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Monday, April 19, 2010

Sarkozy Cancels May Visit Due to Mubarak's Health

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has canceled a planned visit to Egypt due to Husni Mubarak's health problems. But the visit was planned for next month. Mubarak's "Cabinet meeting" last week got only a few stills and the brfiefest of videos (and involved four ministers), and he remains in Sharm al-Sheikh. The Sarkozy cancellation is sure to fuel speculation that he's in worse shape than is being admitted. The fact that we aren't even seeing the usual "recovering rapidly" pictures is continuing to cause jitters. This bears watching if Sarkozy thought (or was told) he wouldn't be able to meet even in several weeks' time.

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