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Re: EGYPT - Jan 9, 2008+
Theresa42 and Ironorehopper, thanks for these precisions.
I am glad the "Italian" word turns out as a translation quirk. My eyebrows were raised as Italy has always had privileged relations with Egypt, dating back to Antiquity. Some 30 years ago, I do recall that some semi-official Egyptian correspondence was written in Italian, before Arabic/English/French became the official languages for correspondence. There is still a large Italian community in Cairo and Alexandria - perhaps they have an Italian newspaper in Egypt, or an Italian section in an Egyptian newspaper, where we might get more information?
As for the "escapee(s)", and though I do know that most countries would have laws for forcibly hospitalizing anyone that might be a threat to public health, this usually applies to psychiatric cases. Now, if we see more repeats of people with some type of flu, it being suspected as bird flu, and who are chased and forcibly admitted for treatment, then I am going to start being worried.
While I was looking for Kom Hamada and whether there are several towns with the same name (I don't know yet), I came across the 2006 census results, which might at some point be useful in our statistics: http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg...on=1&lname=ECS - Figures for births/deaths are not yet ready but population figures are there for each of the governorates. Would one of our specialist newshounds keep this url on file perhaps ?
Theresa42 and Ironorehopper, thanks for these precisions.
I am glad the "Italian" word turns out as a translation quirk. My eyebrows were raised as Italy has always had privileged relations with Egypt, dating back to Antiquity. Some 30 years ago, I do recall that some semi-official Egyptian correspondence was written in Italian, before Arabic/English/French became the official languages for correspondence. There is still a large Italian community in Cairo and Alexandria - perhaps they have an Italian newspaper in Egypt, or an Italian section in an Egyptian newspaper, where we might get more information?
As for the "escapee(s)", and though I do know that most countries would have laws for forcibly hospitalizing anyone that might be a threat to public health, this usually applies to psychiatric cases. Now, if we see more repeats of people with some type of flu, it being suspected as bird flu, and who are chased and forcibly admitted for treatment, then I am going to start being worried.
While I was looking for Kom Hamada and whether there are several towns with the same name (I don't know yet), I came across the 2006 census results, which might at some point be useful in our statistics: http://www.msrintranet.capmas.gov.eg...on=1&lname=ECS - Figures for births/deaths are not yet ready but population figures are there for each of the governorates. Would one of our specialist newshounds keep this url on file perhaps ?
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says Husseini Ahmed Amine, 54, a furniture maker who employs a son of the dead woman, who was aged 50. 
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