USA Today | Post-revolution Egypt waits for tourists to return USA Today LUXOR, Egypt – The setting is already surreal: a warm breeze wafting off the Nile, a muezzin's call to prayer, and a full moon glinting against a giant stone visage of Ramses II, the most powerful pharaoh in Egyptian history. ... |
Independent Online | 3 top Mubarak cronies banned from leaving Egypt The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Justice Ministry on Thursday imposed a travel ban on three top associates of former President Hosni Mubarak, citing corruption suspicions, in the latest move against the pillars of the old regime. The three men were among the most ... Egypt panel seeks to recover Mubarak assets abroad Egypt Bans Three Top Former Figures from Traveling Abroad Three Mubarak aides banned from travel: justice |
Ha'aretz | Egypt requests Great Millennium Dam studies from Ethiopia Al-Masry Al-Youm Irrigation Minister Hussein al-Atfy on Thursday said Egypt is awaiting the Ethiopian government's reply to its request for technical and environmental studies of the Great Millennium Dam. Ethiopia is building the dam on its borders with Sudan. ... Egypt Favors Pragmatic Solution to Nile Water Sharing, Says Analyst Ethiopia defies Egypt, Sudan, and plans Nile dam Ethiopia at Odds With Egypt, Sudan Over Nile River |
Kansas City Star | Pessimism rules among Jordan's would-be revolutionaries Jerusalem Post 35 activists from Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordan and elsewhere in the region, will discuss strategies for the changing Middle East in workshop being held in Amman for anti-government organizers. AMMAN – “Nadine,” a veteran of the January ... Prospects for reform in Jordan depend on attitude of king |
Reuters | Egypt's Real Debates Begin Council on Foreign Relations CAIRO – What strikes the visitor to post-Mubarak Egypt is the profound sense of uncertainty about just about everything. Whereas Mubarak's Egypt was consumed by sclerotic stability and the need for order, today's Egypt is rife with ambiguity and ... Egypt's secular parties join forces to fight elections Cairo Revolt Takes Aim at Free Market Essam El Erian: Egypt's 'old regime is fading' |
The Guardian | US-Yemeni cleric: Arab unrest chance for al-Qaida The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A US-born radical Yemeni cleric claims in a new article that violent Islamist groups will be able to take advantage of the Arab world's wave of popular unrest, even if it leads to secular governments in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and other ... Al-Qaida leaders welcome Arab uprisings, says cleric Gadhafi in Groucho Glasses? Even al-Qaida Thinks He's a 'Lunatic' Goodbye Osama? |
Ahram Online | Egypt FA will not sack Shehata BBC News The Egypt Football Association (EFA) has quashed mounting speculation about the future of coach Hassan Shehata. The Pharaohs are stranded at the bottom of their qualifying group for the 2012 tournament after losing 1-0 to South Africa on Saturday. ... Egypt's FA has 'renewed confidence' in coach after poor start to African Cup ... Shehata keeps his post as Pharaohs coach |
Egypt's Top Spy a U.S. Concern Wall Street Journal CAIRO—When Egypt's new intelligence chief quietly flew to Syria's capital for a day of meetings last month, his American counterparts took note. What was Murad Muwafi, the new Egyptian spymaster, doing in Damascus? With whom was he meeting? ... |
expressandstar.com | Egypt offers incentives to kick-start tourism Wall Street Journal By KAVERI NITHTHYANANTHAN LONDON—Egypt is offering airlines incentives to fly to the tourism-dependent North African country as it seeks to stimulate demand and stop carriers from slashing capacity. EasyJet PLC and tour operator TUI Travel PLC ... TUI Travel navigates path through N.African unrest TUI Travel Offsets Egypt, Tunisia Unrest With Capacity Shift Tui suffers bout of holiday blues as UK bookings fall |
Roubini Global Analysts Expect Egypt To Seek Debt Relief Wall Street Journal NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Egypt's balance of payments deficit could swell to almost $3 billion as the first quarter ends, and the country could be pushed to seek further debt-relief options, analysts for Roubini ... |