81.   Thousands of Egyptian Jews once formed a vibrant community, mainly in Cairo and the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.

82.   Tuesday night, a second car bomb exploded near the Martyrs Monument that dominates the Mediterranean port city.

83.   Unions and public transport officials reached agreement Thursday to end a two-week-old strike by bus and subway drivers that paralyzed this southern Mediterranean port.

84.   With its long coastline, Italy is a favored destination of illegal immigrants coming through Mediterranean ports.

85.   Gaza boasted important Mediterranean ports for the Byzantine Empire and successive cultures exploited the busy trade routes.

86.   Iran and Turkey are considering constructing a pipeline across Turkish territory to export some Iranian oil from a Mediterranean port, Turkish Energy Minister Recai Kutan said Monday.

87.   A group of Israeli soldiers bade farewell to Gaza City on Tuesday with a last drink with Palestinian fishermen at the Mediterranean port.

88.   Arafat was to cross the border into Egypt at Rafah and take a flight from El Arish to the Mediterranean port city.

89.   Another six people were injured when the block in a working-class district of the Mediterranean port collapsed through decay, they said.

90.   Authorities in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille called on motorists to defer travel Sunday due to heavy snowfalls.