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Enraged by kidnapping Egyptian police block Gaza border
Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said. The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the abductions. Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants had seized seven policemen and soldiers on a road between the Sinai towns of ...
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Egypt holiday anguish as little Chloe Johnson dies in resort pool tragedy
18 May 2013 A grief-stricken family from London is trying to some to terms with death a little girl who drowned during a holiday at the Egytian resort ...
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ECOWAS Sympathizes With Nigeria Over Pilots Death
Abuja - Nigeria - The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has sent a condolence message to Nigeria's President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan over the death of two Nigerian Air Force fighter-jet pilots who died while providing support to the African-led International Support Mission in Mali (AFISMA). "The death of the gallant officers is no doubt a ...
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ECOWAS Partners Have Made Irreversible Progress in Mali
Abuja - Nigeria - ECOWAS and the international community have made irreversible progress in Mali by freeing the north of the country from the grip of terrorists and securing its territorial integrity, the President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadre Desire Ouedraogo has affirmed. Speaking at an interactive session between management and staff of the Commission in Abuja on Friday ...
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Egypt hotel pool tragedy girl named
The grandmother of Chloe Johnson, from Forest Hill in south London, told Sky News that the family was "devastated" by her death.Chloe died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the Red Sea resort ...
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Vodafone Egypt honors Telecomax for their contribution to promote Mobile for Good
Telecomax VAS, one of the leading value added services companies in the region, announced that it has been awarded by Vodafone Egypt in the 'Mobile for Good' event held last March at Conrad Hotel, ...
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Regional Defence Chiefs Charged On Successful Transformation of Afisma Into UN Mission in Mali
Abidjan - Cote d'Ivoire - Cote d'Ivoire's Minister in Charge of Defence in the Office of the President, Mr. Paul Koffi Koffi Has Urged Regional Chiefs of Defence Staff to Make Recommendations for the Seamless Transformation of the African-Led International Support Force in Mali (afisma) Into a UN Mission By July 2013 in Line With the UN Security Council Resolution 2100 of 25th ...
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Coptic Christian latest target of blasphemy frenzy under Islamist-ruled Egypt
The parents of 24-year-old school teacher Dimyana Abdel-Nour, who is accused of insulting Islam while teaching fourth graders history of religions, pose for a photograph in their home in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Freed on Tuesday on a 20,000-pound (nearly 3,000 dollars) bail after nearly a week in detention, Abdel-Nour is due to stand trial later ...
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Hundreds demand Mursis ouster at rally
(MENAFN - Arab News) Hundreds of people marched on Cairo's Tahrir Square yesterday calling for Egypt's President Muhammad Mursi to resign and demanding early elections, AFP correspondents and local media reported.The demonstration was called by a number of opposition groups, including the Al-Dustur party of former UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei and the April 6 movement ...
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English child dies in Egyptian hotel pool
Sharm el-Sheikh .A Foreign Office spokesman confirmed the death of a British national and said it was providing consular assistance.First Choice said it would carry out a "full and thorough investigation" in partnership with the hotelier.A spokeswoman said: "First Choice can sadly confirm that a child has died while staying at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel ...
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GB Autos quarterly income up 160 on record sales revenues
Egyptian vehicle assembler and distributor GB Auto has reported a 160.1% surge in its first quarter net income, boosted by record sales revenue, Reuters has reported. Net income rose to EGP47.3m ($6.8m) from EGP18.2m in the first quarter of 2012, while sales revenue climbed to EGP2.08bn from EGP1.71bn. "Our growth this quarter reflects strong showings from regional operations in Iraq and ...
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Egypts Commercial Intl posts 30 jump in Q1 profit
Egypt's biggest listed bank Commercial International Bank (CIB) has posted a 30% year-on-year jump in its first-quarter consolidated net profit to EGP658m ($94.4m) as its interest margin widened, Reuters has reported. Revenue rose by an annual 40% to EGP1.61bn. Deposits grew by 9.3% during the quarter to EGP86.1bn, while lending rose 3% to ...
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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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