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Kuwait hangs two Egyptian men for murder and rape
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait hanged two Egyptian men on Tuesday, one for murder and the other for abduction and rape, state news agency KUNA reported, in the second set of executions in the Gulf Arab state this year. Ahmad al-Beili was sentenced to death for the premeditated murder of two people and Hajjaj al-Saeedi was found guilty of raping five children, KUNA said, adding that 29 people remain ...
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Tomorrow Moving price limits of Egyptian Starch Glucose shares
) to call for the existing shareholders to subscribe in company's issued capital increase from LE 308.185.000 to LE 388.185.000 amounting to LE 80 million for 8 million shares at a nominal value of LE 10 per share. EGX announces that price limits of company shares to be moved on Wednesday ...
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Egypt sees Ethiopian dam as risk to water supply
Since long before the Pyramids towered above the rich soil of this riverside town, Egyptians have given thanks to the muddy waters of the Nile. "Plants, animals, humans," said Ibrahim Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, "we all come from this river." Trace the Nile about 2,250km upstream and there's a rising colossus that threatens to upset a millennia-old balance. There, ...
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A Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Tragedy - Nancy Okail and the Case of NGOs Vs. the People of Egypt
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Today United Housing Development last payout date
) declared cash dividends of LE 0.2972733 per share payable on 23/06/2013. Shareholders as of 18/06/2013 are entitled to cash dividends ...
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Auditors criticise EU aid for Egypt
European auditors have sharply criticised EU aid allocated to Egypt, saying it has had little impact on corruption and human rights abuses. In 2007-2013 the EU sent about 1bn euros (854m) in aid to Egypt - one of the biggest recipients of EU aid. But ...
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Egypts Hostile Remarks Cements Support to Gerd
Ethiopians and foreigners of Ethiopian origin say the ongoing rubbish propaganda by the Egyptian government regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has made them strengthen their support for the project. The compatriots visited the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project on Monday. After visiting the project, the compatriots said the ongoing rubbish propaganda by the Egyptian ...
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Reports say Hamas preventing rocket fire
Gaza has deployed a 600 member military force to prevent rocket attacks on Israel, an Arab source told The Times of Israel. Hamas formed a special force to "safeguard public order" and operates along the border with Israel, the source told the Israeli website. Recent months have seen a dramatic decline in the number of rockets fired at Israel compared to a similar period last year, ...
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President Mursi Meets With Wasat Party Leaders to Discuss Initiative
President Mohamed Mursi met on Monday with leading figures of the Wasat Party at the presidential palace to discuss the details of a national initiative presented by the party days ago. The Wasat Party had recently proposed an initiative that includes holding a national dialogue on early presidential elections, forming a coalition government and discussing the upcoming parliamentary elections ...
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Jabbar Internet Group makes first investment in Egyptian company through BKAM.com
Jabbar Internet Group, one of the region's largest online investors, announced its first investment in an Egyptian company through the Alexandria-based website ...
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Egyptian Chemical Industries EGM approves capital increase by LE 98.3 m
) announced that company's EGM approved to increase its paid and issued capital from LE 1.206.000.000 to LE 1.304.300.000, amounting to LE 98.3 million distributed over 260.860.000 at a nominal value of LE 5 per share. The company added that, this increase will be financed from cash dividends withheld from ...
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Ethiopia Ethiopia Egypt to Continue Dialogue
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tedros Adhanom and Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr agree to continue the dialogue for win-win solutions on the Nile Basin outstanding issues. The two ministers showed interest to strengthen bilateral relations and coordinate their efforts to reach an understanding regarding all issues between both countries on the basis of trust. With ...
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ElBaradei Says Youths Were Are Nations Dream
Egypt's youths were and still are its hope and dream, Mohamed ElBaradei said. "The mind is our guide and conscience is our compass," ElBaradei, head of the Dostour Party, wrote on Twitter. Together we will create change so long as we are alive, he said. ElBaradei, member of the National Salvation Front, gave a speech at a sit-in organised by intellectuals and artists on ...
