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Egypt's Jon Stewart tries to rebuild his comedy career in the US It's hard. - USA TODAY Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:48:25 GMT

USA TODAY

Egypt's Jon Stewart tries to rebuild his comedy career in the US It's hard. USA TODAY Bassem Youssef likes to swear. In his new book, "Revolution for Dummies: Laughing Through the Arab Spring," Youssef uses the F-word as any number of parts of speech: noun, verb, adjective, even a command. The Egyptian heart surgeon-turned-satirist ... Bassem Youssef Could Save Us All: Why the 'Egyptian Jon Stewart' Deserves an American ShowIndieWire all 7 news articles »

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Roadside bombs kill 10 Egyptian soldiers - Aljazeera.com Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:26:30 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Roadside bombs kill 10 Egyptian soldiers Aljazeera.com Ten Egyptian security personnel, including three army officers, have been killed in two roadside bombings during a security operation in Egypt's troubled Sinai peninsula on Thursday, an Egyptian army spokesman said. The explosions hit the security ... Egypt Says 10 Soldiers and 15 Militants Are Killed in Sinai FightNew York Times Egypt says Sinai fighting kills 12 security forcesWashington Post Roadside bombings kill 10 Egypt soldiers during Sinai raidBBC News NEWS.com.au all 44 news articles »

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Egypt Suspends School Lunches After Mass Food Poisoning - U.S. News & World Report Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:37:30 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Egypt Suspends School Lunches After Mass Food Poisoning U.S. News & World Report Egypt saw 4,650 suspected food poisoning cases in schools nationwide in March alone, the Cabinet said in a statement carried by state-run news agency MENA, compared to some 300 cases previously reported since the beginning of the academic year in ... Egypt: Number of students with food poisoning reaches 3000Middle East Monitor Over 400 students fall ill of Egypt army's school mealsNews24 Egypt suspends all school meal services after mass poisoningMiddle East Eye Anadolu Agency all 20 news articles »

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Egypt doubles ticket price on Cairo metro, angering commuters - Channel NewsAsia Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:45:00 GMT

Egypt doubles ticket price on Cairo metro, angering commuters Channel NewsAsia CAIRO: Egypt doubled the price of tickets for millions of commuters on Cairo's loss-making metro on Thursday, angering residents already hit by a sharp rise in living costs. Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said the increase to 2 Egyptian pounds (11 U ... and more »

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Egypt attracts foreign investment as currency falls - Financial Times Thu, 23 Mar 2017 00:02:42 GMT

Financial Times

Egypt attracts foreign investment as currency falls Financial Times It was the nettle that successive Egyptian governments had consistently shied away from grasping but could no longer avoid: the full float of the currency. Finally adopted in November 2016, the Egyptian pound halved in value against the dollar ...

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Hariri's Egypt visit aims to unify stances ahead of Arab summit - gulfnews.com Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:33:00 GMT

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Hariri's Egypt visit aims to unify stances ahead of Arab summit gulfnews.com Hariri and Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Esmail co-chaired the meeting of Lebanon-Egypt Joint Higher Committee — which had not met for seven years. According to press reports they inked 16 cooperation protocols and memoranda of understanding, ... Egypt to continue training Lebanese army officersAnadolu Agency Hariri wraps up Egypt trip with 16 agreementsThe Daily Star all 14 news articles »

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Egypt camel racers hope desert sport will spread to fresh pastures ... - AOL Thu, 23 Mar 2017 13:46:28 GMT

AOL

Egypt camel racers hope desert sport will spread to fresh pastures ... AOL ISMAILIA, Egypt, March 22 (Reuters) - On a desert track in eastern Egypt camels race across the sand, urged on by their young jockeys and a convoy of cars ... On a desert track in eastern Egypt camels race across the sand ...gulfnews.com all 3 news articles »

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Only One Kind of Trader Is Doing Well as Egypt Pound Weakens ... - Bloomberg Thu, 23 Mar 2017 04:18:25 GMT

Bloomberg

Only One Kind of Trader Is Doing Well as Egypt Pound Weakens ... Bloomberg Since Egypt devalued its currency, life in Cairo has gotten a lot easier if you sell stocks for a living -- and a lot harder if you sell fruit. Mostafa Nagaty at Arqaam ... and more »

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Egypt court orders corruption probe into Mubarak - Press TV Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:29:11 GMT

Press TV

Egypt court orders corruption probe into Mubarak Press TV An Egyptian court ordered on Thursday a renewed corruption probe into ousted president Hosni Mubarak, who has been cleared for release after almost six years in detention, judicial officials said. The court ruling to reopen the investigation after it ... Egypt reopens corruption investigation against former President Mubarakafricanews all 3 news articles »

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How Egypt's religious institutions are trying to curb atheism - Al-Monitor Thu, 23 Mar 2017 22:12:05 GMT

Al-Monitor

How Egypt's religious institutions are trying to curb atheism Al-Monitor CAIRO, Egypt — Recently released statistics from the Family Court affiliated with the Supreme Judicial Council, with offices across all governorates in Egypt, revealed that 6,500 women had filed for divorce, or "khula" — separation and returning the ...