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Egypt arrests 2 culture officials (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:53:30 GMT

Egypt arrested and charged with bribery Thursday two ranking officials at the Culture Ministry for taking kickbacks from the construction companies restoring the nation's antiquities, a security official said.


Tunnels provide a tenuous link from Gaza to Egypt (CTV.ca)
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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:22:36 GMT

Gaza's criminal cartels are using hand-dug, secret tunnels that serve as supply lines through the ruptured border to Egypt, one of a handful of illegal links to the outside world.


Some 30 Palestinians stranded in Egypt refuse to return Gaza via Israel (People's Daily)
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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:49:46 GMT

About 30 Palestinians stranded in Egypt near the borders with the Gaza Strip refused to return home via Israeli crossing, fearing they would be arrested by the Israeli authorities, the official MENA news agency reported Thursday. The s ...


Egypt says Reliance to invest $10 bln (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:35:30 GMT

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Egyptian government said on Thursday that the Indian industrial group Reliance will invest $10 billion in the oil refining, petrochemicals and plastics industries in Egypt.


Egypt Arrests 2 Culture Officials (The Daily Comet)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:14:12 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt Egypt arrested and charged with bribery Thursday two ranking officials at the Culture Ministry for taking kickbacks from the construction companies restoring the nation's antiquities, a security official said.


Islamic finance yet to make a mark in Egypt (Gulf Daily News)
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Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:16:38 GMT

CAIRO: Islamic banking has taken off in the Gulf and is spreading in Europe and Asia, but in Egypt, the most populous Arab country, it has hardly made a dent.


Two activists working for Ontario-based Christian group arrested in Egypt (CP via Yahoo! Canada News)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:24:00 GMT

CAIRO, Egypt (CP) - Egyptian authorities have detained two Coptic Christian activists suspected of posting anti-Islamic messages on a Christian website, a police official and the lawyer for the two said Thursday.


Gaza: Egypt says it will not take control of security posts (Adnkronos)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:15:54 GMT

Gaza: Egypt says it will not take control of security posts (AKI) - Cairo on Thursday denied reports that Egypt intends to assume control of the security posts in the Gaza Strip. In an official statement, the Egyptian foreign ministry said that the report, which appeared on the pan-Arab daily Al Quds Al Arabi, was "groundless" and that "Egypt could not interfere in internal ...


Reliance to invest $10b in Egypt for petro goods (The Times of India)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:11:39 GMT

The Egyptian government said that the Indian industrial group Reliance will invest $10 billion in the oil refining, petrochemicals and plastics industries in Egypt.


Last Gaza Palestinians leave Egypt (Middle East Times)
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Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:11:49 GMT

ARISH, Egypt -- The last batch of 6,000 Palestinians stranded in Egypt since Hamas took control of Gaza in June returned home Thursday, leaving behind 30 Hamas supporters who cannot travel via Israel.