Morsi grants Sadat & El-Shazli highest medal for October War 'victory'

President Mohamed Morsi has granted former president Anwar Sadat and his chief of staff Saad El-Shazli the Nile Medal of Honour, Egypt's highest award, for their conduct during the 1973 War with Israel. The medals were presented to relatives of the two men at the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Wednesday. Sadat was also granted an additional medal of honour for his role during the...