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Egypt Fears of spurious charges in trial of another opposition activist
There are credible fears that the charges against a well-known opposition activist in Alexandria may be spurious and in retaliation for his activism, Amnesty International said as his appeal hearing is due to resume. On 12 March, the activist Hassan Mostafa was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison for insulting and attacking a public prosecutor in Alexandria - accusations he vehemently ...
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KFC smuggled to Gaza from Egypt via tunnels– video
A delivery company in Gaza is transporting Kentucky Fried Chicken from Egypt through underground tunnels for residents. Families order their meals a day in advance, and they are transported to the blockaded region through the Hamas-run tunnel system. Delivery company Alyamama reportedly charges around $35 (23) for a family ...
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Actor dressed as woman feels Egypts sexual harassment
As part of a documentary TV series, a young male actor took to the streets of downtown Cairo dressed as a woman and experienced sexual harassment ...
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Secret Life of Egyptian Pigs
Pigs once played an important economic role for Cairo's Coptic Christians and helped keep the Egyptian capital clean. Now, after a controversial culling, they are making a ...
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Nasr for Civil Works Q113 profits hit LE 6.5 m
) reported consolidated financial results posting a net profits of LE 6,574,503 for the period from 01/01/2013 till 31/03/2013. Noting that, it posted net profits of LE 4,467,527 for the comparable ...
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Calm Prevails in Tahrir Square Before Demonstration
A state of calm prevailed on Friday morning in Cairo's Tahrir Square before a planned million-man demonstration which several revolutionary parties and forces have called for. According to those parties and forces, participants in today's demonstration demand holding early presidential elections, releasing all detainees, drafting a new constitution, and avenging the martyrs. Some ...
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Palestinian President in Egypt With Heavy Agenda
Cairo, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will pursue a heavy agenda of vital issues in this capital, one of which is a meeting today with his Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsi. Abbas arrived in Cairo last night, just 48 hours after delegations from his Al Fatah organization and Hamas, the Islamist entity that rules the Gaza Strip, agreed to form a transitional ...
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Egypt closes border after kidnappings
Cairo - Egyptian police closed the Rafah border crossing with Gaza on Friday in protest at the kidnapping of colleagues in the Sinai peninsula, a security source and witnesses ...
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Egypt police shut Rafah crossing to protest abductions
Gaza on Friday in protest at the kidnapping of colleagues in the Sinai peninsula, a security source and witnesses said.Three policemen and four soldiers were abducted on Thursday by armed men who are demanding the release of a group of prisoners held at a police station in the North Sinai town of El-Arish, official media reported.The captured policemen worked at the Rafah border terminal, a ...
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Orascom Telecom Q113 loss hits LE 1.3 bln
) reported consolidated financial results posting a net loss of LE 1,364 billion for the period from 01/01/2013 till 31/03/2013. Noting that, it posted net profits of LE 726 million for the comparable ...
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Court Quashes Sentence for Mubarak-Era Tycoon
Cairo - An Egyptian court quashed Sunday the sentence of a 7-year prison term and a large fine for a business tycoon over money laundering charges and ordered his retrial, official news agency MENA reported. The Court of Cassation canceled the jail term and the fine of over 2.7 billion U.S. dollars against Ahmed Ezz, a well-known steel tycoon and former ruling party's leading member at the ...
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Egypts unemployment rate reaches 13.2 in Q1 2013
- Egypt's jobless rate climbed 0.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013 compared to the last quarter of 2012, reaching 13.2 percent of the country's total labour force, according to state-run statistics body CAPMAS.CAPMAS's quarterly report, released on Wednesday, attributed the increase in the unemployment rate to the stricken economy, which has seen frequent hits since the 2011 ...
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Cemetery Reveals Baby-Making Season in Ancient Egypt
Egypt whose burials date back around 1,800 years. The oasis is located about 450 miles (720 kilometers) southwest of Cairo. The people buried in the cemetery lived in the ancient town of Kellis, with a population of at least several thousand. These people lived at a time when the Roman Empire controlled Egypt, ...
