AFP | IMF aide to visit Egypt Monday to discuss $4.8 billion loan request Reuters The IMF's Middle East and Central Asia director, Masood Ahmed, will visit Cairo to meet with Egyptian officials to discuss recent economic developments and "possible IMF support for Egypt in facing these challenges," the IMF said in a statement ... IMF official in Egypt on Monday for loan talks Egypt's Mursi to meet IMF aide on $4.8b loan request Egypt fights to prop up ailing currency as anxiety grows |
Aljazeera.com | Egypt to reshuffle key cabinet ministries Aljazeera.com Egypt's cabinet is set for a major reshuffle ahead of a trip by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the official MENA news agency reported. Ten ministerial portfolios including the interior and finance ministries are set to change hands in a ... UPDATE 2-Egypt fires finance, interior ministers before IMF visit Egypt to reshuffle 10 Cabinet ministries, state news says Egypt to Appoint 10 Ministers in Cabinet Overhaul |
FRANCE 24 | Saudi Arabia, Egypt Call for Peaceful Handover in Syria Businessweek Saudi Arabia and Egypt yesterday called for a “peaceful handover” of power in Syria, signaling closer cooperation as violence mounts with more than 60,000 people reported killed since the protests against President Bashar al-Assad began nearly two ... Saudi, Egypt call for peaceful Syria solution Saudi, Egypt calls for peaceful transition in Syria Egypt-Saudi talks ongoing |
FRANCE 24 | Court Clears Egypt's Ex-Culture Minister of Graft ABC News A court has acquitted Egypt's former culture minister on charges he failed to account for around $1.5 million of his wealth. Farouq Hosni, culture minister for most of Hosni Mubarak's 29 year-rule, is among dozens of former officials who have faced ... Egypt ex-minister cleared of graft: judicial source Egypt ex-minister cleared - report Egypt court acquits former culture minister of illicit gains |
Post-Revolution, Egypt Seeks Financial Support NPR Since its revolution, Egypt's economy has taken a blow. It has already lost more than half of the foreign currency it once had from investors and tourists. Now the new Egyptian government is fighting to secure a $4.8 billion IMF loan. Host Linda ... |
Egypt fires finance, interior ministers before IMF visit Yahoo! News (blog) Enlarge Photo. Reuters/Reuters - Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi answers reporters' questions after meeting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (unseen) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels September …more 13, 2012. |
Saudi Gazette | UAE rejects Egypt call to free 'Brotherhood' detainees Inquirer.net (blog) ... from the Sheikh's official Twitter account. DUBAI—The United Arab Emirates has rejected a request from Egypt for the release of 11 of its nationals detained for suspected links to Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood, the Gulf News paper reported on ... No interest in exporting what happened in Egypt The crisis of government isn't over Egypt's Stillborn Democracy |
Deutsche Welle | Middle East Making fun of Morsi becomes riskier in Egypt 05.01.2013 Deutsche Welle Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was the subject of many an unkind word before his fall. Though the jokes were usually told in trusted circles only, they were known to many, and fear of reprisal engendered inventiveness. To avoid mentioning Mubarak by ... |
NPR | Amid Instability In Egypt, Coptic Christians Flee To US NPR Coptic Christians will celebrate Christmas on Monday, and many will do so outside their native Egypt. Since the revolution there, their future in the country has looked uncertain, and many are resettling in the United States. Their population in the U ... For Egypt's Christians, A Coptic Christmas In Times Of Trouble This Christmas, Egypt's Coptic Christians are asking for respect Worry taints Egyptian Coptic Christmas |
Protesters block accident-prone railways in Egypt's Al-Ayyat Ahram Online Residents of Giza's Al-Ayyat gathered Saturday morning on the accident-prone railways that connect with the neighboring city of Kafr Ammar, demanding the construction of a crossing as a precaution to avoid tragedies. Engineer Hussein Zakaria, board ... |