Egypt hotel bomb blamed on al-Qaida

Al-Qaida terrorists were blamed today for the car bomb attacks in resorts on Egypt’s Sinai coast that are feared to have killed more than 50 people, most of them Israelis.

Israelis fled home across the nearby border after an explosion sheared outer rooms from a 10 storey wing of the luxury Hilton hotel in Taba, where rescue workers gave up hope of finding more survivors.