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Tourism minister voices sorrow over French tourist’s death
Egypt

Tourism minister voices sorrow over French tourist’s death

Egyptian Tourism Minister Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour expressed sorrow on Sunday over the death of a French tourist and the…
French tourist killed in shooting in Sharm el-Sheikh
Egypt

French tourist killed in shooting in Sharm el-Sheikh

Egyptian officials says a French national has been killed in a shooting in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm…
Fears for tourism as Egypt Islamists verge on victory
Egypt

Fears for tourism as Egypt Islamists verge on victory

SHARM EL-SHEIKH — On a barren hill in Sharm el-Sheikh, not far from the famous beach resorts with their bikini-clad…
Hotel occupancy down in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh
Business

Hotel occupancy down in Cairo and Sharm el-Sheikh

Hotel occupancy in Cairo and the resort city of Sharm al-Sheikh has plunged from 2010, according to the head of…
Egypt 2011 tourism revenues down by a third
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Egypt 2011 tourism revenues down by a third

Egypt expects to earn about US$9 billion from tourism in 2011, down by about a third on a year earlier…
Mild quake rattles Sharm el-Sheikh, no injuries reported
Egypt

Mild quake rattles Sharm el-Sheikh, no injuries reported

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake hit south west of Sharm el-Sheikh at 9:12 am Saturday morning, the Egyptian National Seismic Network…
Disgruntled passenger tries to open plane door mid-flight
Egypt

Disgruntled passenger tries to open plane door mid-flight

Security personnel on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh to Cairo Wednesday prevented an Egyptian passenger from opening the aircraft’s emergency…
Bedouin protesters block South Sinai road over land dispute
Egypt

Bedouin protesters block South Sinai road over land dispute

Dozens of Sinai Bedouins blocked the highway connecting Sharm el-Sheikh and Dahab from Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, according to security…
Protests in 6 governorates demand expulsion of Israeli ambassador
Egypt

Protests in 6 governorates demand expulsion of Israeli ambassador

Thousands of Egyptians protested on Friday in the six different governorates to demand the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to…
Army sends reinforcements to secure Sharm el-Sheikh roads
Egypt

Army sends reinforcements to secure Sharm el-Sheikh roads

Egypt’s Third Field Army sent additional troops on Monday to security points along the road leading to Sharm el-Sheikh. Authorities…
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