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Egyptian Authorities Reopen Rafah Crossing
Gaza, May 22 (BNA) - Egyptian authorities reopened on Wednesday the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian territories, south of the Gaza Strip, in both directions after the success of the Egyptian army in releasing its seven soldiers who were kidnapped last Thursday in north Sinai. Rafah crossing was closed for five consecutive days due to protest against the kidnapping of the ...
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Tonight with Hani comedian actor is also an upstanding Egyptian citizen
the current judicial system . The comedian actor joined up with other celebs from the country at one of Cairo's most fabulous hotels because he knows that if you want to see improvement, you gotta take a ...
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CIB submits request to discuss capital hike
) submitted a request in order to call for both EGM, OGM to discuss increasing issued and paid capital through free distribution from genaral reserves (one free stock for every existing two ...
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Kidnapped Egyptian soldiers in Sinai released
"The soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to efforts of the Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with the elders of the tribes and families of Sinai," a spokesman of the Egyptian army was quoted as ...
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Sinai Egyptian hostages released - army spokesman
Seven Egyptian security officers kidnapped in Sinai last week have been released – according to an army spokesman. Ahmed Ali made the statement on his Facebook page. It said: ';The seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to the efforts of Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with the elders of the tribes and families of ...
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Egypt 7 security men kidnapped in Sinai freed
CAIRO (AP) -- Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard kidnapped by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week were freed by their captors Wednesday after successful mediation in the volatile region, the country's military spokesman ...
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Hunger poverty rates rise in Egypt over the past three years UN
New York, May 22 : Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released Tuesday by the United Nations food agency and ...
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Egyptian state TV says 6 policemen border guard abducted in Sinai have been released
CAIRO - 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 transporting them on Wednesday back to the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The military's spokesmen, Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, confirmed the release ...
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17 of Egypts population suffered food insecurity
Average Egyptian household spends 40.6 percent of its expenditures on food The World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt released a report on Tuesday showing that 17 percent of Egypt's population, an estimated 13.7 million people, suffered from food insecurity in 2011, compared to 14 percent in 2009.According to the joint report by the World Food Programme, the International Food Policy Research ...
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Food Security and Nutritional Status Worsening Amidst Economic Challenges
Cairo - Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years according to joint reports released today by the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the government's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). A report by WFP and CAPMAS found that an estimated 13.7 million Egyptians ...
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Turkey increases Egypts credit line by $250m
Turkish deputy prime minister Ali Babacan has said his country will increase its $1bn credit line to Egypt by $250m, Reuters has reported. Turkey was expected to transfer the remaining $1bn of a $2bn budget support package agreed last year for Egypt this ...
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World Briefing | Middle East Egypt Security Forces Fire on Funeral
Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel. The officials say the troops thought the funeral convoy was carrying gunmen who refused to ...
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Debate in Egypt as IMF official urges govt to cut
The statement of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official urging the Egyptian government to cut energy subsidies has stirred up debate among local experts.On Tuesday, Masood Ahmed, IMF chief for the Middle East and Central Asia, told reporters in Dubai that Egypt should cut energy subsidies and spend more in other fields to reinvigorate its ailing economy.Ahmed said Egypt spends on energy ...
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1 militant killed 3 arrested in Egypts Sinai
One militant has been killed and three others arrested in a military campaign in the Egyptian governorate of North Sinai on Tuesday, a security official told Xinhua."During a military campaign in southern Rafah in North Sinai, the security forces were surprised by heavy gunfire at Al-Barth area and exchanged fire with the militants," the security source said.Afterwards, the security ...
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Egypt tourist arrivals rise but not by enough
Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the Cabinet said Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country’s 2011 uprising. The revolt that ousted ...
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Egypt passes new tax law in bid for economic reform
according to the Associated Press , describing the measure as one that will shift the burden on the poor to that of the nation's struggling small business sector. As for the nation's powerful and wealthy elite, the new law won't touch ...
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Saipem awards Oceaneering Egypt offshore deal
Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem has awarded Oceaneering International the contract to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development located offshore Egypt. The order includes 10 subsea production control umbilicals totalling approximately 84km in length and two electrical power cables totalling around 55km in length. The project is set to be ...
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Egyptian army secures Sinai in hunt for Islamists
Rafah near the border with Gaza on Thursday in the latest setback for the Cairo government's efforts to reinstate law and order in the Sinai ...
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Crime Rate Explodes in Post-Revolutionary Egypt
, saying the police inherited "this mess." According to the report, armed robberies rose from 233 in 2010 to 2,807 in 2012. Break-ins in private homes went from 7,368 in 2010 to 11,699 in 2012. There have also been increasing numbers of firearms coming into the country, Osman said. Human rights activists in Egypt said the thousands of criminals released during the revolution ...
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Islamists in Egypt Threaten Copts and Judicial Integrity Says Ex-Court Official
Morsi Sheikh, former head of the Appellate Court and director of the Center for Justice and Democracy of Human Rights, stated that Copts in Egypt face continual threats and violence from ...
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Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral in sweep against militants behind kidnapping
An Egyptian Army vehicle with a tank heads to the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Monday, May 20, 2013. Security officials said 17 military and more than 20 police armored vehicles were deployed in northern Sinai Monday as a response to the kidnapping by suspected militants of six policemen and a border guard there last ...
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Mubarak to stay in prison hospital court says
Hosni Mubarak will remain behind bars for another 30 days, an Egyptian court ruled Tuesday. It is the third extension of Mubarak's most recent jail stint on charges he exploited his office for personal financial gain. The 84-year-old former leader, who is in failing health, is being held in Cairo's Tora Prison Hospital. Ahram Online said Mubarak's raft of legal cases are moving ...
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Egypt Sends Troops Into Sinai
CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt has begun sending thousands of troops into theturbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army was sending scores of combat units inSinai for another counter-insurgency offensive. They said the armyreinforcements were searching for seven officers abducted on May 16 near theborder with Israel and the Gaza ...
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Egyptian Press Stresses Cuban Deputy Foreign Ministers Visit
Cairo, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The English-language Egyptian Gazette published an extensive interview today with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra, in which he highlighted the strength and historic nature of bilateral ties between Cuba and Egypt. The visit of the Cuban deputy foreign minister was followed with interest by both Egyptian television and printed press, which requested his ...
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Egyptians arrested on security grounds may meet relatives soon
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The 11 Egyptians arrested in the UAE on security grounds will be able to meet their relatives very soon, said Egyptian Ambassador to the UAE Tamer Mansoor. He also confirmed that all of them are in good health.Mansoor told Khaleej Times on Sunday that the Emirati officials wanted to comfort the relatives of the accused who had already talked to them on the phone in ...
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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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