supporters of Egypt's secular Wafd party shout slogans as they call for an election boycott at the party headquarters in Cairo on December 2, 2010. Egypt's liberal Wafd opposition party officially confirmed that it would not participate in the second round of a parliamentary election its says was marred by fraud.

Supporters of Egypt's secular Wafd party hold signs calling for an election boycott at the party headquarters in Cairo on December 2, 2010. Egypt's liberal Wafd opposition party officially confirmed that it would not participate in the second round of a parliamentary election its says was marred by fraud.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Hassan Shehata the coach of Egypt receives a hand shake after his sides 3-0 victory during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Mark Schwarzer (c) the Australia goalkeeper walks off the field after his teams 0-3 defeat during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Mark Schwarzer (c) the Australia goalkeeper walks off the field after his teams 0-3 defeat during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon smiles during the weekly Cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, 10 October 2004. Sharon said although the attacks occurred in Egypt and hurt Egypt, they were aimed at Israeli citizens, referring to a series of bomb-attacks at beach resorts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing 34 people and injuring over 100.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon smiles during the weekly Cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office, 10 October 2004. Sharon said although the attacks occurred in Egypt and hurt Egypt, they were aimed at Israeli citizens, referring to a series of bomb-attacks at beach resorts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing 34 people and injuring over 100.

An October 09, 2010, file photo shows a Palestinian man covering his face as he prepares to smuggle sacks full of food, beauty products and second-hand clothes, as well as construction material, into Egypt through a dusty underground tunnes linking the southern Gaza Strip to Egypt. Egypt is not doing enough to stop arms smuggling into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli intelligence official said on November 14, 2010, in what was a rare criticism of Cairo.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Jason Culina of Australia leaps above the challenge of Ahmed Samir Farag of Egypt during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Jason Culina of Australia leaps above the challenge of Ahmed Samir Farag of Egypt during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt's new foreign minister Ahmed Maher (R), a former ambassador to both Washington and Moscow, poses for a picture with his outgoing counterpart Amr Mussa 15 May 2001 at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. Mussa will become the Arab league's secretary general 16 May 2001.

Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, tours on October 19, 2010 a recently-discovered tomb of a priest who conducted prayer rituals before statues of a dead pharaoh more than 4,000 years ago, near the Giza pyramids, south of Cairo, which dates back to the Fifth Dynasty of 2,514 to 2,374 BC.

Mohammed Badie (L), the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, holds a press conference about the parliamentary election in Cairo on November 30, 2010 where the opposition movement threatened to pull out of an election they have already denounced as 'rigged and invalid.'

Egypt�s Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit talks to Journalists after a meeting between US Middle East envoy George Mitchell (unseen) and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on October 3, 2010, as part of a regional tour aimed at saving fledgling direct Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, the official Egyptian MENA news agency reported.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, addresses the media on October 19, 2010 inside a recently-discovered tomb of a priest who conducted prayer rituals before statues of a dead pharaoh more than 4,000 years ago, near the Giza pyramids, south of Cairo, which dates back to the Fifth Dynasty of 2,514 to 2,374 BC.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Mohammed Badie, the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, wipe his forehead during a press conference about the November 28 parliamentary election in Cairo on November 30, 2010 where the opposition movement threatened to pull out of an election they have already denounced as 'rigged and invalid.'

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, looks on October 19, 2010 inspects a recently-discovered tomb of a priest who conducted prayer rituals before statues of a dead pharaoh more than 4,000 years ago, near the Giza pyramids, south of Cairo, which dates back to the Fifth Dynasty of 2,514 to 2,374 BC.

Mohammed Badie (C), the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, holds a press conference in Cairo on November 9, 2010, with members of different Egyptian political groups under the slogan �Stopping Elections Fraud Is A National Duty'. The Muslim Brotherhood, which controls a fifth of parliament, has accused the government of arresting dozens of its members since it announced it would run for election.

Palestinians arrive to cross into Egypt through the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on March 01, 2010. The Palestinian Authority held a cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Hebron to affirm its claim over a contested holy site at the centre of a growing dispute with Israel.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Newly appointed Cardinal from Egypt, Antonios Naguib arrives for the Eucharistic celebration with the new cardinals where they will receive their ring from Pope benedict XVI on November 21, 2010 at St Peter's basilica at The Vatican. 24 Roman Catholic prelates joined the day before the Vatican's College of Cardinals, the elite body that advises the pontiff and elects his successor upon his death.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Egypt's new foreign minister Ahmed Maher, a former ambassador to both Washington and Moscow, talks on the phone as he leaves the ministry in Cairo 15 May 2001. Outgoing foreign minister Amr Mussa will become the Arab league's secretary general 16 May 2001.

Mohammed Badie, the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, holds a press conference in Cairo on November 9, 2010, with members of different Egyptian political groups (unseen) under the slogan �Stopping Elections Fraud Is A National Duty'. The Muslim Brotherhood, which controls a fifth of parliament, has accused the government of arresting dozens of its members since it announced it would run for election.

(L-R) President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, US President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and King Abdullah II of Jordan walk to the East Room to make statements on the peace process on September 1, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC.

Newly appointed cardinal from Egypt Antonios Naguib arrives to greet visitors during the traditionnal courtesy visit after the consistory on November 20, 2010 at The Vatican. 24 Roman Catholic prelates joined the Vatican's College of Cardinals, the elite body that advises the pontiff and elects his successor upon his death.

Mohammed Badie, the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, holds a press conference about the parliamentary election in Cairo on November 30, 2010 where the opposition movement threatened to pull out of an election they have already denounced as 'rigged and invalid.'

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 17: Tim Cahill (c) of Australia is substitued as coach Holger Osieck (r) looks on during the Egypt v Australia International Friendly match at the Cairo International Stadium on November 17, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt.