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Auditors find EU financial aid to Egypt to promote democracy ineffective
The approximately 1 billion the EU gave to the Egyptian government from 2007 to 2013 to fight corruption and promote human rights made little progress, according to the European Court of Auditors. A report by the ECA declared EU support for governance in Egypt, the most populous Arab country and a priority of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument, as "well-intentioned but ...
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Samsung Entaleq initiative recieves 800 applicants in Just 50 Days
Following the outstanding launch of Egypt's first mobile application developers initiative; Entaleq, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, the global leader and award-winning innovator, has announced that the initiative has garnered over 800 participants to date, with the number still rapidly ...
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FSA approves Giza General Contracting to discuss capital increase
) to call for both OGM, EGM to discuss issued and paid capital increase by LE 14.698.500 for through free stocks distribution (one free stock for every four held) at a nominal value of LE 5 per ...
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Party of Egypts Islamist president blames opposition for violence over governors
CAIRO - Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors. A Wednesday statement by the Freedom and Justice party, political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the refusal of opposition leaders to talk to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was to blame for the violence in four Nile Delta ...
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In Recording Attributed to Mubarak He Says He Refused U.S. Bases
In a recording attributed to Egypt's toppled President Hosni Mubarak that appeared on YouTube on Wednesday, the ousted president said that he turned down the United States' request to deploy military bases to Egyptian soil. "The United States has always pressured us to put military bases in Egypt and I always strongly refused," Mubarak said in the low-quality recording ...
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Still double standards in Egypt justice
Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is ...
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How cyber-activism lent savvy to North African protests
The revolutions and protest movements in North and sub-Saharan Africa are by the people, but they could never have taken the form they took and keep on taking without social media and new ...
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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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Nations Decision to Cut Diplomatic Ties With Syria Discussed As Marzouki Meets With Ambassador
Tunis - Egypt's decision to severe its diplomatic ties with Syria was discussed as Caretaker President Moncef Marzouki received, on Tuesday at the Palace of Carthage, Egypt's ambassador in Tunis Aymen Jameleddine Abdelfettah Machrafa. The Egyptian ambassador officially informed President Marzouki about Egypt's decision to cut its diplomatic ties with the Syrian regime, a ...
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Rights Group Denounces Work Suspension of Radio Announcer in Cairo
Egypt: ANHRI Denounces Work Suspension of a Radio Announcer in Cairo Broadcast and Sending Him for Investigation Because of Hosting a Leader in ...
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Number of Anti-Mursi Petitions Will Surprise - Organizer
Mohamed Abdel Aziz, a central committee member of the "Tamarod" (Rebel) campaign, has said that the campaign has collected over 15 million petitions and plans to hold a press conference to announce the official numbers soon. The purpose of Tamarod is to collect petitions to push for a no-confidence vote against President Mohamed Mursi and call for early presidential elections. ...
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Mursi Discusses Challenges Facing Nation With Azhar Sheikh Pope
President Mohamed Mursi met with al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayeb and Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria to discuss the challenges currently facing Egypt. The meeting included discussions on the necessity of mobilising all economic and social potential to allow for development, the presidency wrote on its Facebook page. Mursi praised the national and historical roles of both al-Azhar institution ...
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Egypt Islamists blame violence on opposition
Egyptians looks through a decorated tent set by volunteers to offer a shade spot in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Temperatures in Cairo reached 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Amr ...
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Info2cell.com expands free mobile medical apps for regions smartphone users
Info2cell.com, mobile service application provider in the Middle East, has announced that it will be expanding the reach of its free medical mobile applications for the region's smartphone users with the signing of two additional contracts in ...
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EGX announces cancellation of 60.000 local deposit receipts of ODH
: EGX administration announced that it has received a release from Misr for Clearing, Depository and Central Registry (depositary bank) stating that: 1- Cancelling of 60.000 of Orascom Development Holding - ...
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Egypt Demonstrators Attempt to Storm Muslim Brotherhood HQ in Gharbiya
A group of demonstrators attempted to break into the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Gharbiya governorate on Tuesday, an eyewitness said. They hurled petrol bombs and stones at the building, the eyewitness added. The demonstrators earlier attempted to barge into a services office belonging to the brotherhood yet they later withdrew. At the same time, a state of cautious calm ...
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Egypt Salafi Nour Party Will Not Take Part in Next Fridays Demonstrations
The Salafi Nour Party said on Tuesday it will not participate in next Friday's demonstrations in order to avoid any violence that may break out. Demonstrating amid such circumstances leads to mobilising more crowds from the opposing side, the Middle East News Agency reported the party as saying. Several Islamist parties including the Freedom and Justice Party, the Building and Development ...
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Grand Investment Capital incurs LE 2.4 m loss in a year
) reported consolidated financial results posting a net loss of LE 2,495,447 for the period from 01/04/2012 till 31/03/2013. Noting that, it posted net loss of LE 144,816 for the comparable ...
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Egypt current ac deficit shrinks in fiscal year to March
The current account deficit shrank in the nine months to end-March to $3.9 billion compared to $7.1 billion in the nine months to March 2012, the central bank said in a statement. Offering slight respite to an economy hurt by dwindling foreign currency reserves, the first three quarters of the fiscal year saw tourism revenue rise to $8.08 billion, up 14 percent on a year earlier. Unrest ...
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Second Meeting of ADF 13 Replenishment - Closing Remarks - Afdb President Donald Kaberuka
As we come to the end of this, the penultimate remains for me to express my remains for me to express my appreciation and that of Staff and Management for our constructive dialogue over these two and a half days. I believe it has enabled us to close in on a number of key issues and a better understanding of your preoccupations and concern, but what is it we are trying to achieve. In large ...
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2 killed 16 wounded in shell explosion in Egypts Assiut
Two people, including an army recruit, were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday after a shell hit a military unit in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.A soldier and a civil servant were killed, Assiut Security Chief, Maj. Gen. Abul Qassim Abu Daif said.He added that the wounded have been sent to ...
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Egypts Mubarak interview I quit power to save lives
Former Egyptian President waves from the dock (File photo: AFP) Toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that his decision to step down was his own, adding that he could have remained in power if he had wanted to, in an interview ...
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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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