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Egypt losing £120m a month as UK's Sharm el-Sheikh flight ban continues - The Independent Sat, 02 Jan 2016 16:56:00 GMT

The Independent

Egypt losing £120m a month as UK's Sharm el-Sheikh flight ban continues The Independent Egypt is losing an estimated £120m a month as the UK ban on flights to Sharm el-Sheikh continues, after a passenger plane was shot down over Sinai by Isis last October 31, killing 224 people. Visitor numbers to Sharm el-Sheikh have declined by around ... Egypt's tourism industry in dire straits as Brits shun Sharm el-Sheikh after ...Mirror.co.uk Egypt tourism in meltdown as British airlines refuse to fly to Sharm after ...Daily Mail all 9 news articles »

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Egypt arrests 3 Facebook admins ahead of Jan. 25 anniversary - Yahoo News Sat, 02 Jan 2016 14:20:54 GMT

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Egypt arrests 3 Facebook admins ahead of Jan. 25 anniversary Yahoo News CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities arrested three people who administer 23 Facebook pages, accusing them of using the networking website to incite against state institutions. The Interior Ministry on Saturday accused two men, both age 27, and a ... Egypt arrests 3 Facebook administrators ahead of uprising's 5th anniversary ...Minneapolis Star Tribune all 61 news articles »

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Jailed in Egypt for a Sexy Novel? - Daily Beast Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:58:43 GMT

Daily Beast

Jailed in Egypt for a Sexy Novel? Daily Beast Naji published a chapter containing scenes of sex and drugs in an upcoming novel, The Use of Life, in Egypt's biggest arts magazine, and prosecutors thought he was delivering a first-person account of drugs and sex. “The prosecutor doesn't understand ... Egypt court acquits writer charged for publishing 'sexually explicit text'Ahram Online Egyptian writer acquitted of violating public moralsMy Fox Boston all 48 news articles »

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15 drown in Egypt after ferry sinks in Nile - USA TODAY Fri, 01 Jan 2016 13:35:00 GMT

SBS

15 drown in Egypt after ferry sinks in Nile USA TODAY CAIRO — Egyptian search parties on Friday recovered an elderly man's body from the Nile River, bringing the death toll to 15 from the sinking of a small ferryboat on New Year's Eve, officials said. Two more people believed to have been on the boat ... Egypt: At Least 15 People Dead in 'Overloaded' Ferryboat Sinking in Kafr El-SheikhAllAfrica.com Ferry sinking kills 15 people in EgyptSBS Egypt's PM orders immediate investigation into death of 15 in Nile boat sinkingAhram Online Yahoo News -New York Times all 176 news articles »

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Constitutional expert Abdel-Al favoured to be elected speaker of Egypt's ... - Ahram Online Sat, 02 Jan 2016 17:23:05 GMT

Ahram Online

Constitutional expert Abdel-Al favoured to be elected speaker of Egypt's ... Ahram Online El-Yazal, a former intelligence officer, said "the pro-Egyptian State Coalition has so far been able to swell its ranks in the new parliament to reach as high as 370 MPs – or more than 50 percent – and this ensures that our candidate for the post of ...

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Egypt Officials Stop Facebook Program for Free Access to Internet - New York Times Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:58:58 GMT

TechCrunch

Egypt Officials Stop Facebook Program for Free Access to Internet New York Times CAIRO — A program that provided more than three million Egyptians with free access to Internet services was abruptly shut down on Wednesday, according to Facebook, the social media company that provided the program in cooperation with an Egyptian ... Facebook's Controversial Free Basics Program Shuts Down In EgyptTechCrunch Facebook 'Free Basics' service suspended in EgyptBBC News Egypt's expanding crackdown now appears to include cultural institutionsLos Angeles Times Wall Street Journal (blog) -The Verge all 1,037 news articles »

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Egypt to offer investors 47 consumer complexes as part of commercial chains ... - Daily News Egypt Sat, 02 Jan 2016 20:49:39 GMT

Daily News Egypt

Egypt to offer investors 47 consumer complexes as part of commercial chains ... Daily News Egypt The Egyptian government will offer investors 47 consumer complexes soon, as part of its efforts to implement a project for commercial chains intended to cut prices, according to a statement by the Council of Ministers on Friday. Prime Minister Sherif ...

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Battle looms over post of speaker of parliament in Egypt - gulfnews.com Sat, 02 Jan 2016 11:30:30 GMT

gulfnews.com

Battle looms over post of speaker of parliament in Egypt gulfnews.com A soldier stands guard outside the parliament building during a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf at the Prime Minister's office in Cairo March 16, 2011. Clinton toured Tahrir Square in ...

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WATCH: Egyptian warplanes bomb targets near Gaza border - Jerusalem Post Israel News Sat, 02 Jan 2016 08:13:42 GMT

Jerusalem Post Israel News

WATCH: Egyptian warplanes bomb targets near Gaza border Jerusalem Post Israel News The Egyptian Army has demolished thousands of homes on the Egyptian side of Rafah during the past year to create a buffer zone with nearby Gaza, an effort by Egypt to end smuggling of arms via secret tunnels. Egypt decided in November 2014 to double ... and more »

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Hundreds disappear into secret detention in Egypt - Financial Times Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:18:00 GMT

Financial Times

Hundreds disappear into secret detention in Egypt Financial Times Nour Khalil did not recognise his brother, Islam, after he emerged from 122 days in Egypt's secret detention centres. “He was handcuffed and standing among a group of prisoners,” said Nour. “His hair and beard were long. The skin around his eyes was ...