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Who is the lier Oprah or Egypt’s tourism minister?
Guess we will find out over the next year.

One story says:

copied from:
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2011030595198&archiveissuedate=05/03/2011

Oprah to host show in Tahrir Square?
Saturday, 05 March 2011

CAIRO: US television talk show star Oprah Winfrey is to host a live show from Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the epicenter of a revolution that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, a report said Friday.

Egypt’s new tourism minister Munir Fakhri Abdelnur was quoted by the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper as saying Winfrey had accepted an invitation “without hesitation.”

“The plan is for her to broadcast a live show from Tahrir Square on a Friday in March, but the date has not been finalized,” the mass-circulation paper said. It was part of a campaign to revive tourism in Egypt after the huge uprising that forced Mubarak to resign on Feb. 11.

There was no immediate confirmation from Winfrey, who in January launched her OWN cable network, aired in 145 countries around the world. Her reported visit to Cairo would be altogether different, focusing on the central Cairo square where pro-democracy activists gathered for more than two weeks in an uprising that sent shockwaves around the world.

– Agence France-Presse __


Then there is this story.


copied from:
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/03/05/140237.html

Oprah denies plans to host show in Cairo’s Tahrir Square
Saturday, 05 March 2011

CHICAGO (AFP)
A bedridden Oprah Winfrey took to Twitter Friday to quell reports that she is planning to host a live show in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the epicenter of a revolution that ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

"In bed with flu since Oscar show. Hearing reports that I'm taking show to Cairo. NOT TRUE. Have no plans to do so," the talk show queen tweeted.

Egypt's new tourism minister Munir Fakhri Abdelnur was quoted by the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper as saying Winfrey had accepted an invitation "without hesitation."

"The plan is for her to broadcast a live show from Tahrir Square on a Friday in March, but the date has not been finalized," the mass-circulation paper said.

It was part of a campaign to revive tourism in Egypt after the huge uprising that forced Mubarak to resign on February 11 after 30 years in power, the paper said.

A spokeswoman for Oprah's Harpo Studios also denied the report.

"There are no plans for Ms. Winfrey or the show to broadcast from an international location before the program's finale in May," Angela DePaul said in an e-mailed statement.

In December, Winfrey made her first tapings outside North America, recording a series of episodes in Australia culminating in a finale at the specially renamed Sydney "Oprah House."

Winfrey launched the OWN cable network, aired in 145 countries around the world, in January as she winds down the 25th and final season of the popular Oprah Winfrey Show on ABC.