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Currency drop hits Egypt's medicine supplies, angering public - Reuters Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:35:13 GMT

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Currency drop hits Egypt's medicine supplies, angering public Reuters We have expenses and production costs, and if a company isn't making profit it will have to halt production," said Said Ibrahim, factory manager at EIPICO, one of Egypt's largest pharmaceutical companies. That brings no comfort to pharmacists and sick ... Egyptian cinema at Cairo Festival explores society's ills - Gulf TimesGulf Times all 4 news articles »

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Egypt's High Court Overturns Life Sentence Against Ousted President Morsi - Wall Street Journal Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:13:20 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Egypt's High Court Overturns Life Sentence Against Ousted President Morsi Wall Street Journal CAIRO — Egypt's highest court overturned a life sentence against ousted President Mohammed Morsi and also cleared 18 other senior Muslim Brotherhood officials, some facing the death penalty, in a long-running espionage case. In its decision Tuesday, ... Egypt court overturns Mohamed Morsi's life sentenceAljazeera.com Lawyers for Egypt's Islamists See High Court as Last RefugeNew York Times Egypt court overturns Islamist ex-president's life sentenceUSA TODAY BBC News -Reuters all 73 news articles »

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Egypt Cracks Down On Protesters; Pressures Journalists - NPR Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:29:15 GMT

Egypt Cracks Down On Protesters; Pressures Journalists NPR As it keeps up the pressure on freedom of expression, a judge has sentenced the head of the national journalists' union and two of the group's board members to two years in jail. DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. The news media in Egypt has been targeted again ...

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How far will Egypt go in attacking media freedoms? - Aljazeera.com Mon, 21 Nov 2016 21:59:33 GMT

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How far will Egypt go in attacking media freedoms? Aljazeera.com Egypt has faced numerous challenges since the overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsi. Many have criticised the government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for its continued crackdown on dissent and the media. And now a court has sentenced Yahia Kallash, ... Egypt journalists' union head gets two-year jail termBBC News Egypt's Press Union Head Receives 2 Years in PrisonABC News Egypt jails journalists' union chief, two others for 2 yearsReuters Press TV -Voice of America all 74 news articles »

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Saudi Arabia Invites Egypt To Discuss Suspended Oil Shipments - OilPrice.com Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:30:25 GMT

Saudi Arabia Invites Egypt To Discuss Suspended Oil Shipments OilPrice.com This is the first visit by a senior Egyptian official to the kingdom after Saudi's state-owned oil giant Aramco suspended shipments of fuels to its western neighbor last month, which came—coincidentally or predictably—after Egypt backed separate ... and more »

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Egypt and Tunisia's Divergent Paths - Project Syndicate Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:30:13 GMT

Egypt and Tunisia's Divergent Paths Project Syndicate CAMBRIDGE – It has been five years since Egypt and Tunisia underwent regime change, and both countries are still suffering from low economic growth, large fiscal deficits, high unemployment, and rising public debts. Having failed to institute reforms ... and more »

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Egypt Faces Worst Financial Crisis In Decades; Can't Import Sugar - NPR Mon, 21 Nov 2016 10:04:45 GMT

Egypt Faces Worst Financial Crisis In Decades; Can't Import Sugar NPR For decades, the Egyptian government has subsidized everyday necessities like food and electricity. But the economy is in terrible shape and the government doesn't have money for imports. DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's turn now to a country that has ...

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Egypt is hosting refugees with no outside help: Sisi - Ahram Online Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:06:16 GMT

Ahram Online

Egypt is hosting refugees with no outside help: Sisi Ahram Online Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (R) welcomes his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi upon his arrival at the Belem monastery on the beginning of a state visit in Lisbon, on November 21, 2016. (AFP) ... ISIS terrorists charged with plotting to assassinate Egypt's SisiJerusalem Post Israel News Egyptian officers behind Sisi plot revealedAl-Arabiya Egypt tries 292 for plots to assassinate SisiAnadolu Agency Newsweek -International Business Times all 43 news articles »

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Raya's Aman for electronic payments launches in Egypt - Daily News Egypt Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:57:08 GMT

Daily News Egypt

Raya's Aman for electronic payments launches in Egypt Daily News Egypt Raya Holding for Technology and Communications announced the effective launch of Aman for electronic payments (e-payments) all over Egypt, according to a press release issued on Tuesday by Raya. “Aman” is a subsidiary of Raya Holding for Financial ...

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Egypt girls launch cycling equality campaign - BBC News Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:11:39 GMT

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Egypt girls launch cycling equality campaign BBC News Girls in northern Egypt have launched a bike-riding campaign in protest against widespread intolerance towards female cyclists. It's unusual to see women cycling in Egypt, and some of those who do so face harassment from passers-by. But five teenagers ...