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Former child slave brought to Calif. from Egypt to work for family becomes US ... - Washington Post Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:19:32 GMT

The Associated Press

Former child slave brought to Calif. from Egypt to work for family becomes US ...
Washington Post
More than a decade ago, 10-year-old Shyima Hall was brought to Southern California by an affluent Egyptian couple who forced her to sleep in a cold garage at night and spend her days working as a maid. For nearly two years, Hall ironed clothes, ...
Former child maid from Egypt becomes U.S. citizenSan Francisco Chronicle
Former child maid from Egypt becomes US citizenSeattle Post Intelligencer

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Fearing Persecution, Egypt's Christians Back Parties Most Likely to Beat Islamists - TIME Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:51:27 GMT

The Hindu

Fearing Persecution, Egypt's Christians Back Parties Most Likely to Beat Islamists
TIME
15, 2011 Egyptian Coptic Christian women help voters find their registration numbers outside a polling station in the Manshiet Nasser district of Cairo on November 29, 2011. Egypt's Islamists appeared to sweep the vote in the mostly poor and rural ...
Latest Egypt voting hit with fraud allegationsCBS News
Egypt's Islamists court crucial rural voteThe National
Egypt Islamists Fight for Seats During Second Round of VoteBusinessWeek
Reuters -Ahram Online
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Egypt Uncertainty Sends Bond Yield to Record, Suffocates Growth - Bloomberg Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:20:56 GMT

The Daily Star

Egypt Uncertainty Sends Bond Yield to Record, Suffocates Growth
Bloomberg
By Alaa Shahine and Ola Galal - Thu Dec 15 22:01:00 GMT 2011 Egypt's dollar bond headed for its worst weekly loss amid political uncertainty that has pushed the currency to a seven-year low and reduced economic growth to the lowest level in almost a ...
Egypt dollar bond heads for worst week lossThe Daily Star

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US urges Egypt to reconsider blogger verdict - AFP Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:45:00 GMT

AFP

US urges Egypt to reconsider blogger verdict
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States on Thursday urged Egypt's interim military rulers to reconsider a military court's verdict to jail a blogger for two years after he criticized the army. "We are very concerned about reports that the military court has ...
Egypt court cuts blogger Maikel Nabil's jail termBBC News
Egypt cuts blogger's sentenceCNN
Rights groups: Egypt's rulers target criticsTucson Citizen
Bikya Masr -Eurasia Review
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For a Woman in Egypt, Fear of Losing Equal Rights - New York Times (blog) Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:51:24 GMT

New York Times (blog)

For a Woman in Egypt, Fear of Losing Equal Rights
New York Times (blog)
But it is much more freedom than the overwhelming majority of Egyptian women can claim. With the first free parliamentary elections, I was reminded that a significant number of men and women in my homeland believe the amount of freedom I have might be ...


Egypt's Mobinil Pins Hopes on High-End Market - Wall Street Journal Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:58:58 GMT

Egypt's Mobinil Pins Hopes on High-End Market
Wall Street Journal
By SHEREEN EL GAZZAR CAIRO—Egypt's Mobinil has suffered from tough competition in the local mobile phone market, but hopes to rebuild revenues and profitability with a focus on broadband and other higher-value services, the company's new Chief ...

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Egypt's wary Christians - Los Angeles Times Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:24:53 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Egypt's wary Christians
Los Angeles Times
Coptic Christians participated in the 'Arab Spring' protests that brought down the government of Egypt, but the ascendance of Islamist parties and some calls for a strict Islamic state are making them uncertain about their future in their homeland. ...
Egypt: governance and future realitiesDAWN.com
Shadow Government: Whither the Arab Spring?Foreign Policy (blog)
Testifying on Behalf of Egypt's ChristiansFrontPage Magazine
ReadWriteWeb -OC Weekly (blog) -Jerusalem Post
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In Mubarak's hometown, Egypt wrestles with the past - Reuters Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:01:18 GMT

In Mubarak's hometown, Egypt wrestles with the past
Reuters
By Dina Zayed KAFR MUSAILHA, Egypt (Reuters) - In the hometown of Hosni Mubarak, 72-year-old Hajj Sayyed climbed the polling station stairs to vote in an election that will set Egypt on a new democratic course, with little thought for the former ...

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Egypt's Worsening Economy - Council on Foreign Relations (blog) Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:17:45 GMT

Egypt's Worsening Economy
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
As Egypt began the second of three rounds of elections yesterday and commentators in and outside the country debate the prospects for democracy after large Islamist victories so far, its economic problems loom ever larger. ...


Jordan set to end reliance on Egyptian gas - Jordan Times Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:47:15 GMT

Jordan set to end reliance on Egyptian gas
Jordan Times
By Taylor Luck JORDAN IS SET to move away from Egyptian gas due to the growing unreliability of the country's main energy source, officials say. In a statement earlier this week, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Qutaiba Abu Qura announced that ...

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