(AP/Washington Post) Nadia Abou El-Magd - Egypt Saturday postponed a conference of G-8 and Arab ministers on promoting democracy set for next month, apparently in reaction to Washington's pointed criticism of the arrest of Ayman Nour, the leader of an opposition party. "Egypt is trying to send a message to the Bush administration that it can't be pressured," said Fawaz Gerges, a Mideast expert at Sarah Lawrence College.
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