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Egypt Author Faces Retrial Over Sexually Explicit Material - ABC News Tue, 12 Jan 2016 18:12:04 GMT

Egypt Author Faces Retrial Over Sexually Explicit Material
ABC News
An Egyptian author will be retried in a Cairo court for publishing sexually explicit material and could face jail time. Writer Ahmed Naji and Tarek el-Taher, the editor-in-chief of Egypt's top literary magazine, are due back in court next month. They ...

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Turkey arrests Egypt family of 12 on way to join ISIS in Syria - Military Times Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:48:00 GMT

Military Times

Turkey arrests Egypt family of 12 on way to join ISIS in Syria
Military Times
CAIRO — Turkish authorities have arrested an Egyptian family of 12 that was trying to cross into Syria to join the Islamic State group, Egypt's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The family, which includes three children, was arrested in the southern ...

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Beta Technology Egypt introduces new technologies to drive growth: CEO - Daily News Egypt Tue, 12 Jan 2016 22:24:28 GMT

Daily News Egypt

Beta Technology Egypt introduces new technologies to drive growth: CEO
Daily News Egypt
Beta Technology Egypt aims to increase its business size in the Egyptian market from EGP 40m in 2015 to EGP 160m by the end of 2016. The company launched its new product in the Egyptian market, the V cloud point, which depends on cloud computing ...


Egypt Launches Biggest Digital Library in The World - THISDAY Live Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:09:22 GMT

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Egypt Launches Biggest Digital Library in The World
THISDAY Live
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has launched the biggest digital library in the world tagged Egyptian Knowledge Bank(EKB). The president equally declared 2016 as year for the Egyptian youth. EKB is a new project designed for the building off a ...
Egypt: New Parliament Should Fix Abusive LawsHuman Rights Watch
New Egypt Bank Rules to Boost Business Lending, GrowthVoice of America
Eastern Christmas and Egypt's PresidentFirst Things

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British diplomat visits Cairo to 'welcome Egypt to UN Security Council' - Ahram Online Tue, 12 Jan 2016 20:21:40 GMT

Ahram Online

British diplomat visits Cairo to 'welcome Egypt to UN Security Council'
Ahram Online
“Building on our strong historic ties and existing close partnership, the UK looks forward to forging a close partnership with Egypt on the Security Council, which will be essential to face today's global challenges,” the British official said in a ...

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Egypt witnessed hundreds of labour protests in 2015: Report - Middle East Eye Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:10:51 GMT

Middle East Eye

Egypt witnessed hundreds of labour protests in 2015: Report
Middle East Eye
Egypt witnessed 1,117 labour protests throughout 2015, with an average of three strikes every day, an Egyptian human rights group has said this week. The labour protests were primarily linked to wage disputes and grievances regarding work conditions, ...


Western Union transfers from Egypt to China curbed amid dollar shortage -sources - Reuters Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:33:00 GMT

Western Union transfers from Egypt to China curbed amid dollar shortage -sources
Reuters
CAIRO Jan 12 Money transfers from Egypt to China via Western Union have been curbed in recent weeks to stop importers bypassing capital controls in place at Egyptian banks to manage a dollar shortage, banking and Western Union sources in Egypt said.

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Father's fury at costs of holiday destination switch following Egypt terror attack - expressandstar.com Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:05:21 GMT

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Father's fury at costs of holiday destination switch following Egypt terror attack
expressandstar.com
Father's fury at costs of holiday destination switch following Egypt terror attack. A father of two from Cannock due to take his family on a £3,000 holiday to the Egyptian resort targeted last Friday by terrorists is angry after being told he cannot ...

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Egypt redraws investment zones to streamline administrative oversight - Daily News Egypt Tue, 12 Jan 2016 17:50:52 GMT

Daily News Egypt

Egypt redraws investment zones to streamline administrative oversight
Daily News Egypt
Egypt has drawn new investment zones wherein there will be established administrative offices that operate on the one-stop-shop system. These administrative offices will have broad authorities to issue licences and, according to Minister of Investment ...


The music craze with a dark side splitting opinion in Egypt - BBC News Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:35:04 GMT

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The music craze with a dark side splitting opinion in Egypt
BBC News
While it could be missed from the outside, step inside and you enter a world of neon graffiti, pulsating beats and urban youth. Here the Samaka band is busy making Egypt's latest genre of music, mahragan. Arabic for "festival", mahragan can best be ...