Egypt
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (front row R) chats with his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C), as Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema (R) listens to a speech, at the opening session of first EU-African summit 03 April 2000 in Cairo. Italy's Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema appears in the second row (C).
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By currying favor with Congress and the U.S. public, the Abu Dhabi ruling family is arguing that it should not be sold down the river, as Mubarak was in Egypt, if the Arab Spring ever comes to the U.A.E.
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Egypt: 3 women killed in 'honor' crime
(AP) -- An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses -- so-called "honor killings."The official said Friday the men suspected the three women of having affairs, and killed Read more »
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Will Senate bid lure Rogers from his House seat?
(AP) -- Republican Rep. Mike Rogers has pulled off a rare feat in a bitterly divided Congress -- a working, productive relationship with Democrats in overseeing the nation's 16 spy agencies.The question now is whether the chairman of the House Intelligen Read more »
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Egypt TV: 7 security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
(AP) -- Egyptian state TV says six policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week have been freed.The report says the men were let go in the middle of the desert by their captors and the military was transp Read more »
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Militants kidnap 6 Egyptian security men in Sinai
(AP) -- Suspected militants in Egypt 's Sinai abducted six security personnel as they headed to Cairo for holidays early Thursday, security officials said, the first such kidnapping of security forces in the increasingly lawless peninsula.The officials s Read more »
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Egypt court sentences 3 in deadly train accident
(AP) -- An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced three railway workers to two years hard labor for a train accident that killed 19 police recruits earlier this year.The state-run news agency MENA reported Saturday that the train conductor and two supervi Read more »
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Peres to leave for WEF conference in Jordan
meet with King Abdullah II and with President Abbas, and possibly with other Arab leaders. In attendance are also representatives of Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Pakistan and more. Also attending 9:08 AM from Ynetnews Read more »
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Textile sector reflects Egypt's decline
textile factories were already suffering when former President Hosni Mubarak was in power. Then hundreds closed. Now the situation is much worse and the number of factories shutting down is rising fast. Since the revolution, many cotton farmers have turned 5/24/13 from Al Jazeera Read more »
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Transformation, related capital increase and new investments top agenda in Minister of Investment meeting with Citadel Capital Chairman
to help offset the nationwide power shortages. Another benefactor of these new investments will be Citadel Capital's Dina Farms, Egypt's largest privately owned dairy farm which has plans to expand its arable land capacity by 2,500 acres, doubling the plots 7:50 AM from AME Info Read more »
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Egypt to return taxes collected from QNB deal
Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank 's acquisition of National SocieteGenerale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official from a clearing company told Reuters on Saturday. The clearing company will return 10.2 million Egyptian pounds 7:48 AM from Economic Times Read more »
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Mursi says Egypt is keen on boosting African integration
President Mohamed Mursi talks with U.S. Senator John McCain (not seen) during their meeting in Cairo January 16, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih Egypt is keen on boosting African integration and benefiting from the successful experiences of other countries, President 6:38 AM from Aswat Masriya Read more »
