New York Times | Rio Olympics Today: Egyptian Judoka Refuses to Shake Hands With Israeli New York Times An Egyptian judoka declined to shake hands with his Israeli opponent after their match on Friday, eliciting jeers from the audience. Or Sasson of Israel defeated Islam El Shehaby of Egypt in a first-round match in the heaviest weight class. After a ... Egyptian judo fighter refuses to shake Israeli opponent's hand Egyptian judoka refuses to shake hand with Israeli after loss Egyptian Judo Fighter Refuses to Shake Israeli Opponent's Hand After Olympic Loss |
New York Times | Egypt reaches a deal with the IMF The Economist “EGYPT is a strong country with great potential but it has some problems that need to be fixed urgently.” So says Chris Jarvis, the IMF's mission chief for Egypt, who has just wrapped up a visit to Cairo. On August 11th Mr Jarvis agreed to let the fund ... IMF Lends $12 Billion to Egypt to Fix Ailing Economy Egypt, IMF sign initial deal for $12 billion, 3-year loan IMF agrees to $12 billion 3-year loan deal for Egypt |
The Independent | Rio 2016: Egypt's Sara Ahmed becomes first Arab woman to win ... The Independent An Egyptian athlete has become the first woman from an Arab country to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting. Sara Ahmed won bronze in the women's 69kg ... Rio Olympics 2016: Egypt's Sara Ahmed Becomes The First Arab Woman To Win A Weightlifting Medal |
Toronto Star | Canada cruises past Egypt in unique beach volleyball clash: DiManno Toronto Star When the implication was put to the Canadians in the mixed zone Thursday, after they defeated the duo from Egypt in straight sets — 21-12, 21-16 — in their last pool group match, they were momentarily nonplussed. Believe me, nobody wants to express ... Egypt's hijab-wearing volleyballer raises eyebrows in Rio Egypt's beach volleyball player in hijab gets Brazilian support ... |
Al-Monitor | How do Egypt's official religious authorities view Shiites? Al-Monitor According to the report, some media outlets provided unbalanced coverage that incited hatred and discrimination against this minority in Egypt. While there are no confirmed statistics on their numbers, estimates range from the thousands to 3 million ... |
Press TV | Egypt's state TV: 23 Egyptian workers kidnapped in Libya freed Press TV In an interview at a border crossing between Egypt and Libya, one of the released hostages said they had been kidnapped by people demanding ransom. The state TV aired footage of the workers arriving at the border crossing. They waved Egyptian flags. Libyan special forces free 23 kidnapped Egyptian workers |
Paddlers romp to win over Egypt TODAYonline RIO DE JANEIRO — Feng Tianwei and Yu Mengyu put aside their recent disappointments in the women's singles to help lead the Republic to a 3-0 romp over Egypt in their first-round women's team clash yesterday. Feng, the world No 4 and Yu, ranked 15th ... |
kurv | Egyptian Judo Competitor Booed After Refusing To Shake Hand Of Israeli Who Beat Him kurv (AP) – Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was loudly booed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after his first-round loss to Israel's fifth-ranked Or Sasson, when he refused to bow or shake Sasson's hand, in a major breach of judo etiquette. Sasson defeated ... |
Eni talks to big oil about stake sale in giant Egypt gas field - sources ... Reuters Italy's Eni is talking tooil companies including Lukoil, ExxonMobil,Total and BP about selling at least a 20percent stake in its giant gas field in Egypt, industry ... |
Fox News | Uproar over Egypt's policy of state-dictated Friday sermons Fox News CAIRO – Inside a large mosque in the Nile Delta, an Egyptian cleric looked over his congregation as he climbed the pulpit clutching a piece of paper and began to speak — delivering a 13-minute discourse on the virtues of personal hygiene. For the ... |