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EU support to Egypt assessed as ineffective
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a report criticizing EU aid spending to promote key areas of governance in Egypt in the periods before and after the Uprising of January 2011. The audit focused on Public Finance Management (PFM) and the fight against corruption, as well as on human rights and democracy. As Mr Karel Pinxten, the ECA member responsible for the report stated: ...
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Verizon said to express interest in buying Canada’s Wind Mobile
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) has expressed interest in acquiring wireless carrier Wind Mobile, a move that would let the leading U.S. mobile-phone service expand into Canada, three people familiar with the matter said. Wind Mobile also has been approached by suitors from Canada and elsewhere, said two of the people, who asked not to be named because the process isn't public. ...
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Ethiopia Egypt vow to ease tension
Ethiopia and Egypt have agreed to hold further talks to quell tensions over the building of a new dam on the Blue Nile, their foreign ministers say. Ethiopia's Tedros Adhanom said the two nations have chosen to swim rather than sink together, AFP news agency reports. He met his Egyptian counterpart Kamel Amr after Egypt opposed Ethiopia's plans for a hydroelectric dam. Egypt is ...
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Ethiopia Ethiopia and Egypts Joint Press Statement Over Nile Basin Region
Ethiopia: Joint Press Statement By the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Mohamed Kamel Amr and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Dr. Tedros Adhanom ...
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Shura Council Agrees On Amendments to NGO Law
Egypt's Shura Council (upper house of parliament) agreed in principle on Monday on amendments to the civil society law, the state news agency MENA reported. The Shura Council will discuss the amendments further in upcoming sessions, President Mohamed Mursi referred the draft law to the upper house for discussion and vote in May. Egyptian opposition groups had criticized an earlier draft ...
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Demonstrators Protest Against New Luxor Governor
Demonstrators in Luxor staged a protest on Monday at the city council to protest the appointment of Asaad al-Khayyat as the city's new governor. Al-Khayyat is a communications coordinator at the hardline al-Gamaa al-Islamiya. The protesters shut the city council's doors in the governor's face in support of outgoing governor Ezzat Saad. The demonstrators included youths from the ...
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Battle Lines Harden in Syria As Egypt Wades In
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi arrives at an Islamist-organized rally in support of the Syrian anti-Assad rebellion, in Cairo, Egypt on Sunday, June 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency) (CNSNews.com) - The decision by Egypt's president to throw the support of the Arab world's biggest country behind the anti-Assad opposition in Syria is a significant development in an ...
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AfDB Committed to Fighting Desertification and Land Degradation in Africa
The African Development Bank joined the international community in celebrating the World Day to Combat Desertification on Monday, June 17. This year's theme is drought and water scarcity. African drylands are particularly vulnerable to water scarcity. While each person needs at least 2,000 cubic metres of water for human well-being and sustainable development every year, on average, people ...
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Irrigation Minister Egypt is sensitive to its limited water resources
- Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Bahaa Eddin said Egypt will find difficulty in its water status in the near future. For this reason, he stressed the importance of giving top priority to solving water problems in the development plans of all ministries and government bodies, NGOs and the private sector. He said Egypt stands for the fair use of water far from harming the ...
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt allocates LE 400 m to finance SMEs over 2 years
) plan to expand its financing of SMEs, it has allocated EGP 200 million to finance these projects throughout 2013, reaching EGP 400 million by the end of 2014. Following ADIB's launch of SMEs at the end of 2012, the first five months of this year saw the bank successfully extending financing facilities worth EGP 150 million with utilization rate exceeding 50%. Nevine Loutfy, Managing ...
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Egyptian rapist hanged for attacks on 17 children
(1 min ago) Authorities in Kuwait hanged a 33-year-old Egyptian man dubbed a ';monster'' for the abduction and rape of 17 children under the age of 10, the public prosecution said. Hajjaj Saadi, who was handed five death sentences, complained shortly before his execution that Egypt has not given him any assistance, a witness said. Saadi denied the crimes and insisted his ...
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Rights Group Calls for Attoney Generals Resignation
Cairo - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), said that the President and the Attorney General, which was appointed by the sole discretion of the president, became a burden on the rule of law and justice in a country that one of its important slogans in the revolution was freedom and human dignity. The President had issued a decree on November 2012 to appoint the counsellor ...
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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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