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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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Nahyan bin Mubarak attends Gala Dinner hosted by American University of Beirut
WAM ABU DHABI, May 24th, 2013 (WAM)--Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, has stressed that the UAE was committed to asserting the role of universities to achieve the socio-economic development in line with the clear vision of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan in this respect. The remark came during the annual gala ...
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Sea Dragon Energy announces first quarter 2013 financial and operating results
Production increased by 47% to average 1,495 bopd for the quarter (Q1 2012: 1,019 bopd). Netbacks increased by 36% to US$5.3MM @ US$39.41/bbl (Q1 2012: US$3.9M @$41.93/bbl). Production currently stands at 1,959 boepd as the Shukheir Marine well (SHB-5) was returned to production after a workover in February that affected the average production level for the ...
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UAEs $3 bln aid for Egypt will take time - UAE finmin
SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND, United Arab Emirates | Fri May 24, 2013 11:14am EDT SIR BU NUAYR ISLAND, United Arab Emirates, May 24 (Reuters) - T he $3 billion in aid that the United Arab Emirates pledged for Egypt in 2011 will "take time" to be transferred, the UAE Finance Minister and Dubai Deputy Ruler said on Friday. "We are going in the right way but it will take time. I cannot ...
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Amnesty International criticizes torture in Egypt
Amnesty International says the administration of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi failed to implement reforms to eradicate torture. "No legal or policy reforms were implemented to eradicate torture under either the SCAF [Supreme Council of Armed Forces] or President Morsi's administration," the organization said. "Torture and other ill-treatment continued and security ...
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EOHR Concludes First Training Workshop for Legal Experts On Dealing With Crimes of Torture
On Tuesday 21 May 2013, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) completed its first training workshop for legal experts in how to deal with crimes of torture. The workshop was held over two days from 21 to 22 May 2013. The second day of the workshop involved several sessions beginning with Mr. Essam Shiha, a member of the executive committee of the Wafd Party - the nationalist liberal ...
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AfDB Returns to the Ugandan Capital Market With its Second Shilling Bond
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched its second Uganda-shilling denominated bond on the domestic capital market. The UGX 12.5 billion bond is opened for subscription until the 27th of May. It is the latest issuance under the UGX 125 billion Medium-Term Note (MTN) Programme originally established in mid-2012. The MTN approach was adopted to allow the Bank to regularly tap into the ...
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AfDB President Commends Tunisian Hospitality
The President of the African Development Bank Group, Donald Kaberuka, Thursday, May 23, in Tunis, called on the Tunisian Prime Minister, Ali Laarayedh. President Kaberuka underscored the friendship between the AfDB and Tunisia and expressed gratitude to the Tunisian Government and people for their hospitality to the institution for the past 10 years. "We are home in Tunisia," affirmed ...
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A Calm State in Tahrir Square Before Demonstrations
A state of calm prevailed in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday morning before a planned demonstration which several revolutionary parties and forces have called for. Participants in today's demonstration demand retribution for the martyrs, early presidential elections and the release of all detainees. Traffic movement is normal in Tahrir Square, reported the Middle East News ...
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President Discusses Bilateral Relations With Qatari Premier
President Mohamed Mursi met with Qatari Premier and Foreign Minister Hamad Bin Jassim on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations between the countries and ways to develop them. Mursi praised the steady growth of Egyptian-Qatari relations since the January 2011 uprising, especially in the energy, oil and natural gas fields, the presidency said in a statement on Facebook. Talks between the two ...
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Women Council Urges State to Pay Medical Expenses for Harassment Victims
Head of Egypt's National Council for Women urged the state to pay the medical treatment expenses for violence and sexual harassment victims. The culture in our society does not give girls a chance to report sexual harassment incidents, said head of the council Mervat al-Talawi. Talawi said that the council prepared a draft law preventing violence against women. The law comprised an ...
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Workshop On Youth Employment Action Plan Ends in Accra
Accra-Ghana - ECOWAS Member States have been urged to establish a mechanism for monitoring and evaluating the efficacy of their National Youth Employment Plans in responding to the youth employment challenges facing the region. This was one of the recommendations of a four-day workshop jointly organized by the ECOWAS Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to build the ...
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Analysis Sinai is becoming a major threat to Egypt
kidnapped last week in the Sinai Peninsula . They were released unhurt after marathon negotiations that lasted until dawn Wednesday between a representative of military intelligence, a Salafi sheikh and a representative of the Swarka tribe, one of the largest in the peninsula.No one will guarantee it will be the last kidnapping. The official version is that no deal was struck, and it may ...
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Regional Integration for Africas Structural Transformation
Africa needs accelerated growth and "structural transformation" in order to take the bulk of its population out of poverty. Critical to the attainment of this structural transformation is without a doubt the regional integration of the continent's weak, small and disparate economies. Regional integration, it is clear, is indispensible to building the economies of scale and ...
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Last night with Hani. Egyptian comedian Hani Ramzi ends late night talk shows.
Egyptian comedian actor Hani Ramzi has bid the cast of his nightly talk show "Al Layla Ma Hani" (Tonight with Hani) farewell. The show that airs on MBC Egypt featured a special grand finale in which Hani warmly thanked everyone that works on the program and helped make it a great success for the past six months.According to the Middle East news portal Elaph, Hani hosted 99 episodes for ...
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Egyptian Ashour in the groove
(23 mins ago) Ramy Ashour, seeking to become the first Egyptian in nearly 50 years to win the British Open title, scored his 38th successive victory as he hurtled into the quarter-finals in little more than 20 minutes. Ashour overcame Chris Simpson, a qualifier from England, by 11-2, 11-4, 11-9, en route to what he hopes will be the eclipse of another Englishman, Nick Matthew, the defending ...
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Egypts cash-strapped rulers woo former regime tycoons
Almost three years after an uprising fuelled bythe old regime's venality, Egypt's cash-strapped Islamist government is makingamends with businessmen who offer to pay their way back into the ...
Cairo Discussed
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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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