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Alexandria City Centre steps into £E370m expansion phase (ziomal.biz)

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:27:02 GMT

Egypt: Alexandria's premiere shopping destination, Alexandria City Centre, goes into a redevelopment and mega expansion phase starting May 2008. [AMEInfo.com]

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Egypt: Stock Market Decline (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:18:41 GMT

Egyptian blogger Hossam el Hamalawy reports that the Egyptian stock market continues to decline

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OPEC Stands Silent While Egypt Suffers Food Riots (Get Mash)

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:31:39 GMT

Despite being surrounded by petroleum-rich neighbors, Egypt is suffering the effects of record-high oil prices that have touched off deadly riots over the simplest of commodities: bread. Read the full story

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EGYPT: Clearing mines, helping victims (video) (Alertnet)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:27:58 GMT

Source: IRIN Egypt's northwest coast is contaminated with approximately 17 million landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) from World War II. According to the Landmine Monitor Report 2007, Egypt is one of the most heavily mined countries in the world after hotspots such as Afghanistan, Angola and Bosnia.

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Adolescence of media in Egypt (Afrigator)

Thu, 15 May 2008 08:09:00 GMT

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Telecom Egypt announces Q1 2008 consolidated results (ziomal.biz)

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:59:34 GMT

Egypt: Telecom Egypt (TE) today announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter of 2008. [AMEInfo.com]

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Egypt's economy soars; so does misery (USA Today)

Thu, 15 May 2008 01:29:12 GMT

Egypt today has all the earmarks of a gathering boom. Strange then, that most Egyptians seem so miserable. "Living conditions ...

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Egyptian stock market continues to decline (3arabawy)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:37:57 GMT

From the Daily News Egypt… Egypt's bourse slid Wednesday for the seventh straight session led by construction and banking stocks, which were still reeling from the government move to cut tax breaks on energy-intensive firms and hike energy prices. “The government's decision to cut tax breaks [for energy-intensive firms in free zones] has helped drag down the [...]

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Electric / Electricity in Egypt (Afrigator)

Wed, 14 May 2008 21:55:00 GMT

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Woman speaks of husband's torture at CIA abduction trial in Italy (International Herald Tribune)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:10:05 GMT

The wife of a fiery Muslim cleric Wednesday tearfully recounted publicly for the first time how her husband was kidnapped on a Milan street in 2003 and sent to Egypt to endure torture.

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Berlusconi may testify in CIA kidnap case (Financial Time)

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:04:00 GMT

A Milan judge has ruled that Silvio Berlusconi can be called to testify in a trial of US and Italian spies, who are accused of kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt.

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About 19.6 per cent of Egypt's population below poverty line, UN (Poverty News Blog)

noreply@blogger.com (Kale) — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:02:00 GMT

from Monsters and Critics At least 19.6 per cent of Egypt's 75 million citizens live below the poverty line, while 14.7 per cent of children do not go to school, said the United Nation's Human Development Report. The annual UN Human Development Report 2008, which was issued on Tuesday, assessed Egypt's social, economic, health and educational status. One of every five Egyptians...

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Into Teeming Cairo, The Pyramids And Sphinx (Take Back the Times)

Tue, 13 May 2008 17:52:00 GMT

Written from Alexandria, Egypt-- For a long time, I had skipped Egypt on my travels, not being in great sympathy with its policies, and somewhat concerned about the security of such a visit. But that was a mistake. Egypt is a marvelous travel experience and one no one who can afford such a trip should miss it. Today, hundreds of Prinsendam passengers took a 12-hour tour...

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Greece, Turkey, & Egypt cruise, from $1,849 (MSNBC.com)

Tue, 13 May 2008 16:10:52 GMT

This autumn air/hotel/cruise package has an appealing, unusual itinerary that begins and ends in Athens, with stops in Istanbul, Kusadasi, Rhodes, Alexandria, and Santorini.

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INTERVIEW-Egyptian cleric to sue Italy over CIA abduction (Alertnet)

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:49:00 GMT

Source: Reuters By Alaa Shahine ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 13 (Reuters) - An Egyptian cleric said on Tuesday he would sue the Italian state for allowing the CIA to kidnap him in Milan in 2003 and fly him to ...

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Egypt Seals Rafiah Border after Three-Day Reprieve (Prophecy Fellowship Forums)

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:45:02 GMT

---Quote--- Egypt has re-sealed the border at Rafiah, dividing the Gaza and Egyptian sides of the city, after having left it open for three days to allow 1,433 Gaza residents to enter, most of them for medical treatment. Hamas has been trying to persuade Egypt to re-open the border on a permanent...

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Bush to address security, oil in Mideast (News: Moldova.org: Politics)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:05:00 GMT

U.S. President George Bush will concentrate on regional security and the soaring price of oil when he visits the Middle East this week, CNN reported Tuesday.CNN said Bush was scheduled to leave Tuesday and his trip would include stops in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan. It comes as violence was rocking Lebanon and diplomats were trying work toward a peace agreement between Israel and...

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Egypt and Sudan Join Forces on Wheat Growth (Afrigator)

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:57:00 GMT

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An-Nahar: Hezbullah tried to assassinate Jumblatt (Israel Matzav)

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:24:00 GMT

Israel Radio reported this morning in the name of the Lebanese newspaper An-Nahar that Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt (pictured, left) canceled a trip to Egypt last month because he learned that Hezbullah planned to assassinate him as he departed from Beirut Airport. As you may recall, one of the things that set off the current crisis was the activities of the Hezbullah-affiliated director...

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Dead Babies Mistaken For Christmas Decorations (Anorak News)

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:52:59 GMT

A CLACK of marmalade-coated tongues as Mail readers learn: “Bodies of two babies hidden in a box for 50 years were mistaken for Christmas decorations.” It's 1956, Winifred Atwell is No. 1 in the hit parade. Egypt seizes the Suez Canal and rationing has only been a few years gone. Tough times. And just how tough we [...]

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