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-__license__   = 'GPL v3'
-__copyright__ = '2011, Pat Stapleton <pat.stapleton at gmail.com>'
-'''
-abc.net.au/news
-'''
-import re
-from calibre.web.feeds.recipes import BasicNewsRecipe
-
-class TheDailyNewsEG(BasicNewsRecipe):
-    title          	   = u'al-masry al-youm'
-    __author__             = 'Omm Mishmishah'
-    description            = 'Independent News from Egypt'
-    masthead_url           = 'http://www.almasryalyoum.com/sites/default/files/img/english_logo.png'
-    cover_url              = 'http://www.almasryalyoum.com/sites/default/files/img/english_logo.png'
-
-    auto_cleanup           = True
-    oldest_article         = 7
-    max_articles_per_feed  = 100
-    no_stylesheets         = False
-    #delay                  = 1
-    use_embedded_content   = False
-    encoding               = 'utf8'
-    publisher              = 'Independent News Egypt'
-    category               = 'News, Egypt, World'
-    language               = 'en_EG'
-    publication_type       = 'newsportal'
-#    preprocess_regexps     = [(re.compile(r'<!--.*?-->', re.DOTALL), lambda m: '')]
-#Remove annoying map links (inline-caption class is also used for some image captions! hence regex to match maps.google)
-    preprocess_regexps     = [(re.compile(r'<a class="inline-caption" href="http://maps\.google\.com.*?/a>', re.DOTALL), lambda m: '')]
-    conversion_options = {
-                             'comments'        : description
-                            ,'tags'            : category
-                            ,'language'        : language
-                            ,'publisher'       : publisher
-                            ,'linearize_tables': False
-                         }
-
-    keep_only_tags = [dict(attrs={'class':['article section']})]
-
-    remove_tags = [dict(attrs={'class':['related', 'tags', 'tools', 'attached-content ready',
-        'inline-content story left', 'inline-content map left contracted', 'published',
-        'story-map', 'statepromo', 'topics', ]})]
-
-    remove_attributes = ['width','height']
-
-    feeds          = [(u'English News', u'http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/rss_feed_term/113/rss.xml'),
-                      (u'News Features', u'http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/rss_feed_term/115/rss.xml'),
-                      (u'Culture', u'http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/rss_feed_term/133/rss.xml'),
-                      (u'Cinema', u'http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/rss_feed_term/134/rss.xml')
-                     ]