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Egypt author says authorities pressed venue to ban gathering - Washington Post Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:18:28 GMT

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Egypt author says authorities pressed venue to ban gathering
Washington Post
CAIRO — Egypt's best-selling author Alaa al-Aswany said Sunday that authorities have pressured a cultural center to cancel an event where he was scheduled to talk about how the government manipulates the public with theories that the world is ...
Freedom of speech in Egypt worse than Mubarak era: AuthorPress TV

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UPDATE 2-Egypt cbank injects dollars into banks in special measure to ease ... - Reuters Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:06:00 GMT

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UPDATE 2-Egypt cbank injects dollars into banks in special measure to ease ...
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CAIRO, Dec 13 Egypt's central bank injected more foreign currency liquidity into the banking system in a surprise operation on Sunday, bankers said, the latest in a series of steps aimed at ending a foreign exchange shortage that had seen goods pile up ...
Egypt cbank injects dollars into banks in special measure to ease shortageAhram Online
Egypt cbank offers dlrs at 7.74 pounds in special transactionYahoo! Maktoob News
Egyptian pound steady at forex auctiongulfnews.com

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Amnesty urges Egypt to free boy family says was abused by police - Jerusalem Post Israel News Sun, 13 Dec 2015 14:41:21 GMT

Amnesty urges Egypt to free boy family says was abused by police
Jerusalem Post Israel News
"The horrific abuse described by Abdallah gives a sickening insight into the widespread and routine use of torture and ill-treatment by Egyptian security forces in police stations," Said Boumedouha, Amnesty's Middle East and North Africa program deputy ...

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Tourism campaign in Egypt backfires after people tweet the real #ThisIsEgypt - The Independent Sun, 13 Dec 2015 14:29:00 GMT

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Tourism campaign in Egypt backfires after people tweet the real #ThisIsEgypt
The Independent
Egypt's tourism authorities launched a new promotional ad campaign, featuring this whimsical video above that depicts the country's rich diversity. It ends encouraging viewers to share the hashtag #ThisIsEgypt.
An Egyptian tourism campaign proclaimed #ThisIsEgypt. It backfired.Washington Post
Egypt tourism hashtag campaign goes awry as tweets air accusations of state ...Fox News

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Egypt seeks to drum up Gulf investments - Reuters Sun, 13 Dec 2015 14:07:00 GMT

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Egypt seeks to drum up Gulf investments
Reuters
Egypt attracted $12 billion in pledges from Gulf countries at the conference, where President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi urged foreign investors to help Egypt recover from the turmoil unleashed after the 2011 uprising overthrew Hosni Mubarak. About $6 ...
Hilton hosts "Support Tourism in Egypt" eventHotelier Middle East
Egypt: Sharm El Sheikh Hosts Federation of Arab Engineers MeetingsAllAfrica.com

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Huawei Egypt aims to expand activities in Egypt - Daily News Egypt Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:07:21 GMT

Daily News Egypt

Huawei Egypt aims to expand activities in Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Daily New Egypt interviewed Huawei Egypt CEO Yang Tao about the company's future plans in Egypt, and how it can support the economy in its current transformation process. Tell us more about your participation in Cairo ICT 2015? Since Cairo ICT 2015's ...

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Egypt's public sculptures hit rock bottom - Al-Monitor Sun, 13 Dec 2015 21:58:05 GMT

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Egypt's public sculptures hit rock bottom
Al-Monitor
CAIRO — Facebook users have been sharing photos of statues erected during 2015 in public squares throughout Egypt. These monuments, however, stirred a wave of anger and mockery among citizens for their artistic level and for not resembling the person ...


Israel said to give Egypt share of trade income for freed prisoner - The Times of Israel Sun, 13 Dec 2015 11:50:39 GMT

The Times of Israel

Israel said to give Egypt share of trade income for freed prisoner
The Times of Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Ouda Tarabin, an Israeli citizen jailed for 15 years in Egypt on charges of spying, who was released from prison on December 10, 2015. (Haim Zach/GPO) ...
Egypt-Israel prisoner swap deal stirs controversyDaily News Egypt
PM on Israeli's Release From Egypt: 'Israel Takes Care of All Its Citizens'Algemeiner
Freed From Egyptian Prison, Bedouin 'Spy' Feels 'Very Lucky to Be Israeli'Haaretz
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Egypt lawyer challenges law that says writers can be jailed - Al-Arabiya Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:52:30 GMT

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Egypt lawyer challenges law that says writers can be jailed
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Amin linked the prosecution to a crackdown in Egypt over the past two years against Islamists following the July 2013 military ouster of President Mohammed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood. He said authorities usually target secular artists and writers ...
Egypt's foreign minister heads to Rome for conference on LibyaAhram Online
The West needs Egypt to fight Daeshgulfnews.com
International Diplomats Agree on Libyan National Unity Deal at Rome SummitEgyptian Streets

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Egypt postpones trial of 739 murderers because their courtroom cage is too small - The Independent Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:45:00 GMT

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Egypt postpones trial of 739 murderers because their courtroom cage is too small
The Independent
An Egyptian judge has postponed the trial of 739 people accused of murder and staging an armed sit-in because they would not fit inside the courtroom cage. Judge Hassan Farid said he received a letter from the Cairo security directorate stating police ...
Egypt postpones trial of 739 as courtroom cage too smallThe Daily Star
Egypt judge postpones trial of 739; courtroom cage too smallKuwait Times

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