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Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew - New York Times Tue, 28 Feb 2017 00:33:07 GMT

New York Times

Egypt Parliament Removes Prominent Dissenter: Anwar Sadat's Nephew New York Times CAIRO — Egypt's Parliament on Monday expelled one of its few dissenting lawmakers, the scion of a storied political family, having accused him of leaking sensitive information to Western diplomats. The expulsion of the lawmaker, Anwar Sadat, nephew ... Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker critical of human rights recordReuters Egypt's parliament expels lawmaker who had criticized itABC News Egypt's parliament strips MP Anwar El-Sadat of membershipAhram Online all 9 news articles »

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General Says US Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt - New York Times Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:49:27 GMT

New York Times

General Says US Wants to Resume Major Military Exercise With Egypt New York Times CAIRO — The top commander of American military operations in the Middle East said during a visit here on Sunday that the United States wanted to resume a major military exercise with Egypt that President Barack Obama had canceled in 2013 to protest ... Egypt MP seeks end to constitutional restrictions on presidential termsReuters Egypt annoyed as Britain continues suspension of flightsYahoo News Group Urges Boris Johnson to Raise Human Rights Issues in EgyptBloomberg Ahram Online -africanews -Al-Arabiya all 94 news articles »

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Egypt's Christians are Fleeing the North Sinai After a Spate of Sectarian Killings - TIME Mon, 27 Feb 2017 03:09:05 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Egypt's Christians are Fleeing the North Sinai After a Spate of Sectarian Killings TIME (ISMAILIA, Egypt)—After Islamic militants barged into his uncle's house, shot him and his son dead, then looted the place and set it on fire, Said Sameh Adel Fawzy knew it was time to leave. The 35-year-old Christian, who owns a plumbing supply ... US General Visits Egypt Following Murderous Terror Attacks on ChristiansCNSNews.com Egyptian Christians Fearing Terror Flee SinaiWall Street Journal (subscription) Egypt's Coptic Christians flee Sinai after killingsAljazeera.com CBN News all 115 news articles »

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Egypt deports top Palestinian official on arrival at Cairo airport - Reuters Mon, 27 Feb 2017 20:51:00 GMT

Reuters

Egypt deports top Palestinian official on arrival at Cairo airport Reuters After learning that Rajoub had been refused entry to the country on the orders of the Egyptian intelligence services, the Palestinian delegation withdrew from the event, Jaghoub wrote. Neither Egypt's foreign ministry nor Rajoub could be reached for ... Egypt refuses entry to Palestinian leader Jibril Rajoub at Cairo ...Haaretz all 2 news articles »

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One million fewer Britons are visiting Egypt - so why is it doubling the cost of visas? - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:17:54 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

One million fewer Britons are visiting Egypt - so why is it doubling the cost of visas? Telegraph.co.uk Egypt is to start charging tourists more than double the amount they currently pay for a visa to enter the country. The cost of a single-entry visas is to increase from $25 (£20) to $60 (£48) on July 1, 2017, at a time when the country's tourism sector ... Egypt Hopes to Revive Russian Tourism With Airport UpgradesSkift Egypt says near meeting Russia's airport security demandsThe Missoulian Egypt puts off higher entry visa charges until July 1Washington Post Arab News all 17 news articles »

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Middle East Shares Mostly Ease, Egypt Drops After Weaker-Than-Expected Results at Global Telecom - Nasdaq Mon, 27 Feb 2017 16:51:40 GMT

Middle East Shares Mostly Ease, Egypt Drops After Weaker-Than-Expected Results at Global Telecom Nasdaq Saudi Arabia's main index slumped 1.1% to 6,969 points, Dubai eased 0.3% to 3,633 points, Abu Dhabi fell 0.6% at 4,629 points, Egypt declined 2% to 12,024 points. Kuwait dipped 0.4% to 6,781 points, Qatar edged up 0.02% to 10,939 points, Oman slipped ...

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Targeted by ISIS, Egyptian Christians Flee Violence - New York Times Sat, 25 Feb 2017 01:32:47 GMT

New York Times

Targeted by ISIS, Egyptian Christians Flee Violence New York Times CAIRO — Dozens of Egyptian Christian families fled their homes in the northern Sinai Peninsula on Friday, driven by a targeted campaign of Islamist violence that has killed at least seven people in recent weeks. People flooded into a church compound ... ISIS militants gun down another Christian in EgyptNew York Post Egypt's Christians flee Sinai amid Islamic State killing spreeReuters Egypt's Coptic Christians flee Sinai after deadly attacksBBC News Fox News -Washington Post -ABC News all 136 news articles »

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Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha - SciDev.Net - SciDev.Net Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:07:46 GMT

SciDev.Net

Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha - SciDev.Net SciDev.Net Drive to cut global aviation emissions prompts move for locally produced jatropha biofuel by end of 2017. and more »

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Egypt - Feb 27 - Times of India Mon, 27 Feb 2017 06:38:24 GMT

Egypt - Feb 27 Times of India CAIRO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - INTEREST RATES Latest Last change Previous Central 14.75 03/11/16 11.75 bank o/n deposit Central 15.75 03/11/16 12.75 bank o/n lending Central 15.25 03/11/16 12.25 bank discount rate MONTHLY DATA ______ Month Pvs ...

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Egypt's floating pound already a success- Sawiris - africanews Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:04:57 GMT

africanews

Egypt's floating pound already a success- Sawiris africanews A member of Egypt's richest family, Sawiris is chairman of Orascom Development Holding, which operates tourist resorts and real estate projects in Egypt and Europe. Orascom Development is dual-listed on the Swiss and Egyptian stock exchanges, the ...