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US, Egypt boosting trade ties ahead of Obama trip - Washington Post Wed, 27 May 2009 19:15:06 GMT

Reuters

US, Egypt boosting trade ties ahead of Obama trip
Washington Post, United States
on Wednesday, a week before President Obama's planned trip to Egypt and a much-anticipated speech to Muslims. Deepening trade ties should mesh well with the strong cooperation between Washington and Cairo on political and security matters, ...
US, Egypt Aim To Bolster Trade and Investment Ties NASDAQ
Egypt Minister Meets with Council on Competitiveness, Signs ... PR Newswire (press release)
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Italy: A Denial in CIA Rendition Trial - New York Times Thu, 28 May 2009 02:54:40 GMT

BBC News

Italy: A Denial in CIA Rendition Trial
New York Times, United States
The case centers around the abduction of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, who prosecutors say was whisked off a Milan street, flown to an American air base in Germany and onward to Egypt, where he was tortured, he said. ...
Ex-Italian Spy Chief Denies Involvement in Alleged CIA Kidnapping Voice of America
Ex-spy chief in Italy denies role in CIA kidnap The Associated Press
Former Italian Spy Chief Denies Involvement In Alleged CIA Abduction RTT News
BBC News - Taipei Times
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Egypt allows European aid convoy to cross into Gaza - Xinhua Mon, 25 May 2009 23:36:43 GMT

BBC News

Egypt allows European aid convoy to cross into Gaza
Xinhua, China
GAZA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Egypt on Monday evening allowed a European aid-laden convoy to cross into the blockaded Gaza Strip which is ruled by Islamic Hamas movement, officials in Gaza said. The European aid convoy called "Hope" which included 39 ...
In pictures: Gaza's new mud homes BBC News
Israel's Defensive Response to Gaza Cleveland Indy Media
Homeless in Gaza and a feat of clay AFP
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs - Xinhua
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Court Reverses Jail Sentence of Egypt Critic - New York Times Mon, 25 May 2009 18:45:14 GMT

Reuters South Africa

Court Reverses Jail Sentence of Egypt Critic
New York Times, United States
It was unclear whether he would return to Egypt, because there are other legal cases against him. The founding chairman of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Cairo, Mr. Ibrahim is an outspoken critic of Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak. ...
Egypt court overturns dissident's jail term AFP
Egypt overturns exiled dissident's jail sentence The Associated Press
Egyptian Dissident: Obama Should Listen to People, Not Officials The Media Line
Los Angeles Times Blogs - Reuters South Africa
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Egypt-Gaza Border-Crossing A Soap Opera Filming Set - Huffington Post Wed, 27 May 2009 18:30:40 GMT

Egypt-Gaza Border-Crossing A Soap Opera Filming Set
Huffington Post, NY
(Many Palestinian refugees in Egypt are not allowed past the network of checkpoints leading up to the Rafah gate.) The border officials presented us with a series of catch-22's to block our passage, despite the fact that all of our names had supposedly ...
Report: Egypt deploys additional forces along Rafah border Ma'an News Agency
Levantine Center Hosts Gaza Benefit Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
World Briefing | Africa Sudan: 119 Died in Airstrike, State Says New York Times
International Middle East Media Center - Islam Online
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France Telecom could review Egypt holdings-source - Reuters Wed, 27 May 2009 11:19:39 GMT

Reuters South Africa

France Telecom could review Egypt holdings-source
Reuters
PA) could reconsider its investments in Egypt in the wake of a ruling against it over a plan to buy control of mobile phone operator Mobinil (EMOB.CA), a source close to the matter told Reuters. "If these legal problems persist, France Telecom will be ...
Egypt rejects France Telecom bid for Mobinil The Canadian Press
France Telecom May Abandon Plan to Buy Rest of Egyptian Company Bloomberg
Egypt index flat on telco fall, OCI gain Reuters
Reuters - Reuters
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DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - May 27 - Reuters Wed, 27 May 2009 05:40:08 GMT

DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - May 27
Reuters
All events/times provisional and in GMT (local time is GMT +3 for Egypt and Sudan). CAIRO - African ministers of finance, planning and economic development will meet to discuss measures for dealing with the global economic crisis. ...

HOLMES: What Obama should tell Muslim world in Egypt - Washington Times Thu, 28 May 2009 00:57:41 GMT

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

HOLMES: What Obama should tell Muslim world in Egypt
Washington Times, DC
By | Thursday, May 28, 2009 Next week, President Obama travels to Egypt to make a major address to the Muslim world. If past experience is any guide, he will continue apologizing for America's "mistakes" and bend over backward trying to explain that ...
Sectarian Violence in Egypt Diverting Attention From Political ... Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
A Message to President Obama From Christian Copts of California ... PR Newswire (press release)
Former Iranian revolutionist touts Christianity as the religion of ... Buffalo Reflex
CorrectionsOne - Peninsula On-line
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New Egypt 8, Keansburg 0 (High school Softball scores and results) - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Tue, 26 May 2009 23:52:27 GMT

New Egypt 8, Keansburg 0 (High school Softball scores and results)
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ
Emily Bausher pitched a no-hitter and Morgan Knigge was 2-for-4 with two RBI when New Egypt defeated Keansburg, 8-0, in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA/Blue Ribbon Awards Central Jersey, Group 1 tournament yesterday in Keansburg. ...

'Visions of Egypt' photo show at Rollstone Studio in Fitchburg, Mass. - Daily News Transcript Wed, 27 May 2009 20:24:02 GMT

'Visions of Egypt' photo show at Rollstone Studio in Fitchburg, Mass.
Daily News Transcript, MA
A family relaxes after prayers at Abu el Abass Mosque in Alexandria, Egypt. Part of the 'Visions of Egypt' exhibit through June at Rollstone Studios in Fitchburg. By Staff reports Rollstone Studios will host "Visions of Egypt," photos from 2006 and ...