She then eloped with an Egyptian diplomat, only to have the marriage annulled by her family.

No cause of death was given, but Egyptian diplomats said he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease for the last decade or so.

Egyptian diplomats have complained that outside financing for groups may end up in the hands of extremists or even terrorists.

Earlier this week, an Egyptian diplomat, who had been taken hostage as he left a mosque the previous Friday, was set free.

Egyptian diplomats said their purpose was to cool tempers.

One Egyptian diplomat was also killed, hospital officials said.

The ambushes came three days after the top Egyptian diplomat here was kidnapped as he drove alone through western Baghdad.

He served as an Egyptian diplomat at the United Nations.

He moved to England in 1928 as an Egyptian diplomat.

Egyptian diplomats said they had agreed to meet with the Israelis in three weeks for the final border talks.