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Flight From Darfur Ends Violently in Egypt (Washington Post)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:34:58 GMT

MARKER NO. 6 ON THE ISRAELI BORDER, Egypt -- For Hagga Abbas Haroun, a 28-year-old refugee from Sudan's Darfur region, four years of struggle to bring herself and her family to safety ended violently last month on Egypt's border with Israel.


Egypt to charge Muslim Brotherhood leaders (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:35:33 GMT

Egypt on Saturday began questioning 16 leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood after their arrest in the latest clampdown on the Islamists, the country's main opposition movement.


Egypt to charge Muslim Brotherhoood leaders (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:38:54 GMT

Egypt was set on Saturday to charge 16 leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood after their arrest in the latest clampdown on the Islamists, the country's main opposition movement.


Egypt's Suez Cement to buy 47 pct of Kuwait's Hilal (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:40:38 GMT

KUWAIT, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Egypt's Suez Cement has agreed to buy 47 percent of Hilal Cement Co. in a deal that values the Kuwait-based firm at 25 million dinars ($88.62 million), the companies said on Saturday.


Little Egypt Search and Rescue to offer free classes (The Southern Illinoisan)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:35:51 GMT

MAKANDA - Little Egypt Search and Rescue will be offering free classes for the next two months on topics ranging from first aid and survival basics to navigation and tracking methods.


Egypt ferry carrying wedding party sinks in Nile (The Star Online)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:23:19 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt (AP): A ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo and raised fears of casualties, but police later said they believed all passengers were accounted for.


Egypt Startups Fight for Funds, Respect (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:25:08 GMT

Dr. Khaled Awad is a risk-taker. A doctor by training, he decided at age 26 to give up a secure position in one of Egypt's state-run hospitals to do something considered crazy by most of his countrymen: Start his own business.


Egypt removes subsidies (AME Info)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:18:54 GMT

Egypt is to scrap its gas and electricity subsidies for 'energy-intensive' industries and introduce a new pricing policy, reported the UK's Financial Times.


Egypt arrests 16 banned Muslim Brotherhood members (People's Daily)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:18:21 GMT

Egypt arrested 16 members, including a senior leader, of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group Friday night in Giza Governorate adjacent to the capital city of Cairo, the official MENA news agency reported. Acting on a tip-off, the securi ...


Courier News Online - Egypt ferry carrying wedding party sinks in Nile (Bridgewater Courier News)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 04:05:35 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A ferry carrying a wedding party sank in the Nile south of Cairo on Friday and raised fears of casualties, but police later said they believed all passengers were accounted for.