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EU mismanaging €1bn Egypt aid - report
The European Union is failing to ensure that hundreds of millions of euros in aid to Egypt is used effectively and to make the Islamist government tackle corruption and human rights abuses, a European Court of Auditors report ...
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Mubarak freed on one charge but to stay in custody
A supporter of Hosni Mubarak holds a portrait of him outside the court in Cairo last week during his retrial. An Egyptian court on Tuesday ended Mubarak's detention in one corruption case, judicial sources told AFP, but the ousted president will remain in custody on other ...
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AfDB Publishes 50 Year Review of Africas Health Sector
The African Development Bank's Human Development and Statistics departments have published in March 2013 a joint report on the progress made in Africa's health sector over the last 50 years. The 'Health in Africa over the Next 50 Years' report reviews the progress made in health outcomes, as well as access to and the use of healthcare services. It assesses the current ...
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17 new governors of Egypt sworn in
/enpproperty--> CAIRO -The 17 newly-appointed Egyptian governors were sworn in on Monday at presidency headquarters, state-run Nile TV reported. On Sunday, President Mohamed Morsi decided to appoint 17 new governors and keep the other 10 unchanged. The reshuffle includes the governors of Alexandria, Port Said, Ismailia, Matruh and Aswan. According to state-run Al-Ahram news website, seven ...
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Egypt court ends Mubarak detention in fraud case
An Egyptian court on Tuesday ended the detention of HosniMubarakin one corruption case, judicial sources told AFP, but the ousted president will remain in custody on other ...
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An investor increases stake in TransOceans Tours to 6
) announced that Enas Mohamed Ashour has increased her stake in the company to 6 % of its capital through purchasing 1 million shares at an average price of $ 0.10 per ...
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Egypt Foreign Ministry statement on UAE relations
Cairo: Egypt’s Foreign Ministry expressed its deep regret over statements on the condition of Egyptian prisoners in the UAE, and emphasised its deep and historic brotherly relations with the ...
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Egypt highlights fraternal relations with UAE
WAM CAIRO, June 18th, 2013 (WAM) -- Egypt is proud of its deep-rooted fraternal ties with the UAE and its people, Egyptian Foreign Ministry official has said. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry's Spokesman Badr Abdel Aaty, in an official statement carried today by the Middle East News Agency (MENA), said that the relations with the UAE were based on mutual respect and joint interests, and ...
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Telecom Egypt announces change to its Board of Directors
), has today announced that Dr. Ashraf El-Sayed El-Araby has been appointed to the Board of Directors, replacing Mr. Hassan Helmy for the remainder of the current term. Dr. Ashraf El-Sayed El-Araby served as the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation from August 2012 to May 2013. Prior to this, he headed the technical advisory office of the former Trade & Industry Minister until ...
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IHT Rendezvous European Aid to Egypt ‘Ineffective’
An Egyptian anti-government campaigner collected signatures on June 2 on a petition demanding early presidential elections. LONDON — A $1.35 billion European Union aid program to promote good governance and human rights in Egypt has been ...
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Routes over under Suez Canal closed for Sunday anti-government march
The Interior Ministry says police protection won't be available for headquarters of political parties during a massive anti-government protest set for Sunday. Interior ...
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Prisons Will Not Be Stormed On June 30 - Interior Minister
Egyptian Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim has said that the Republican Guard are responsible for securing the presidential palace, not the police whose duty is to protect protesters. The minister assured the CBC satellite channel on Monday evening that prisons are a "red line" and will not be stormed during demonstrations planned for the end of this month. He warned that those who ...
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Nation and Ethiopia Resume Discussions On Nile Crisis
Egypt and Ethiopia have both agreed on the significance of resuming discussions, joined by Sudan, over a dam that Ethiopia plans to build on the Nile River. In a bilateral statement reported by Egypt's state news agency, the two African countries said that their governments will follow up on the results of the latest meeting between their foreign ministers. A committee grouping ...
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Egyptian Performers Denounce Brotherhood
JERUSALEM, Israel -- The government of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi continues efforts to impose Islamist ideology on all its citizenry. Recently, Egyptian Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz fired the director of the Cairo Opera House, saying he wants to "inject new blood" into the country's ...
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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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Egypt's oil industry is growing rapidly
Egypt has, in recent years, made immense gains in terms of economic performance. The country has long been the economic powerhouse of North Africa and Africa in general (second only to South Africa and Nigeria) and has taken great steps to reverse the highly-centralized economy inherited from President Gamel Abdel Nasser.
The oil and gas sector has long been one of the major strengths in the Egyptian economy, along with other natural resources such as minerals, gold and natural gas. Read more
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