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Egypt can't catch a break: Flight 804 disaster adds to a litany of woes - Los Angeles Times Sat, 21 May 2016 21:34:10 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Egypt can't catch a break: Flight 804 disaster adds to a litany of woes
Los Angeles Times
On top of social and political turmoil, Egypt's tourism sector, which accounts for 12% of the economy, has been battered by two previous incidents involving passenger airliners in the past seven months. The Egyptian currency dived in value as the ...
Jet Crash Sets Back Egypt's Already Lagging Tourism RecoverySkift
After riots and terror, will MS804 crash deepen Egypt's crisis?The Guardian
The Latest: Airport cleaning crews in France draw scrutinyCharlotte Observer
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Sources say hunt for black boxes makes key progress - CBS News Sat, 21 May 2016 20:55:54 GMT

CBS News

Sources say hunt for black boxes makes key progress
CBS News
Planes and vessels from Egypt and five other countries - Greece, Britain, France, the United States and Cyprus - continued searching a wide area of the eastern Mediterranean on Saturday, a day after the Egyptian military found debris from the passenger ...


Egypt Releases First Photos of EgyptAir 804 Debris Recovered From Mediterranean Sea - ABC News Sat, 21 May 2016 10:36:18 GMT

Egypt Releases First Photos of EgyptAir 804 Debris Recovered From Mediterranean Sea
ABC News
The Egyptian Armed Forces on Saturday morning released the first photos of debris from EgyptAir flight 804 recovered from the Mediterranean Sea. A video showing Egyptian search efforts, as well as the debris, was also released by the Egyptian Armed ...


'Grief is camped over this village' – Egypt mourns the lost - The Guardian Sat, 21 May 2016 05:55:25 GMT

The Guardian

'Grief is camped over this village' – Egypt mourns the lost
The Guardian
In Mit Badr Halawa, red-eyed women in black huddle on street corners, and alleys that would normally echo with tinny music, the sounds of children's games and the shouts of friendly jokes and arguments are quiet. The only busy area is outside a mosque, ...

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Egypt is locked in a state of denial over terrorism - Telegraph.co.uk Fri, 20 May 2016 16:48:12 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Egypt is locked in a state of denial over terrorism
Telegraph.co.uk
We do not know for sure yet that the crash of Egyptair 804 was caused by terrorism. It is a natural suspicion, of course, as it is bound to be with any disaster involving a combination of air travel, a natural terrorist target, Egypt, where a plane was ...
Egypt Prays: Please Dont Be Terror AgainDaily Beast
Egypt plane crash: How terrorists could have downed EgyptAir flight 804Mirror.co.uk

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Egypt and Israel close to reaching compromise deal - Ynetnews Sat, 21 May 2016 10:01:58 GMT

Ynetnews

Egypt and Israel close to reaching compromise deal
Ynetnews
Egypt will pay Israeli Electrical Corporation $865 million over 14 months in compensation for non-supply of gas to Israel via the al-Arish-Ashkelon pipeline since February 2011; if deal is signed, it will open doors to the implementation of a number of ...


Egypt Veers From Track Record By Raising Terrorism As Possible Cause - NPR Sat, 21 May 2016 12:29:00 GMT

Egypt Veers From Track Record By Raising Terrorism As Possible Cause
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Facebook; Twitter. Google+. Email. May 21, 20168:29 AM ET. Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday. Egyptian authorities have been more willing to admit fears of terrorism in the downing of EgyptAir 804 than Egyptians have been in previous air disasters.


Air Disaster Adds To Egypt's Litany Of Woes - NPR Thu, 19 May 2016 20:21:00 GMT

NPR

Air Disaster Adds To Egypt's Litany Of Woes
NPR
The cause isn't yet known, but the loss of an Egyptian plane into the Mediterranean has already delivered a new round of trauma to a beleaguered country struggling on several fronts. President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's hardline rule faces mounting ...
Can Sisi stop Egypt's implosion?Open Democracy
Russia to lend Egypt $25 billion to build nuclear power plantReuters
Plane crash prolongs Egypt's economic miseryDaily Mail

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Egypt's pharaoh illusion - Aljazeera.com Thu, 19 May 2016 10:01:14 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Egypt's pharaoh illusion
Aljazeera.com
After two revolutions, nobody who occupies this chair can become a pharaoh," Egypt's president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reportedly told a select group of intellectuals and thinkers a few weeks ago, insisting that he accepted and respected criticism ...


Egypt gets $25 billion from Russia for nuclear plant - Press TV Fri, 20 May 2016 06:36:50 GMT

Press TV

Egypt gets $25 billion from Russia for nuclear plant
Press TV
Russia has extended Egypt a $25-billion loan to finance the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said. Sisi approved the agreement in a decree on Thursday, saying Moscow will cover 85% of the ...

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