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Mummy-Filled Necropolis and Cartouche Honoring a Pharaoh Are Latest Egyptian Finds - History Fri, 19 May 2017 20:52:52 GMT

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Mummy-Filled Necropolis and Cartouche Honoring a Pharaoh Are Latest Egyptian Finds
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While the massive new Grand Egyptian Museum, under construction in Cairo since 2012, is not scheduled to open to the public until next year, a number of intriguing archaeological finds from ancient Egypt have made headlines in recent weeks.
Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Carving Found in Looting HoleLive Science
Ancient stone block discovered at illegal excavation site in EgyptAl-Arabiya

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Lawmakers Seek Trump's Intervention For 17-Year-Old American Jailed In Egypt - HuffPost Fri, 19 May 2017 22:08:35 GMT

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Lawmakers Seek Trump's Intervention For 17-Year-Old American Jailed In Egypt
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Frank LoBiondo note that Trump will meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. They also mention that Sissi and Trump recently spoke on the phone and that Trump received an invitation to Egypt during the call.

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Egypt marks MS804 crash with ceremony and no information - Daily Mail Fri, 19 May 2017 20:07:00 GMT

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Egypt marks MS804 crash with ceremony and no information
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Egypt held a sombre ceremony on the first anniversary of the EgyptAir MS804 disaster in Cairo Friday, but no answers were forthcoming on why the flight crashed into the Mediterranean killing all passengers on board. During the ceremony at Cairo airport ...

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Civil Society Under Assault: Repression and Responses in Russia, Egypt, and Ethiopia - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Fri, 19 May 2017 18:44:42 GMT

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Civil Society Under Assault: Repression and Responses in Russia, Egypt, and Ethiopia
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The closing of civic space has become a defining feature of political life in an ever-increasing number of countries. Civil society organizations worldwide are facing systematic efforts to reduce their legitimacy and effectiveness. Russia, Egypt, and ...

Will Jesus save Egypt's struggling tourism industry? - Al-Monitor Fri, 19 May 2017 19:05:57 GMT

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Will Jesus save Egypt's struggling tourism industry?
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The Egyptian government plans to expand its religious tourism map by adding the route that Jesus, Mary and Joseph are believed to have traveled after they fled Palestine. The move comes in an effort to boost an industry that has been hit hard since the ...

Egypt registers its Jewish artifacts - Al-Monitor Fri, 19 May 2017 21:00:09 GMT

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Egypt registers its Jewish artifacts
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CAIRO — Saeed Helmy, head of the Islamic, Coptic and Jewish Monuments Department at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, told Al-Monitor that three Jewish cemeteries had been registered with the ministry on April 26 in the areas of al-Shatby 1, al ...

US wheat exports to Egypt seen remaining rare despite sale - Daily Mail Fri, 19 May 2017 20:53:00 GMT

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US wheat exports to Egypt seen remaining rare despite sale
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CHICAGO, May 19 (Reuters) - The Egyptian government's first purchase of U.S. wheat in more than two years was a stopgap measure to ensure it had enough supplies until offerings from its favored sources in the Black Sea region were more readily ...
Inflation rates at highest levels in last 30 years following sharp currency depreciated in November 2016ReliefWeb

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Egyptian actors' Syria visit sparks uproar at home - gulfnews.com Fri, 19 May 2017 12:05:37 GMT

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Egyptian actors' Syria visit sparks uproar at home
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Cairo: An Egyptian delegation of film actors and directors this week visited the Syrian capital Damascus, triggering uproar at home. The visitors included celebrated actors Elham Shahin and Farouq Al Feshawi as well as filmmakers Omar Abdul Aziz and ...

Why Rate Increase Is No Answer to 30 Percent Inflation in Egypt - Bloomberg Fri, 19 May 2017 23:08:09 GMT

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Why Rate Increase Is No Answer to 30 Percent Inflation in Egypt
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Egypt's central bank is likely to hold interest rates on Sunday, even with inflation still soaring after the removal of currency controls last year. Six of seven economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the central bank to hold the benchmark rate at 14 ...

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Passport to salvation: Egypt's human traffickers find new loophole - The New Arab Fri, 19 May 2017 15:19:45 GMT

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Passport to salvation: Egypt's human traffickers find new loophole
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Approaching his thirties, failing to find a job in his hometown of Faqous in Egypt's Nile Delta governorate of Sharqiyah and unable to marry his fiancée, Aliaa, Hassan needed a way out. "I reconsidered the sea route after that incident, and I found a ...