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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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Egypt’s tourism minister resigns over appointment of ex-terror leader
Egypt's tourism minister has resigned over the government appointment of an Islamic fundamentalist associated with the group behind the Luxor massacre as governor of Luxor ...
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G8 pledges strong support for AfDB infrastructure agenda
The Group of Eight most industrialized countries (G8) has expressed strong support for the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's priorities (http://www.afdb.org), especially its initiative on infrastructure and the African Legal Support Facility - which helps countries negotiate better contracts in the natural resources sector. In a final communiqu after meeting in Northern Ireland, the ...
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Suez Cement best solution provider for high quality products via its wide offer
) 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 City. Held under the patronage of H.E. Hisham Qandil, INTERBUILD exhibition 2013 brought together over 150,000 attendees from throughout the Middle East region. This five-day event aims to provide the general public with an insight of the building ...
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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi Appoints Former Terrorist Adel Mohamed al-Khayat as Head of Tourist Region
Emily Smith , Wed, June 19, 2013 Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi swore in Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, the former leader of terrorist group Gamaa Islamiya, as governor of tourist-heavy Luxor on Monday. The move has inspired public outrage. In 1997, a member of Gamma Isamiya killed 58 foreigners at a temple in Luxor, the area Khayat has now sworn to protect. While still a member of its political ...
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Egypt top cleric Protests against Morsi permitted
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 file photo, Ahmed el-Tayeb the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute of Sunni Islam, talks to the media in Cairo, Egypt. El-Tayeb said on Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics. (AP ...
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Centamin says appeal hearing adjourned until Sept
LONDON – Gold producer Centamin, involved in a legal dispute to defend its right to mine in Egypt, said that its appeal process hearing was pushed back to the end of September. The company launched an appeal last year against a court ruling questioning its right to operate Sukari, its sole producing mine, wiping away nearly half the value of its shares. Centamin's head of ...
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood braces for future trouble
CAIRO - For the Muslim Brotherhood, running Egypt has been like crossing a minefield. As President Mohamed Morsi ends his first year in office, fortifications being erected at his group's headquarters suggest a looming war.Behind a reinforced wall and a five-inch thick iron gate, the Brotherhood's Cairo compound bears scars of a divisive year that has triggered frequent protests and ...
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Egypt girls death puts spotlight on genital mutilation
The death of a 13-year-old girl during a genital mutilation procedure has brought the issue back into the spotlight in Egypt. While some Egyptians are fighting for the practice to be eradicated, others justify it in the name of religion, as the BBC's Aleem Maqbool reports. "We have been brought up according to certain morals. It shows good upbringing, a way of controlling a ...
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Latest blow to Egypts tourism Luxors governor
President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa ...
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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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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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Excerpts Egypt risks 30 June protest violence. 3000 jobs in Saudi
Excerpts: Egypt risks 30 June protest violence. 3,000 jobs in Saudi for Egyptians. Russia urges softening Iran sanctions. Fiji offers 500+troops for Golan June 19, 2013 +++SOURCE: Fox News 19 ...
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Egyptian Official Spreads Blood Libel
television, Egyptian politician Khaled Zaafrani smilingly repeats an age-old blood libel. Translations of Arabic-language websites by the Middle East Media Research Institute ...
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G8 Countries Commit to Boosting Development Efforts of African Partners
G8 countries of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada and Russia praised the development efforts made by Africans citizens, governments and institutions, including the African Development Bank Group, and committed further ...
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Africa Sudan Egypt Told to Reconsider Position On Nile Waters
Juba-The South Sudanese Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hon. Paul Mayom Akec has urged Sudan and Egypt to reconsider their position in the affairs of the Nile Waters and membership to the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI). "I want to appeal specifically to Sudan and Egypt to reconsider their positions and become effective members of the NBI that they participated in founding. They ...
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Egypt appoints former terrorist as Luxor Governor
Adel Mohamed al-Khayat is a former leader of terrorist group Gamaa Islamiya -- which in 1997 sent a terrorist squad that massacred 62 tourists before killing themselves at the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor -- and now he's a governor. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi this ...
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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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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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Cote dIvoire Gets Official Nod to Host 2014 ECOWAS Games
Abuja - Nigeria - The ECOWAS Commission and the Ivorian Government have signed an agreement formally awarding the hosting rights of the third ECOWAS Games to the country. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Kadre Desire Ouedraogo and the country's Minister of Youth Development, Sports and Entertainment, Honourable Alain Lobognon initialed the Memorandum of Understanding ...
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Orascom Construction shareholders approve OCI N.V. offer OCI N.V.
), which were convened earlier today. A total of 168,118,467 Orascom Construction Industries S.A.E. shares were represented at the Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) representing 81.25% of total shares outstanding. A total of 168,093,053 shares approved all resolutions in the OGM, representing 99.98% of total shares present. Attending minority shareholders totaled 11,264,179 shares, with 99.83% ...
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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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