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| Germany and Egypt to meet over veil martyr |
| 2009-07-09 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] German chancellor Angela Merkel will talk to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the fatal stabbing of a pregnant Egyptian woman in a German courthouse, which has prompted outrage in Egypt, her spokesman said Wednesday. The talks will take place on Friday when African leaders join the heads of the Group of Eight (G8) industrial nations in the Italian city of L'Aquila, the chancellor's spokesman Thomas Steg told a regular briefing. "The chancellor will meet Hosni Mubarak during the G8 and will speak to him about it on this occasion," Steg said. Meanwhile in Egypt intellectuals and public figures called on their government to cut all ties with Germany until an official apology was given. Criticism in Egypt has mounted as many have decried the silence of the German media about the death of 32-year-old Marwa Sherbini, who was stabbed to death by a German extremist as she went to court to testify against him. |
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