The judge in the Supreme Administrative Court said that the interior ministry must give the cabinet details of all Egyptian men married to Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis. Each file will be considered separately, but steps can be taken to remove their Egyptian nationality and that of their children. The lawyer who brought the case said the
offspring
of such marriages should not be allowed to perform military service. He added that his aim was to protect young Egyptians and national security.
The US Coast Guard official leading the operation to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico says BP’s new operation is doing better than initial estimates. Admiral Thad Allen says at least a third of the oil leaking from the broken well has been captured in the past 24 hours. Madeleine Morris reports from New Orleans.
Admiral Thad Allen says BP hopes to increase the amount it’s capturing over the next a few days, after the company has a better idea of the oil’s pressure and rate of flow. He had bad news though from Mississippi, Alabama and Florida - suddenly winds are pushing the slick towards the shoreline of those states whose beaches have untill now escaped the
brunt
of the oil.
A new technique for treating breast cancer could in the future
eliminate
the need for weeks of radiotherapy. An international study trial published in the medical journal, the Lancet, suggests that giving one dose of radiotherapy inside the breast during surgery is just as effective at preventing cancer recurring as weeks of external radiotherapy. 2000 women across 9 countries took part in the study.