Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak decorated the EgyptAir 737 pilot and demanded an apology from the United States, which President Reagan refused to give. Later, thanks to U.S. pressure, the United...

Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak decorated the EgyptAir 737 pilot and demanded an apology from the United States, which President Reagan refused to give. Later, thanks to U.S. pressure, the United Nations General Assembly scrapped a proposal to invite Yasser Arafat to speak at the UN’s 40th-anniversary celebration.