Egypt Mourns Omar Sharif, Its Homegrown Cinema Star
By Leila Fadel
The international film star, best known for Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence Of Arabia, represented a bygone era for many secular Egyptians — though not many could get to his funeral on Sunday.
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By Jim Zarroli The country’s banks could hardly be in a more precarious position. The European Central Bank has stopped lending Greece money and a referendum Sunday could spell the
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NPR’s Robert Siegel interviews European Commission Vice President for the Euro Valdis Dombrovskis about how Sunday’s vote on the Greek referendum complicates negotiations between Greece and Europe. » E-Mail This