Renowned Egyptian director Chahine dies

CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's official news agency says moving-picture show director Youssef Chahine has died in Cairo. He was 82.

The report says Chahine died Sunday at a military hospital in Cairo, some four weeks after he went into a comatoseness following a brain hemorrhage.

He was flown to France in critical condition for treatment merely later sent back to Al Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo.

Chahine studied performing in California in the 1940s and went on to turn one of Egypt's most distinguished film directors. His work has been