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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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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Deaths in Israel-Egypt Border Shootout
One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ...
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Anti-President Campaign Stirs Up Mixed Reactions
Cairo - The recent "Tamarrud" (Arabic for " Rebel") campaign that aims to pressurize Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to call for an early presidential election has stirred up mixed reactions in the country. The campaign targets the collection of 15 million anti-Morsi signatures by the end June 30, which marks one year of Morsi's coming into office, to ...
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Number of poisoned Egyptian students rises to 107 protests lead to clashes local media
CAIRO, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The number of Egyptian students who suffered food poisoning on Monday rose to 107, while some other students blocked a road in protest and clashed with the police, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website. The health ministry told the newspaper that the number of victims had risen to 107. Earlier Monday night, official MENA news agency put the toll at 90, ...
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank - Egypt arranged and signed the first Islamic Ijara Structure Syndication
Confirming its leading role in the Egyptian Islamic Banking, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank- Egypt (ADIB- Egypt) arranged and signed the first of its kind Ijara Structure Syndication in ...
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PayPal launches in Egypt
For the first time, Egyptian consumers are now able to shop online using PayPal in thousands of online stores around the world. PayPal, the international online payment services provider, is announcing today the enablement of its service to consumers in ...
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Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors
Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ...
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Food poisoning hits 150 female students in Egypt
At least 150 female students were hit by food poisoning on Friday at Zagazig University in Egypt's Nile Delta province of Sharqiya, senior health ministry official told Xinhua."150 female students were hit by food poisoning in Zagazig University and no death cases have been reported," Health Ministry 's spokesman Yahya Moussa told Xinhua on Friday.Moussa noted that 100 ...
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Egypt in talks with Qatar Iraq over energy imports
Egyptian oil minister Sherif Haddara has said negotiations with Qatar over a gas swap deal and Iraq over oil imports are ongoing and will "soon" be finalised, Ahram has reported. "Communications are open with them," Haddara said. "These are big deals and need time. Soon we will hear that they are ...
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Kenya Egypt rebuilds its Energy sector after Turmoil
Egypt . "Coming on the heels of Cabinet-level approval for the project, the concession agreement between Mashreq and the Port Said Port Authority clears the way for the fast-tracking of this critical project, which stands as a backup to Egypt's national energy security," said Mashreq Petroleum Chairman and Managing Director Dr. Tamer Abubakr. Mashreq Petroleum is a core platform ...
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UPDATE 2-Egyptian tycoon to buy MTS fiber network in new Canada push
Fri May 24, 2013 5:08pm EDT * MTS to sell Allstream business for C$520 mln * MTS shares jump more than 5 percent in Toronto * Deal could result in MTS becoming takeover target By Alastair Sharp and Euan Rocha TORONTO, May 24 (Reuters) - Manitoba Telecom Services Inc will sell its Allstream fiber optic network to a company controlled by telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris for C$520 million (US$503 ...
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Deputy Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa Receives Dr. Jemilah Mahmood
Manama, Friday 24 May 2013: His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and the Chairman of the board of trustees for the Isa Award for Service to Humanity, received Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, the laureate of the first edition of the Isa Award for Service to Humanity 2011-2012. His highness also congratulated her on being named the laureate of the award and wished her a ...
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10 men suspected of brutally killing 3 women in Egypt for alleged affairs
LUXOR, Egypt – A mother and two daughters were allegedly killed by male relatives in southern Egypt who believed they'd had affairs, the latest apparent example of so-called "honor killings" in which women are slain for violating traditional morals in the conservative region, a security official said Friday. Police believe the 10 men stormed the house of the women, ...
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North African jihadists widen their war
The jihadist alliance in North Africa has widened its war with attacks in Niger demonstrating the militants are able to causing mayhem across the ...
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Three women killed in Egyptian honor crime
An Egyptian security official said on Friday that a mother and her two daughters were murdered by 10 male relatives, on suspicion of moral offenses — so-called "honor ...
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3 Killed In “Honor Crime” In Egypt
';honor killing'; after the women were accused of infidelity. The women were reportedly beaten with sharp objects and strangled before their bodies were wrapped in sheets, weighted with stones, and thrown into the Nile River. At least one of the men has been arrested and is in custody; police are searching for the remaining suspects. So far, only one of the women has been found. The ...
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PM Haniyeh of Palestinian government in Gaza called on Egypt to revise the Camp David Treaty which was signed with Israel
PM Haniyeh of Palestinian government in Gaza called on Egypt to revise the Camp David Treaty which was signed with Israel GAZA - Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Palestinian government in Gaza called on Egypt to revise the Camp David Treaty which was signed with Israel.Giving a Khutbah at the Khalil al-Wazir mosque in Gaza, Haniyeh said, "we ask Egyptian authorities to revise mainly 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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