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Egypt PM to visit Gaza in support of Hamas against Israel - Reuters Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:34:00 GMT

The Guardian

Egypt PM to visit Gaza in support of Hamas against Israel Reuters GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt's prime minister prepared to visit the Gaza Strip on Friday in an unprecedented display of solidarity with Hamas militants embroiled in a new escalation of conflict with Israel that risks spiraling into all-out war. Two rockets ... Obama presses Egypt to help rein in Hamas as Gaza conflict escalatesThe Guardian Egypt's Morsi: Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza 'Unacceptable'Voice of America Egypt Islamist leader cautious on Gaza crisisBoston.com CNN (blog) -Washington Post -Haaretz all 13,738 news articles »

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Egypt aid talks making progress: IMF - Business Recorder (blog) Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:42:21 GMT

Business Recorder (blog)

Egypt aid talks making progress: IMF Business Recorder (blog) WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund's extension of talks with Egyptian authorities is a sign of progress on Egypt's loan request, an IMF spokesman said Thursday. The IMF mission in Cairo to weigh providing more than $4 billion in financial ... IMF: Extension of Egypt Loan Talks a Sign of ProgressWall Street Journal EU pledges aid package for EgyptFinancial Times IMF team says extending Egypt trip for more loan talksChicago Tribune Ahram Online -BBC News -Boston.com all 362 news articles »

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How Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Figures in the Gaza Turmoil - TIME Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:29:21 GMT

How Egypt's Sinai Peninsula Figures in the Gaza Turmoil TIME The word Sinai was never uttered through three presidential debates and almost never on the campaign trail. But ask some foreign policy experts where they fear the next flashpoint will be in the Middle East and it isn't Iran or, even, Syria. It's the ... and more »

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UPDATE 2-Egypt strikes Ukraine from approved wheat supply list - Reuters Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:01:22 GMT

UPDATE 2-Egypt strikes Ukraine from approved wheat supply list Reuters Says informed of Ukraine export ban from Dec 1. * Plans to source wheat from diverse suppliers in Q1 (Adds quote, background in paras 8-10). By Emma Farge. GENEVA, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Egypt, the world's biggest importer of wheat, will remove Ukraine ... and more »

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PROFILE-Egyptian telco tycoon Sawiris heads back to Italy - Reuters Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:05:47 GMT

PROFILE-Egyptian telco tycoon Sawiris heads back to Italy Reuters Made a name with telcos in emerging markets. * Past Italian mobile investment was big turnaround story. * Christian billionaire, a critic of Islamists. * Some executives say he should not meddle in politics. By Edmund Blair and Leila Abboud. CAIRO, Nov ... and more »

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Egypt sending PM to Gaza, denounces Israel assault - The Associated Press Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT

Egypt sending PM to Gaza, denounces Israel assault The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president vowed to work to stop Israel's campaign against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, calling it an "unacceptable aggression" and ordering his prime minister to travel to the territory in a show of support.

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Egypt Torn Between Allies in Gaza and Treaty With Israel - New York Times Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:09:49 GMT

Egypt Torn Between Allies in Gaza and Treaty With Israel New York Times CAIRO — The Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, has fired back at Israel from the arsenal of diplomacy as Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip confront him with a wrenching test of loyalties, to Hamas and to Egypt's landmark peace treaty with Israel.

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Egypt calls on US to help stop Gaza fighting - Los Angeles Times Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:54:06 GMT

Egypt calls on US to help stop Gaza fighting Los Angeles Times CAIRO -- Egypt asked the United States on Thursday to immediately intervene to stop the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, warning that the violence could spiral "out of control," the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Egypt also announced that ...

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Egypt condemns Israeli air strikes, sends PM to visit Gaza in support - Haaretz Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:44:51 GMT

Haaretz

Egypt condemns Israeli air strikes, sends PM to visit Gaza in support Haaretz Egypt has already recalled its ambassador to Israel and appealed to the UN Security Council to end the fighting in which 16 Palestinians, five of them children, and three Israelis have been killed. By Reuters | Nov.15, 2012 | 10:41 PM ...

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Egyptian Idol - by Ian Straughn - Foreign Policy (blog) Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:16:22 GMT

Egyptian Idol - by Ian Straughn Foreign Policy (blog) In an interview with Egyptian Dream TV over the weekend, Salafist leader Murgan Salem al-Gohary called on Muslims to destroy the Giza pyramids and the Sphinx as a religiously mandated act of iconoclasm. "The idols and statutes that fill Egypt must be ...