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Texas Balloon Crash Reminder of Egypt's 2013 Disaster - New York Times Mon, 01 Aug 2016 18:32:56 GMT

Texas Balloon Crash Reminder of Egypt's 2013 Disaster
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CAIRO — The weekend's hot balloon crash in Texas has been a grim reminder of a similar but deadlier accident in Egypt three years ago, when 19 foreign tourists burned to death or jumped to their deaths from the burning balloon as their sunrise flight ...

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The citizens using Facebook to report on Egypt's forgotten war - The Guardian Mon, 01 Aug 2016 06:00:29 GMT

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The citizens using Facebook to report on Egypt's forgotten war
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For a strategic border region in its third year of a brutal war between armed militants and national security forces, North Sinai receives remarkably little coverage in Egypt's mainstream media, with foreign journalists fearing attacks and local ...

Egypt's Sisi warns tough measures to fix economy are looming - Yahoo News Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:11:00 GMT

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Egypt's Sisi warns tough measures to fix economy are looming
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the graduation of 83 aviation and military science at the Air Force Academy in Cairo, Egypt July 20, 2016 in this handout picture courtesy of the Egyptian Presidency. The Egyptian Presidency/Handout via ...
Sisi announces austerity measures while Egypt finalises IMF loanMiddle East Eye
Tough measures to fix Egypt's economyAfricanews
Egypt president praises wisdom and patriotism of Coptic ChristiansThe Christian Times
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How the American Civil War Built Egypt's Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever - Smithsonian Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:34:22 GMT

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How the American Civil War Built Egypt's Vaunted Cotton Industry and Changed the Country Forever
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Under the ambitious leadership of Muhammed Ali, an Albanian soldier who had seized power in 1805 and is widely considered the founder of modern Egypt, the country had already embraced cotton as a valuable cash crop. The discovery 40 years ...

Egypt denies requesting Israeli mediation in Ethiopian dam issue - Ahram Online Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:05:26 GMT

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Egypt denies requesting Israeli mediation in Ethiopian dam issue
Ahram Online
In press statements carried by Egypt's state-owned MENA agency, foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said that recent discussions held by foreign minister Sameh Shoukry and Israeli officials focused only on finding ways to solve the Palestinian ...

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Egypt Fumes Over Hamas' Increasing Cooperation With Islamic ... - TheTower.org Tue, 02 Aug 2016 00:13:39 GMT

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Egypt Fumes Over Hamas' Increasing Cooperation With Islamic ...
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Increased cooperation between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Islamic State forces in the Sinai Peninsula have drawn Egyptian ire, The Times of ...
WATCH: New ISIS Video Shows Executions & Snipers in Sinai Peninsula, EgyptHeavy.com
Egypt air force strikes ISIS explosives plant in Sinai, 46 deadYnetnews
Egyptian airstrikes kill 46 militants in Sinai: SourceAnadolu Agency

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Egypt rankled by Hamas's burgeoning ties to Islamic State - The Times of Israel Mon, 01 Aug 2016 13:21:33 GMT

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Egypt rankled by Hamas's burgeoning ties to Islamic State
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Members of Hamas' security forces patrol an area along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, where Hamas began increasing its forces, on April 14, 2016 in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (SAID KHATIB/AFP) ...

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IMF deal credit positive for Egypt, implementation risks remain high: Fitch - Ahram Online Mon, 01 Aug 2016 16:20:49 GMT

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IMF deal credit positive for Egypt, implementation risks remain high: Fitch
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The International credit rating agency Fitch said on Monday that for Egypt securing an IMF funding deal would be credit positive for the country's economy, yet warned that risks in implementation are high and the country will continue to face several ...
Fitch: Implementation Risk Would Be Key to Egypt IMF DealReuters
IMF Loan: Possibly Egypt's Last ChanceAsharq Al-awsat English
IMF delegation arrives in Egypt for bailout talksU.S. News & World Report

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Gold hikes dim marriage lustre in Egypt - gulfnews.com Mon, 01 Aug 2016 12:00:54 GMT

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Gold hikes dim marriage lustre in Egypt
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Egypt has been facing an acute shortage in foreign currency revenues blamed on the turmoil that followed the 2011 uprising. A team from the International Monetary Fund is currently in Egypt for talks on supporting its troubled economy with a 12-billion ...

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Turkey 2016 and Egypt 2013: the politics of time - Open Democracy Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:20:23 GMT

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Turkey 2016 and Egypt 2013: the politics of time
Open Democracy
“Part of the reason Egypt's security establishment has landed on its feet is that it has been careful to bide its time. It seems willing to refrain from full-blown 'pacification' until the revolutionaries come to learn that the only alternative to ...

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