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... is the title of an extremely readable (and lengthy!) article in today's Guardian. As an analysis of many of the problems that are ongoing here, it's an excellent article, comparing the Tunisian...
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Biosceptic.You are mostly right.
For all my criticisms the article posted by LivinginLuxor is probably the best going. My comments were carping and I should have kept them to myself.
Egypt's Mubarak faces retrial amid difficult political circumstances.
Over two years after his departure from politics, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak will be re-tried on charges of 'failing to stop the...
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The transitional justice system (I assume South African style) might work if people admit their guilt but I don't see anyone in Egypt doing that anytime soon.
Despite IMF saying its mission to Cairo made progress in discussions with Egyptian officials, parties fail to reach an initial deal on $4.8 billion loan.
A team from the International Monetary Fund...
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God there is a lot of money being borrowed, which means a lot of money to pay back, and we all know the consequences that follow...
Regarding the IMF I would imagine that without a Government they...
The General Authority for Veterinary Services is considering putting an end to its practice of poisoning and shooting stray dogs, and instead adopting sterilization as a method of reducing their rate...
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They will have a job catching the packs of ferrule dogs roaming the West Bank at night and scavaging for food in bins and chicken sheds.
Egyptian minister of telecommunications and IT announces debut of locally produced tablet on Thursday,
Egypt unveiled on Thursday its first locally produced smart tablet, under the trademark 'Inar....
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Knowing this place as I do they are probably referring to a pharmaceutical smart tablet to enhance the populations intelligence levels from .1 to .2 A lot of things get lost in translation here.
Egyptian orphans try to break free of society's cruel shackles in order to celebrate their national day.
As legal adoption is prohibited by Islamic law, parentless children are stuck in the...
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My first wife was Catholic, but not a strong one. She followed the faith at her own pace, I, as a C of E, was not interested in any religious direction. We had booked our time at the registrars for...
Hike in electricity prices in February plus last year's increases in gas price means consumers' bills are higher than ever.
In its quest to rein in a growing budget deficit, the Egyptian government...
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Energy is highly subsidized by the Government and the subsidy is not income tested/tested but open to widespread fraud. Even energy to industry is subsidized and all of this is driving the Government...
Daily power cuts in Egypt due to shortage of fuel to run power stations, says Egyptian oil ministry.
Egypt is being plagued by repeated power cuts because it does not have money to buy enough fuel,...
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I think Political Turmoil is effecting investment now, or it seems like it anyway. All this going on but you never hear of what is getting done to ease the problem, seems like ideas are in short...
New customs tariffs on equipment considered as 'luxury goods' imported by tourist establishments will further strain the sector, says head of Egypt's Federation of Tourism Chambers.
A plan is being developed by the Transportation Ministry to maintain the country’s network of roads and bridges after a report revealed that many roads and bridges are at risk of further...
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.........by the way, talking of roads, if you look carefully at the road surface condition in the area around where they are, or are not, which ever the case, to build the new Four Seasons Hotel,...
World Water Day is 22 March. This global event focuses attention on the importance of fresh water, and...
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The story of administrative mayhem, lack of clear responsibilities and the buck passing that goes with this seems to apply to all aspects of Government in Egypt and is a further example of the mess...
I have just watched a BBC World News Report on Egypt, telling of the loss of 20% farmland and land supporting food for the people, to the development of what they say housing. All this has taken...
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I watched an interesting documentary on CCTV (Chines news channel) that was highlighting the reclamation of semi desert areas with a new sort of rice that was yielding very good crops with very...
Egyptian seaports and aviation have been negatively impacted by high-speed winds and low-visibility sand storm.
Egypt’s Red Sea Ports Authority on Friday shut four ports due to high-speed winds and...
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We had a hell of a journey back from the Red Sea yesterday, we took the Qift Road & it was lovely & clear at Wadi Hammamat but the wind was getting up, shortly after it really hit & from then on the...
Egypt's political unrest revives Suez Canal's alternative waterways as many shipowners consider re-routing around Cape of Good Hope despite bunker fuel costs.
When it raises tolls in May, Egypt's...
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Remember jumping ship on the Suez Canal must be 30 odd years ago ( I mean urrrhhh 10 years :o ) they did not slow down had to carry our own cases and my mum could not swim (scary). The amount of...
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