Telegraph.co.uk | Egypt blames Confed Cup exit on tough schedule USA Today By Stuart Condie, AP Sports Writer RUSTENBURG, South Africa — Egypt's coaching staff blamed its collapse against the United States on a tough Confederations Cup schedule and injuries to key players. Assistant coach Chawki Gharib said that playing two ... Players Ratings: United States vs. Egypt US soccer stuns Egypt, advances to FIFA Confederations Cup semifinals US switches 3 starters against Egypt |
BBC News | Egypt hope to seal progress against US ESPN Surprise package Egypt can book their place in the knock-out stages of the Confederations Cup Sunday night when they take on the disappointing United States. After taking Brazil all the way to the wire in their opener, Egypt bounced back from the ... US treating must-win game as World Cup preparation Egypt and US both gunning for semifinal berth at Confederations Cup Two Football Giants Square Off in Confederations Cup |
Malaysia Star | Israel's Barak sees chance for peace progress Washington Post, United States By Cynthia Johnston CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday he saw a chance to advance peace talks with Palestinians and that a policy speech by Israel's premier, dismissed by Egypt as flawed, was a major step forward. ... Israel, Egypt discuss Mideast peace Obama, Israel, and Palestine: The Push For Peace Is Long Overdue Mubarak and Barak discuss Middle East peace process |
Washington Post | Matchday: USA-Egypt Washington Post, United States Egypt, though, is a confident group after scoring three times against group leader Brazil and upsetting Italy to maintain hopes of advancing. Brazil is almost assured of finishing first and avoiding Spain in the semifinals. ... |
Five more A/H1N1 cases confirmed in Egypt Xinhua, China CAIRO, June 21 (Xinhua) -- Five more A/H1N1 flu cases were confirmed in Egypt, bringing the total number of infections in the populous country to 39 cases, Egyptian Ministry of Health announced on its official website on Sunday. ... |
Reuters Namibia | Egypt Ctrl Bank Cuts Interest Rate 50 BPs To 9% Wall Street Journal CAIRO (Dow Jones)--Egypt's Central Bank said Friday that it had cut its key overnight interest rates by 50 basis points. The central bank said the lending rate was cut to 10.5%, the deposit rate to 9% and the discount rate to 9%. ... Egypt Central Bank Confirms 50 Basis-Point Rate Cut Egypt's Central Bank Cuts Key Rates Egypt central bank cuts key interest rates |
BBCSerbian.com | Egypt players' theft may have been party gone sour AFP "They could have come up with the robbery claims to avoid being caught out or embarrassed by their spouses and girlfriends back home in Egypt," an unnamed police official told the paper. "No money was taken from the safe, but we have heard that they ... Africa: Egypt, South Africa Hold Their Own in Confeds Cup Reported Burglary of Egyptian Players Turns Tawdry Egypt team denies sex link to robbery |
Egypt sets up tax collection deal with state bank guardian.co.uk, UK CAIRO, June 21 (Reuters) - The Finance Ministry said on Sunday it had signed an agreement with the state's National Bank of Egypt to collect taxes electronically, the latest move to improve efficiency and cut down on tax avoidance. ... |
Israel taps new negotiators for Shalit deal Ha'aretz, Israel According to information recently received in Israel, Egypt would like to see negotiations for the release of Shalit resume from the point at which they left off during the final days of the Olmert government. However, the Egyptians have also asked ... Israeli source: Barak's Egypt visit to come after Shalit developments Barak to discuss Shalit with Egypt Barak in Egypt: No New Shalit Negotiations |
DIARY - Egypt/Sudan - June 20 Reuters All events/times provisional and in GMT (local time is GMT +3 for Egypt and Sudan). CAIRO - Yale World Fellows and International Economic Forum host conference on The Middle East in Transition: Leadership in Challenging Times. ... Egypt orders slaughter of all its 300000 pigs as swine flu ... A niche market at best, Egypt's pork industry likely won't survive ... |