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Suez Cement main sponsor of 20th Interbuild exhibition
Once again Suez Cement is the main sponsor of the 20th INTERBUILD exhibition that will be held on 20-24 of June at the Cairo International Conference Center in Nasr ...
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Egypts tourism minister quits in protest ICTP President Geoffrey Lipman releases statement
Tourism is one of the major industries in Egypt and Luxor is a ctiy visited by millions of tourists every year. The newly appointed Luxor governor is a member or is close to a terror group that killed 58 tourists in 1997. Egypt's current minister of tourism Hisham Zaazou is resigning because of this appointment. The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) through his President ...
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Sexual Harasser Sentenced to Three Months in Absentia
A Cairo court sentenced in absentia a man to three months in prison on Wednesday on charges of physically attacking a woman after sexually assaulting her. Lyla El-Gueretly, 30, took the defendant, Ahmed Youssef, to court in April for physically attacking her for defending herself against his sexual harassment. "I don't think it's enough. Similar cases ended in the death of a ...
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ECOWAS Presidents Statement On the Signing of Agreement On Mali
Bamako -Mali - The President of the ECOWAS Commission welcomes the signing, in Ouagadougou on 18 June 2013 by the Transitional Government and the MNLA High Council for the Unity of AZAWAD, of the preliminary agreement to the presidential elections and inclusive peace dialogue, enabling anticipation, with much optimism, of definitive exit from the Malian crisis. The President of the Commission ...
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Video Protests in Egyptian tourist city over ‘Islamist’ governor
Residents of the Egyptian tourist city of Luxor protested on Wednesday over their newly-appointed Governor, a member of an Islamist movement whose gunmen killed dozens of foreign tourists in ...
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Egyptian PM rejects anti-UAE remarks
Egyptian Prime Minister Prof Hesham Qandil on Wednesday hailed the deep-rooted relationship between his country and the UAE and said his government is not concerned with non-official statements.He was replying to a question about Freedom and Justice Party vice-chairman Esam Al Eryan’s comments against the UAE. At a Press conference in Cairo, Prof Qandil said: "All appreciation is to ...
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Ezz Steel secures $400m loan for new plant
Egypt's Ezz Steel has announced it has secured an EGP2.8bn ($400m) loan from local banks to finance the construction of its new steel plant in Suez's Ain Sokhna, Ahram has reported. The new facility will have a total investment of some EGP3.7bn ($530m). The country's biggest steel producer expects the factory to start production by the end of ...
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Egypts BOP deficit narrowed by 81.2 pct in 9 months
The deficit in Egypt's balance of payment (BOP) narrowed by 81.2 percent to $2.1 billion in the period between July 2012 and March 2013, Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Wednesday.In a statement, the CBE said the BOP deficit in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2012-2013 (which starts on July 1, 2012 and ends on June 30, 2013) declined thanks to the 0.7 billion dollar drop in the ...
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Morsy’s appointees spark clashes across Egypt
Egyptians chant slogans during clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood in Luxor, Egypt, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. On Sunday, Morsi appointed 17 new governors, including seven members of the Brotherhood and one from an ex-militant group to rule the ancient city of Luxor. That appointment outraged Luxor residents, as the governor's group ...
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Egypt allocates over $628m for Sinai development
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi approved Wednesday the allocation of 4.4 billion Egyptian pounds (about $628.9 million) for the development of Sinai Peninsula, said presidential spokesman Ehab Fahmi."President Morsi asked the cabinet to take necessary measures to implement development plans in Sinai and meet needs and demands of Sinai people," Fahmi said during a joint press ...
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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 reshuffles management of energy firms
Egypt has reshuffled several officials at the top of state-owned companies in the energy sector, in a bid to tackle the deepening fuel crisis that is gripping the country, Dow Jones has reported. The move is aimed at "improving the performance of the petroleum sector, and giving it a push to cope with the demands of the current situation [in the country]," said the oil ministry. Among ...
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Egyptian asylum seeker Sayed Abdel Latif says he is innocent of all charges on Interpol red notice
Australia The Egyptian asylum seeker at the centre of a political slanging match says he is innocent of all charges listed on his Interpol red notice.Sayed Adbel Latif was branded a "convicted jihadist terrorist" by the Federal Opposition after it emerged that he had been held in a low-security detention facility near Adelaide despite being the subject of an alert from the ...
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Egypt Luxor protests appointment of governor linked to terrorist group
Residents in the Egyptian city of Luxor protested on June 19, decrying the appointment of a member of a hardline Islamist group as the new governor of their province. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya – a former militant group responsible for the 1997 massacre at a Luxor temple that killed 62 people, including 58 foreign tourists. Demonstrators rallied against ...
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Half-Finished Buildings A Symbol Of Forgotten Promise In Egypt
Marsa Alam is a region of more than 100 miles of beautiful coastlines, coral reefs and diving spots. But the city itself is a microcosm of neglect in Egypt since the revolution. It is a ghost town of unfinished construction and promised infrastructure that still doesn't exist. There is no power grid, no water so local hotels and resorts must provide their own generators and water source. ...
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Saudis may withdraw investments in Egypt
(MENAFN - Arab News) Abdullah bin Mahfouz, president of the Saudi Egyptian Business Council, said a number of Saudi investors in Egypt will be forced to withdraw their investments from Egypt, if solutions to their troubles are not found. "On the 25th of the current month we shall go to the Investment Forum in Egypt with a clear message. Through our message we will emphasize the need to come ...
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Egyptian economy grows 2.2 in 2012-2013
(MENAFN) Egypt's Investment Minister, Yahya Hamed, stated that the country's economy grew by 2.2 percent in the fiscal year 2012-2013, reported Xinhua News.Hamed also said Egypt's state budget deficit in 2013 stands at USD31.4 billion, which is 11 percent of GDP. The main reason for this according to him is petroleum commodities subsidy which amounts to USD21.4 billion. The ...
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Opponents protest Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s appointments
CAIRO - The decision by Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to name 17 new provincial governors, including several who belong to his former party, triggered another round of violence here and the reported resignation of a top minister. The events stoked fears that Egypt’s first democratically elected leader was increasing Islamists’ control over the nation. Such violence, which ...
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Top Egyptian cleric declares peaceful protests religiously permissible
Almost every Friday opposition groups protest against President Mohamed Morsi. Here an Egyptian protester waves his national flag in Cairo on March 1, 2013. Egypt's top Islamic leader on Wednesday issued a statement in defense of peaceful protests, calling "deviant" those who consider such activity ...
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Mass anti-Morsi June 30 protests permitted - Egypts top Muslim cleric
Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, Egypt's leading Muslim cleric. (AFP file photo, courtesy of dailynewsegypt.com) Egypt's top Muslim cleric says that peaceful protests against the president are ...
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Protesters keep new Luxor governor away from office
Egypt's Mubarak back in court for retrial A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of ...
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Egyptian tourism minister quits over Luxor governor
CAIRO--Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...
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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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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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Egypt and European Union Study Dispute with Ethiopia
Cairo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi welcomed today Catherine Ashton, vice-president of the European Union (EU) and high representative for foreign affairs, and talked to her about the dispute for the construction of the Ethiopian super-dam, according to the official media. In the meeting, they talked about the opening of communication channels between Cairo and Addis ...
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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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