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Piracy may hit Egypt's Suez Canal revenues (AFP via Yahoo! News)
11/21/2008 12:21 PM

Increasingly brazen piracy off the coast of Somalia is jeopardising traffic heading to and from the Suez Canal, a strategic shipping route and key earner for Egypt's economy.

Chinese parliamentary delegation wraps up visit to Egypt (People's Daily)
11/21/2008 07:24 PM

A Chinese parliamentary delegation led by Ismail Tiliwaldi, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, wrapped up a three-day goodwill visit to Egypt on Friday. During the visit, Ismail Tiliwaldi held talks with the Egyptian People's Assembly (lower house of the parliament) Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour and Shura Council (upper house) ...

FOCUS: EGYPT (Aljazeera)
11/21/2008 12:29 PM

Egypt's border with Israel in the Sinai desert has in the past few years been transformed from a remote outpost to a major thoroughfare for human traffickers and desperate refugees.

Egypt risks unrest if poor not protected in slowdown (Khaleej Times)
11/21/2008 06:17 AM

CAIRO - The world economic crisis could lead to a repeat of the unrest that broke out in Egypt earlier this year if the government fails to cushion millions of poor people from its impact.

Egypt calls meeting on stopping piracy (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
11/20/2008 10:22 PM

CAIRO, Egypt -- Worried that piracy could scare ships away from the Suez Canal, Egypt yesterday held emergency talks with nations bordering the Red Sea on how stop brazen Somali gunmen from

Egypt journalist: Iran's Press exhibit more useful (Islamic Republic News Agency)
11/21/2008 01:59 AM

Iran - Press - Exhibit A journalist from Egypt said that the ongoing International Press and News Agencies Exhibition can promote ties between Iran and Muslim countries.

Egypt and other Red Sea nations target pirates (Los Angeles Times)
11/20/2008 12:42 PM

Egypt, which makes $5 billion a year in Suez Canal fees, holds talks in Cairo on how to stop Somali gunmen from hijacking tankers and other ships in the area. Worried that piracy could scare ships away from the Suez Canal, Egypt on Thursday held emergency talks with nations bordering the Red Sea on how to stop brazen Somali gunmen from hijacking oil tankers and other vessels.

Egypt Central's CD was ages in arriving (Great Falls Tribune)
11/21/2008 05:05 AM

Seven years is a long time for a band to wait for their major label debut to be released, but that's what happened to Memphis-based rockers Egypt Central.

First-Ever Cairo Human Rights Film Festival Launched by AIC-Egypt (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
11/21/2008 09:37 AM

Five-day festival spotlights international films on eve of 60th anniversary of Egypt's Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Homes Overseas Announces New Egypt Property Buying Guide (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
11/21/2008 12:01 AM

Homes Overseas, the leading overseas property experts have added a property buying guide titled 'Now's a Good Time to Buy Golf Property in Egypt'. The guide is a detailed presentation, with well substantiated details for interested property buyers.