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Egypt to take US$392 mn from Japan for new metro line
Egypt
March 19, 2012
Egypt to take US$392 mn from Japan for new metro line
Egypt will receive a US$392 million loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency to fund the construction of Cairo’s fourth…
Egyptian stocks fall 2% Sunday
Business
March 18, 2012
Egyptian stocks fall 2% Sunday
The main index in the Egyptian Stock Exchange lost 2 percent on Sunday after the death of Pope Shenouda III…
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Sinai
Egypt
March 18, 2012
Two Brazilian tourists kidnapped by gunmen in Sinai
Gunmen kidnapped two Brazilian tourists travelling through the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday after a visit to an isolated mountain monastery,…
Egyptian Resorts posts narrower full-year loss
Business
March 18, 2012
Egyptian Resorts posts narrower full-year loss
Real estate company Egyptian Resorts posted a narrower full-year loss, helped by new revenue from its Sawari project on the…
IMF chief: Global economy on recovery path, risks remain
Business
March 18, 2012
IMF chief: Global economy on recovery path, risks remain
BEIJING —The global economy has stepped back from the brink of danger and signs of stabilization are emerging from the…
Iraq pays $408 million Gulf War debt to Egypt
Egypt
March 17, 2012
Iraq pays $408 million Gulf War debt to Egypt
Iraq completed a transfer of US$408 million on Friday to hundreds of thousands of Egyptian workers who fled Iraq in…
Turkey considers Syria border buffer zone
World
March 16, 2012
Turkey considers Syria border buffer zone
ANKARA — Turkey said on Friday it might set up a border "buffer zone" to protect growing numbers of Syrian…
Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies
World
March 16, 2012
Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies
Four more members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have decided to close their embassies in Syria over its violent crackdown…
Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages, Taliban scraps talks
World
March 15, 2012
Karzai asks NATO to leave Afghan villages, Taliban scraps talks
KABUL — Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases…
China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
World
March 15, 2012
China removes top leadership contender Bo from post
BEIJING — Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been sacked from his post as head of the…