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Hard Times in Egypt Stoke Labor Unrest, Showdown Ahead - ABC News Sat, 11 Jun 2016 08:26:17 GMT

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Hard Times in Egypt Stoke Labor Unrest, Showdown Ahead
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File - in this Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 file photo, workers from the Misr Spinning and Weaving Factory in the northern industrial town of Mahalla el-Kobra, Egypt, beat on makeshift drums as they protest on the final day of a week-long strike for unpaid ...

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Egypt Sentences 7 to Prison for Illegal Protest - ABC News Sat, 11 Jun 2016 15:54:33 GMT

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Egypt Sentences 7 to Prison for Illegal Protest
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An Egyptian court has convicted seven people of taking part in an illegal street protest and plotting a terror "crime," sentencing each to eight years in prison. The seven were arrested April 27, two days after a series of street protests against the ...
Seven jailed over illegal protest in EgyptBelfast Telegraph
Seven activists sentenced to 8 years in prison for protesting Egypt-Saudi islands dealAhram Online

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UK holidaymakers snub Turkey and Egypt as bookings slump over terrorism fears - Mirror.co.uk Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:36:13 GMT

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UK holidaymakers snub Turkey and Egypt as bookings slump over terrorism fears
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New figures show last minute bookings to Turkey - a top five destination last summer - have slumped by 57% while those to Egypt are down 85%. Travel experts believe people have abandoned the idea of visiting previously popular destinations like Turkey ...

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Western allies join Egypt in war against democratic values - Daily News Egypt Sat, 11 Jun 2016 19:54:04 GMT

Daily News Egypt
Western allies join Egypt in war against democratic values
Daily News Egypt
When western countries are criticised for legitimising Egypt's oppressive rule, excuses are offered in return. One response is that Egypt does not heed their concerns regarding the dire human rights conditions. “We've tried telling them, but they don't ...

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Egypt's Islamic authority downplays ISIS threat to destroy pyramids - Al-Arabiya Sat, 11 Jun 2016 11:31:11 GMT

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Egypt's Islamic authority downplays ISIS threat to destroy pyramids
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Indonesian visit the Great Pyramid, built by Cheops, known locally as Khufu in Giza, Egypt, Thursday, June 2, 2016. A scientific team scanning the Great Pyramid aimed at discovering the famed pharaonic monument's secrets including possible hidden ...
Egypt plays down Daesh threat against pyramidsgulfnews.com

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Egypt/Rwanda: Penalty Heartache for Rwanda As Egypt Advance - AllAfrica.com Sat, 11 Jun 2016 18:35:15 GMT

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Egypt/Rwanda: Penalty Heartache for Rwanda As Egypt Advance
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Egypt needed penalties to edge Rwanda 3-2 on Saturday in Cairo and book their place at the final round of the qualifiers. The visiting Junior Wasps shocked their Egyptian hosts with the only goal of the match through Vedaste Niyibizi seven minutes from ...
Rwanda U-20 unlucky to lose against Egypt, says BugingoThe New Times

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Egypt to end local wheat buying on Wednesday - Reuters Africa Sat, 11 Jun 2016 09:41:00 GMT

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Egypt to end local wheat buying on Wednesday
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will end local wheat buying on Wednesday, earlier than usual, due to exceeding its target of 4 million tonnes, the supplies ministry said on Saturday. "Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi pointed out that the door for receiving ...
Egypt buys five million tons of domestic wheat, 25pct above targetAhram Online

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Rain Global commissions Deloitte to evaluate RGS Egypt - Daily News Egypt Sat, 11 Jun 2016 18:21:22 GMT

Rain Global commissions Deloitte to evaluate RGS Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Waleed Abouraya, president of RGS Egypt Limited, operating in coal trading, said that RGS Egypt commissioned Deloitte to evaluate the company's current factory in the Free Zone at Al-Adabiya Port seeking to exit, based on the decision of the main ...

4.4% growth in GDP forecasted for FY 2016/17 in Egypt: World Bank - Daily News Egypt Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:09:44 GMT

Daily News Egypt
4.4% growth in GDP forecasted for FY 2016/17 in Egypt: World Bank
Daily News Egypt
Egypt's annual growth is forecasted to ease to 3.3% in fiscal year (FY) 2015/16 (ending 30 June 2016) and to reach 4.4% in FY 2016/17, falling below the government's target of 5%, according to the World Bank's report “Global Economic Prospects June” .

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Egypt's foreign debt grows by $5.6bn at end of Q3 FY 2015/2016: CBE - Daily News Egypt Sat, 11 Jun 2016 13:19:00 GMT

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Egypt's foreign debt grows by $5.6bn at end of Q3 FY 2015/2016: CBE
Daily News Egypt
This increase boosts the external debt to 16.5% of the GDP. In its monthly bulletin released on Thursday, the CBE said that Egypt's foreign debt to the Paris Club countries rose to $3.5bn at the end of March, compared to $2.6bn at the end of December 2015.

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