Sandstorm Blankets Egypt
<i> Associated Press</i>
CAIRO —
A cloud of dust blanketed Egypt on Thursday as a suffocating sandstorm forced Cairo International Airport to divert planes, closed highways and delayed a convoy in the Suez Canal. Four deaths were blamed on the storm.
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