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Egypt and Ethiopia clash over huge River Nile dam - Financial Times - Financial Times Wed, 27 Dec 2017 04:01:15 GMT

Financial Times

Egypt and Ethiopia clash over huge River Nile dam - Financial Times
Financial Times
Nothing illustrates the extent of Egypt's dependence on the Nile as much as an aerial view of the country. Amid vast deserts, the river and its cultivated banks appears a narrow green ribbon snaking its way to the north where it widens into a delta ...
Egypt wants outside experts to help settle Nile disputeReuters Africa
Egypt wants World Bank to help on Ethiopia dam impasseABC News
Egypt wants World Bank to intervene in Ethiopia dam impasseafricanews
Xinhua -Middle East Monitor
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Egypt, Peru, Liberia: Your Wednesday Briefing - The New York Times - New York Times Wed, 27 Dec 2017 05:01:41 GMT

New York Times

Egypt, Peru, Liberia: Your Wednesday Briefing - The New York Times
New York Times
(Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good morning. Here's what you need to know: Photo. Credit Dmitry Kostyukov for The New York Times. • The French chef Jérôme Brochot, above, is giving back his Michelin star — because he can't ...

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Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears Among Islamists - New York Times Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:00:55 GMT

New York Times

Egypt Hangs 15 for Terrorism, Stoking Fears Among Islamists
New York Times
CAIRO — The Egyptian authorities hanged 15 men on Tuesday for an attack in the Sinai Peninsula in 2013, the start of an Islamic insurgency that the military-dominated government has been battling ever since. The hangings, reported by state media, were ...
Egypt hangs 15 for Sinai Peninsula violenceAljazeera.com
Egypt hangs 15 militants for killing security forces in Sinai: security sourcesReuters
Egypt hangs 15 militants convicted of 2013 Sinai attacksBBC News
Xinhua -Deutsche Welle -Voice of America
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Laura Plummer: UK tourist jailed for carrying painkillers into Egypt moved to 'bad prison' - The Independent Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:31:35 GMT

The Independent

Laura Plummer: UK tourist jailed for carrying painkillers into Egypt moved to 'bad prison'
The Independent
A British tourist sentenced to three years in prison for smuggling banned painkillers into Egypt has been transferred to a notorious jail, her family has said. Laura Plummer, 33, a shop worker from Hull, was sentenced on Boxing Day, nearly three months ...
British woman jailed in Egypt is 'on the verge of a breakdown', family saysTelegraph.co.uk
British tourist gets 3-year sentence in Egypt on drug smuggling chargewtvr.com
UK woman jailed in Egypt over painkillerseuronews
Express.co.uk -The Sun -Mirror.co.uk
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Miss Greece says goodbye to Egypt - Egypttoday Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:01:49 GMT

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Miss Greece says goodbye to Egypt
Egypttoday
CAIRO – 28 December 2017: Miss Greece 2017, María Psilou, said goodbye to Egypt as her tour ends. María Psilou was at Cairo international airport a few hours ago to prepare for departure after a five-day visit in Cairo. Her visit started on December 23 ...


British woman convicted of smuggling painkillers in Egypt - CBS News Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:40:00 GMT

CBS News

British woman convicted of smuggling painkillers in Egypt
CBS News
CAIRO -- An Egyptian court on Tuesday convicted a British woman of smuggling hundreds of powerful painkillers into the country, sentencing her to three years in prison. The woman, 33-year-old Laura Plummer from Hull, has maintained her innocence since ...
A UK Woman Tried to Bring Painkillers Into Egypt. She Was Sentenced to 3 YearsTIME
Briton Laura Plummer jailed in Egypt for drug smugglingBBC News
British woman Laura Plummer facing 'living hell' in Egyptian jailSky News
Washington Post -Reuters -BBC News -ITV News
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Israel applauds Egyptian writer's remarks on Jerusalem - Aljazeera.com Wed, 27 Dec 2017 10:40:07 GMT

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Israel applauds Egyptian writer's remarks on Jerusalem
Aljazeera.com
The Israeli embassy in Cairo has expressed gratitude for an Egyptian writer's controversial remarks about the status of Jerusalem. The embassy was referring to an interview that was broadcast on Sunday, in which Youssef Ziedan, an Egyptian novelist and ...
New Western Wall train station to be named after TrumpThe Jerusalem Post

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Big World Pictures Takes US Rights on Egypt's 'In the Last Days of the City' (EXCLUSIVE) - Variety Wed, 27 Dec 2017 10:31:40 GMT

Variety

Big World Pictures Takes US Rights on Egypt's 'In the Last Days of the City' (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety
Big World Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to Egyptian director Tamer El Said's “In the Last Days of the City,” a multilayered meditation on contemporary Cairo that launched from the Berlin Film Festival but has effectively been banned in Egypt. The ...


Egyptian banks fund trade finance transactions with 70.8 bln USD - Xinhua Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:45:04 GMT

Egyptian banks fund trade finance transactions with 70.8 bln USD
Xinhua
CAIRO, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said Wednesday that Egyptian banks have funded trade finance transactions worth 70.8 billion U.S. dollars since the government's decisions to float the Egyptian pound in November last year. By ...

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Egypt court acquits founder of new Library of Alexandria - Fox News Wed, 27 Dec 2017 15:29:07 GMT

Egypt court acquits founder of new Library of Alexandria
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CAIRO – An Egyptian court has acquitted the founding director of the new Library of Alexandria, overturning a three-and-a-half year sentence on charges of squandering public funds. The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported the acquittal of Ismail ...

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