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Egypt police seal border with Gaza
Egyptian police have sealed off the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in protest at the abduction of seven security personnel in Sinai. Reports say police locked the gates and placed barbed wire at the entrance. Rafah is the only regular exit from Gaza for 1.6m Palestinians living there. Other crossings into Israel are allowed only in exceptional cases. The three policemen and four ...
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Egyptian police close Gaza border in protest demanding release of kidnapped colleagues
RAFAH, Egypt - An Egyptian security official says policemen at the country's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip have closed the border on their own initiative to protest the abduction of their colleagues. The official said Friday that the guards will keep the border closed until four of their colleagues, who were abducted in the Sinai peninsula Thursday with three others, are freed. ...
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ExcerptsEgyptian depression most severe since 1930s 17 May 2013
Excerpts:Egyptian depression most severe since 1930s 17 May 2013 +++SOURCE: Egypt Daily News 17 ...
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Mubarak-era housing minister businessman acquitted in corruption case
- Cairo Criminal Court has acquitted former housing minister Ahmed El-Maghrabi and businessman Mounir Ghabbour of illegally acquiring public lands. In May 2011, a court slapped the former minister with a five-year jail sentence for facilitating the acquisition of 18 feddans (roughly 18 acres) of land in the suburb of New Cairo by Ghabbour's tourism company, Sakara for Investment, at an ...
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Egyptian cops close crossing with Gaza
Gaza - Egyptian policemen blocked the crossing into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest against the kidnapping of Egyptian security forces in the Sinai, witnesses and sources said. Locals said police had placed barbed wire across the entrance to the border and closed the gates with chains, leaving hundreds of Palestinians stranded on both sides of the fence. Islamist gunmen abducted seven ...
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GDF Suez reveals huge US LNG deal with Japanese firms
Whose story is your appraisal measuring. If results are bad, then problem is not just with employees. Appraisal reveals how good or bad the organization ...
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Opposition Leaders Daughter Arrested Again On Charges of Fraud
A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Thursday evening the arrest of former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahi's daughter for the second time over new charges of internet marketing fraud. Salma Sabahi is facing the same charges as before but there are around 40 complaints now against her, prosecutor Ayman al-Babeli told Aswat Masriya. Salma was arrested on Wednesday pending investigations, ...
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Tourist Traffic Jumps Up By 17.4 Pct in 2013 Says Prime Minister Kandil
The tourist traffic to Egypt has increased by 17.4 percent in 2013 compared to 2011, Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Thursday. The government supports tourism which provides 11.3 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the country and 20 percent of its foreign currency. Tourism also provides 12.6 percent of the country's labour force with jobs, the state-owned news agency MENA ...
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Mursi Urges Security Ministers to Work On Solving Sinais Issues
President Mohamed Mursi met on Thursday with Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim to discuss ways to release security officers who were kidnapped in Sinai earlier today. Militants kidnapped seven security officers on Thursday morning, including four army recruits and three state security officers. Sinai's problems are not solved by abducting or ...
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ElBaradeis Party Supports Campaign Against Govt
The Dostour Party has announced its full backing for the rebellion movement "Tamarod" whose aim is to collect support for a no confidence vote against President Mohamed Mursi's government. The campaign, who plans to have collected 15 million signatures by June 30 (a year after Mursi was elected to office), also aims to call for an early presidential election. The liberal party, ...
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Shafiq Joins Rebellion Campaign Against Mursis Govt
Defeated presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq said on Thursday that he will join the rebellion movement "Tamarod" whose aim is to collect support for a no confidence vote against President Mohamed Mursi's government. Shafiq said in a post on his Twitter account that he has been eagerly watching Egyptians rally behind the anti-regime campaign that is effectively pealing ...
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Prime Minister Says Only Tahrir Square Is Unstable
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Thursday that "one kilometer only is responsible for the instability in Egypt," referring to Tahrir Square where a popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011 was centralized. He insisted that other cities including the touristic Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada resort areas are stable, reported the state news agency. In a meeting ...
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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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