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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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Egypt faces social pressure to end alcohol sales
CAIRO, May 20, 2013 (AFP) -Egypt's liquor stores are under growing pressure to stop selling alcohol, they say, not from the country's Islamist government, but from society itself. The shelves of Amir Aziz's central Cairo premises are stacked with beer, wine and spirits, but they are invisible from the street. Aziz has covered the window with metal sheets to avoid angering ...
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Egypt 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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Eleven Arrested in Cairos Friday Clashes
Egyptian prosecution ordered on Sunday the arrest of 11 people for four days pending investigations, in relation to clashes that took place on Friday during a million-man demonstration calling for early presidential elections. The prosecution accused the defendants of assaulting security forces, destructing public and private enterprises, throwing firebombs and disturbing public order. The ...
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Egypt’s border with Gaza stays closed. protest continues
Egypt’s border with the Gaza Strip remained closed Sunday as the families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped in the northern Sinai Peninsula last week continued a ...
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Sudan The Road of Qustul - Halfa ... a Communication Gate Between Sudan and Egypt
Inaugurating the Qustul- Adendan- Wadi halfa land-road with a length of 350 Km between Sudan and Egypt. It is described by many officials as a main gate to jumpstart the economical and commercial relations between Sudan and Egypt. The new road will reduce the cost of goods transport by 80% percentage and reactivate the signed agreements between the two states. Sudan had already welcomed ...
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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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Gunmen storm Egyptian security post in lawless Sinai Peninsula
ISMAILIA: Gunmen stormed an Egyptian security forces base in the Sinai Peninsula at dawn on Monday and exchanged gunfire with forces inside the base before retreating, security sources said. The gunmen attacked the base in ...
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Egypt Central Bank delivers blow after blow to investors
Central Bank of Egypt A recent decision by Egypt's Shura Council to amend banking regulations increasing the tax burden on the nation's banks has provoked anger on the part of many banking officials.Last week, the Shura Council (the upper house of Egypt's parliament, currently endowed with legislative powers) raised taxes on bank's loan loss provisions.The move, proposed by ...
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At only 7 half-Egyptian Amira steals the show with her mad violin skillz
Amira Abouzahra performs with Tino Oac, vocalist from a popular German band, Shne Mannheimsat. "Sommer Charity" event organized at Laudenbach, Germany on 10 May 2013. (Photo: Heike Pressler) Born to an Egyptian father and Hungarian mother, seven-year-old Amira Abouzahra is being raised in Germany where the family lives. As her violin talent develops, she already started garnering ...
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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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NBKs Egyptian subsidiary posts 15.3 rise in profits
National Bank of Kuwait Group (NBK) has said its Al Watany Bank of Egypt (AWB) subsidiary has posted a 15.3% rise in first-quarter net profits to EGP86.6m, compared with EGP75.1m a year ago. Return on assets as of end of March 2013 grew to 1.98% compared with 1.82% at the end of March 2012, and return on equity jumped from 17.9% in 2012 to 22.08% in the first quarter, NBK ...
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Egypt salafists attack Muslim Brotherhood over tourism Iran ties
CAIRO, May 20: Prominent preachers from Egypt's ultra-conservative Salafist Call have again lambasted the "ruling" Muslim Brotherhood for their policies that they say contradict with Islamic ...
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Protesting Egyptian police close Israeli border
Egyptian police on Sunday blocked their Awja border with Israel in protest of the abduction of several of their colleagues by suspected Israeli militants on ...
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Egypt’s NGO Funding Crackdown
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are essential to democracy and a key way for people of all political views to band together to influence public debate. But once more, the Egyptian government is threatening to restrict NGOs that receive foreign funds. Exercised about criticism from some of these groups, the ruling party is pushing a bill that would empower the government to decide which ...
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Egyptian sailors went AWOL
Two Egyptian men went AWOL from a ship docked at Geraldton Port, a week before a Sri Lankan asylum boat unexpectedly arrived at the Mid West city last month.The Department of Immigration and Citizenship confirmed another Egyptian man from the same ship absconded following its arrival at Albany Port six days later on April 9.The department said all three men had their Maritime Crew Visas ...
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Egypt-Israel border blocked in support of kidnapped soldiers
Egyptian police climb the gates at the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip on May 19, 2013. Egyptian police closed a commercial passage with Israel in support of colleagues who shut down a crossing with Gaza to protest the abduction of policemen, state media reported. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty ...
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Egypt border police protest Sinai kidnappings
Egyptian police officers have blocked a border crossing into Israel, in protest against the kidnapping of their comrades by Islamist militants. President Mohammed Morsi has refused to negotiate with the ...
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Video shows Egyptian security officers reportedly kidnapped by militants
Egyptian relatives of border policeman kidnapped last Thursday protest at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Rafah, the main crossing point into the Gaza Strip, was closed by policemen Friday, barring people from going in or out of the Palestinian territory. Scores of protesting Egyptian police have also shut down the Awja commercial border crossing ...
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White House Official Pledges U.S. Support for Nation
In a visit to Cairo, Special Assistant to the President and White House Coordinator for the Middle East Philip Gordon reaffirmed the importance of bilateral relations and U.S. support for Egypt's transition to democracy. The top U.S. official highlighted Egypt's role in "promoting regional peace and security", in his meeting with Egyptian government representatives, ...
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Online video appears to show Egyptian hostages call on Morsi to help
Egyptian police hold signs denoting that the gates are closed and demanding the return of their colleagues, as they gather at the Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip (Mohamed el-Shahed/ AFP) A video appeared online on Sunday purporting to show seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped last week in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and listing their captors' demands.In the video, the ...
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Egypts Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears
CAIRO: Egypt's President MohamedMorsion Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video.The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure onMorsito secure the hostages' release."There are no ...
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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