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Twitter Helps Free American Held In Egypt

A journalism student photographing demonstrations outside a police station in Egypt found himself jailed by police, but he managed to put a word out to his friends on Twitter.

Expect Egyptian and Indian Traffic to Tank

Webmasters who target Indian, Egyptian, and/or Middle Eastern users may see a considerable drop in traffic from those countries over the next week and a half to two weeks. An undersea cable network was somehow cut, causing massive Internet blackouts in the area.Reuters reports that what severed the underwater cables is yet unknown, but as much as 70 percent of Egypt's network was affected, and a 50-60 percent drop in bandwidth in India.

Google Offers To Educate Egypt

The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education is getting a helping hand, courtesy of Google. The search engine giant is going to provide the ministry with Google Apps for Education, which will allow it to access "innovative email, instant messaging, and calendaring, with accounts on your school's domain, all for free."

Most Beautiful Mummy Found In Egypt

Buried beneath 20 feet of Sand in the Saqqara Pyramids Complex south of Cairo, excavators uncovered what they say may be "the most beautiful mummy ever found in Egypt.