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Egyptian Theatre gets $300000 in grants
Organizers of a fundraising campaign for Coos Bay's Egyptian Theatre say they've received two $150,000 grants, one from the Ford Family ...
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Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports
No talk of a Tunisia or Egypt-style revolutions in Equatorial Guinea. These were the orders given to media in the country, which all are controlled by the state or the family of President Teodoro Obiang ...
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Egypt court rejects religious slogans in election law
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court ruled on Saturday that parts of a revised election law setting out terms for a parliamentary vote were unconstitutional, casting fresh doubt over a poll that has already been ...
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Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone…
Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone GAZA - Palestinian Government in Gaza announced that the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza were closed, and the border was declared as a military zone."The tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, where the smuggling and shipment of some goods were made, were closed, and the border was declared as a closed military ...
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Bahrains Ambassador to Egypt and African Union Takes Part in African Unions Extraordinary Summit
Cairo, May 25. (BNA) -- The Kingdom of Bahrain's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt as well as the African Union (as an observer) Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, took part in the opening session of the extra-ordinary summit on the Golden Jubilee celebration of the African Union. The event, which began this morning at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ...
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Egypt Court Blocks Articles of Election Parliament Laws
Egypt 's top court ruled that draft laws on voting and parliamentary procedures are in breach of the constitution, creating a new obstacle to President Mohamed Mursi's plan to hold elections. The ...
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Cameroon plans Egypt-like protests
Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ...
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161 Egyptian students suffer food poisoning
About 161 Egyptian students of al- Azhar University have been infected with food poisoning, with no deaths reported, spokesman for the Ministry of Health Yahia Moussa told Xinhua on Tuesday. "So far, 161 students of al-Azhar University were hospitalized due to the food poisoning since Monday night," said Moussa, adding that 95 people were recovered, while others were still under ...
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Transformation related capital increase and new investments top agenda in Minister of Investment meeting with Citadel Capital Chairman
Egypt's new Minister of Investment, H.E. Yehia Hamed, conducted a meeting with Ahmed Heikal, Founder and Chairman of Citadel Capital, the leading investment company in Africa and the Middle East, on Monday May 21st during which they discussed several topics of importance including the firm's evolution into an investment company and its related capital ...
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Mursi Says Egypt Is Keen On Boosting African Integration
Egypt is keen on boosting African integration and benefiting from the successful experiences of other countries, President Mohamed Mursi said on Saturday. Mursi is taking part in the extraordinary summit held in the Ethiopian capital on occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of establishing the African Union Organization which later came to be known as the African Union. We are invited to ...
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Egypt to return taxes collected from Qatar bank deal
CAIRO | Sat May 25, 2013 7:34am EDT CAIRO May 25 (Reuters) - Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank 's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official from a clearing company told Reuters on Saturday. The clearing company will return 10.2 million Egyptian pounds ($1.5 million) total in taxes it collected from NSGB ...
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Cold feet Egyptian actress Donia Samir Ghanems wedding date still unknown
Donia Samir Ghanem did not react upon the recent rumors that her wedding date was set for June 6, her fianc Rami Radwan denied the news and stressed ...
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Mobinil partners with Ericsson to bring next generation internet technology to Egypt
Growing consumer demand for mobile connectivity in Egypt has resulted in a new agreement between Mobinil and Ericsson whereby Ericsson will modernize Mobinil's network to cater for extremely high speed internet services and provide its subscribers with the latest mobile broadband and internet offerings with flexible billing options through Ericsson ...
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African dreams of Egypt-like revolt
All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come ...
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Egypt court suspends planned election date
An Egyptian court today ruled that the parliamentary elections, which President Mohammed Morsi had decreed for 22 April, must be postponed. Judges say the Constitutional Court needs time to approve the new Electoral Code. Mr Morsi says he will appeal the ...
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If Egypt can we can do it too - Swazi opposition
"Tunisia and Egypt are a big 'we can do it too,' not just for Swaziland, but for the rest of the African continent and the repressed Arab world," according to the Swazi ...
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Opposition to boycott another Egypt election
This weekend, opposition leader Mohammed El-Baradei called for a boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt. Mr El-Baradei made his announcement on Twitter, saying the opposition should not let itself to be abused to legitimise a "sham democracy". The Nobel Peace Prize laureate compared the upcoming poll to the last elections under toppled President Hosni Mubarak, when he ...
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Egypt Islamists use homophobia to win votes
Homosexuality is becoming an issue in the upcoming Egyptian elections, with the Muslim Brotherhood already being accused of spreading homophobia to win ...
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Dozens of tanks and heavy military equipment cross Suez Canal on way toNorth Sinai
Dozens of tanks and heavy military equipment cross Suez Canal on way to North Sinai Ismailia - Khaled Lotfy AlAhram 20-5-2013 | 09:48 [Google translation] http://bit.ly/19TTI7c An official security source said that that dozens of tanks and heavy equipment of the army crossed the Suez Canal en route to the northern Sinai. The source told Al Ahram that the contingent that included tanks, ...
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President Mursi Heads to Ethiopia On Friday
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi is going to travel on Friday to Addis Ababa to participate in the 21st African Union Summit for presidents. The summit is scheduled for 26 and 27 May. Mursi will also participate in the summit meeting that will be held on Saturday 25 May to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the African Union ...
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Even governors in Pharaonic Egypt died in their 20s
Researchers have analysed more than 200 mummies from ancient Egypt, finding that even high dignitaries were poorly nourished and had infectious diseases. The typical governor in Pharaonic Egypt died before he was 30 years ...
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Still double standards in Egypt justice
Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is ...
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How cyber-activism lent savvy to North African protests
The revolutions and protest movements in North and sub-Saharan Africa are by the people, but they could never have taken the form they took and keep on taking without social media and new ...
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Egyptians split on Saturdays referendum
Protesters at Cairo's legendary Tahrir Square are mostly against tomorrow's precipitated referendum over a new constitution for Egypt, which they see as too similar to the ...
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Leaks Mubarak behind 2005 terror attack
Documents seized from Egypt's dismantled State Security agency seem to document that the Mubarak regime itself was planning and executing the bombing of the ...
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Cairo leading new wave in literature
The publishing industry in Cairo is undergoing a profound change that may have implications for the day-to-day life of Egyptians for years to come, it is a kind of revolution in literature that may one day put Cairo on the map, nestled among those other publishing powerhouses, New York, London, and Chicago primarily, but also regional publishing centers like Johannesburg, Mumbai, and Sydney.
Cairo is already a literature producing city, but it is more commonly associated with Arabic texts, and these pieces of literature are further associated with sweeping assessments of society, societal change, politics and religion on a macrocosmic level. Traditionally, there has also never been much of a local market for literature in Cairo or wider Egypt, leading to an old saying that books are written in Cairo, but published in Beirut and then read in Baghdad. Read more
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