The Wall Street Journal Russia Says Bomb Brought Down Plane in Egypt Russian officials said they have evidence that the plane that crashed in Egypt last month was downed by a bomb, the first time those investigating the crash have cited proof of terrorist involvement. Authorities have evidence that the Airbus A321 was downed by a homemade bomb carrying the explosive equivalent of up to one kilogram of TNT, Federal Security Service of Russia head Alexander Bortnikov said during a televised meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Read More: http://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-says-bomb-brought-down-plane-in-egypt-1447750695 ABC News Egypt Celebrates Famed Museum Amid Tourism Slump Egyptian officials sought to project an upbeat tone on Monday by celebrating the 113th anniversary of the Egyptian Museum, home to the world's most extensive collection of Pharaonic antiquities, as the country grapples with a plunge in tourism following last month's Russian plane crash. "Welcome to Egypt," Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said at the celebration outside the museum in the heart of Cairo, where officials and performers outnumbered tourists. Battered by years of political turmoil, Egypt's tourism sector took another blow after the Oct. 31 crash in the Sinai Peninsula, which killed all 224 people on board, mostly Russian vacationers returning home from Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea. Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/egyptian-museum-marks-113th-anniversary-amid-tourism-slump-35227330
