On Wednesday, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the U.S. ambassador, Anne Patterson, to lodge a complaint about missile attacks it believes have been conducted on Pakistani soil by unmanned U.S. drones.

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The former professor of veterinary science, whose position as head of the Egyptian mother organisation carries moral authority across the region, beamed for the cameras recently as he greeted Anne Patterson, the American ambassador to Egypt, with a hearty handshake.

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