Israel apologizes to Egypt for soldier deaths (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110820/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_egypt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110820/capt.91823842b3ac4b2aa10173f20998ac8d-91823842b3ac4b2aa10173f20998ac8d-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=IhKw1tJaZalCFT.vYmG26A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Egyptians chant anti-Israeli slogans as they hold Egyptian and Palestinian flags to protest the death of Egyptian security forces killed in a shootout between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants on Thursday in the Sinai, in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Egypt said Saturday it would recall its ambassador from Israel to protest the deaths, sharply escalating tensions between the neighboring countries, whose 1979 peace treaty is being tested by the fall of Egypt's longtime autocratic leader, Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel apologized to Egypt Saturday for the deaths of three Egyptian soldiers during a cross-border clash with Palestinian militants, hours after Cairo threatened to withdraw its ambassador to protest the killings.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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