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Economic Potholes Add Dangers on Egypt's New Political Path - New York Times Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:44:40 GMT

New York Times
Economic Potholes Add Dangers on Egypt's New Political Path
New York Times
CAIRO — After a year of unending turmoil and military rule, Egypt faces an acute financial crisis that could undermine its political transition and pose a defining challenge to Islamists now coming to power. With mounting debts, negligible economic ...
One year on, Egypt will demonstrate and celebrateReuters
Egypt's ruling general announces partial lifting of emergency lawWashington Post
Egypt protests on anniversary of anti-Mubarak uprisingBBC News
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A Test for Egypt: Hearing All Voices - New York Times Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:10:30 GMT

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A Test for Egypt: Hearing All Voices
New York Times
Today in Egypt, on the anniversary of its uprising against Hosni Mubarak, that man is Maikel Nabil Sanad. Mr. Nabil spent much of the last year in a tiny, fetid cell in El Marg Prison in Cairo, where he went on a hunger strike.
Egypt frees pro-Israel blogger after 10 monthsJerusalem Post
Egypt blogger Nabil releasedAFP
Egypt: Jailed blogger released, but still criticized for controversial viewsGlobalPost (blog)
Amnesty International UK -Bikya Masr -Foreign Policy
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The Egyptian Revolution Will be Televised - Wall Street Journal Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:07:39 GMT

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The Egyptian Revolution Will be Televised
Wall Street Journal
By ANNA LOUIE SUSSMAN A week after Egypt erupted in revolution last January, Jon Alpert, an Emmy-winning documentarian and co-founder of the Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV), got the call he'd been waiting for. Sheila Nevins, the president ...
Was the Egyptian revolution really non-violent?Al-Masry Al-Youm
Inside the Egyptian RevolutionNew America Foundation
Room 220: Andy Young's New Book on Watching the Egyptian RevolutionNOLA Defender

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Bombs in the Sinai Fuel Israel Fence-Building on Egyptian Border - BusinessWeek Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:06:24 GMT

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Bombs in the Sinai Fuel Israel Fence-Building on Egyptian Border
BusinessWeek
25 (Bloomberg) -- The Sinai Peninsula is becoming a top security priority for Israel after more than three decades of quiet along its border with Egypt. Since the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak almost a year ago, a pipeline supplying natural ...
Israeli attempts to find local alternatives to Egypt gas hit stumbling blockAhram Online

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Lawyer says ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak still president - Fox News Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:17:56 GMT

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Lawyer says ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak still president
Fox News
CAIRO – Hosni Mubarak's lawyer concluded his defense on Sunday, arguing that the ousted leader should be acquitted of criminal charges because he is technically still the president of Egypt. Mubarak, who stepped down nearly a year ago, is charged along ...
Lawyer: Mubarak is still Egypt's presidentCNN International
Mubarak still rules Egypt, defense tells courtReuters

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Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest - live updates - The Guardian Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:44:51 GMT

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Syria, Egypt and Middle East unrest - live updates
The Guardian
The divide between those who view Egypt's new parliament as the triumphant fruit of the past year's political upheaval, and those who see it as a hallmark of the revolution's downfall is deep and messy. The latter represent the parliament as a weapon ...
Domestic dissent is best to spark Arab transitionsThe Daily Star

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Egypt 'to end' state of emergency - Daily Star Online Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:57:15 GMT

Egypt 'to end' state of emergency
Daily Star Online
Egypt's military ruler has said the decades-old state of emergency will be lifted partially on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the uprising against former President Hosni Mubarak. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi said the law would still be applied in ...

Political optimism lifts Egypt, Kuwait bourses - Business Recorder (blog) Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:35:49 GMT

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Political optimism lifts Egypt, Kuwait bourses
Business Recorder (blog)
Signals of political stability lifted risk appetite and the bourses in Egypt and Kuwait on Tuesday while other Gulf markets were mixed, showing little reaction to rising tensions over a European ban on oil imports from Iran.
MIDEAST STOCKS-Political optimism lifts Egypt, Kuwait boursesReuters

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Egypt Accepts Most Repos in Four Weeks After Local Yields Surge - BusinessWeek Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:13:53 GMT

Egypt Accepts Most Repos in Four Weeks After Local Yields Surge
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24 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt sold 20 billion Egyptian pounds ($3.3 billion) in seven-day repurchase agreements today, the most this year, after funding pressure at local banks drove domestic debt yields to records. The North African country's central bank ...

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Egypt main index surges following new parliament - The Daily Star Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:15:55 GMT

The Daily Star
Egypt main index surges following new parliament
The Daily Star
It extended gains after the opening Monday of Egypt's first freely elected parliament in 60 years. “Yesterday was the first session for the elected parliament. This is positive political news,” says Abdullah Hassan of Osool Brokerage.
Egyptian Stocks: Orascom Telecom Holding and Lecico EgyptBusinessWeek

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