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Black-masked protesters throwing petrol bombs created a wall of fire on Sunday outside Greece's parliament as lawmakers inside looked set defy public rage by endorsing a new austerity deal to secure an EU/IMF bailout and avoid national...
Bedouin tribesmen in the Sinai Peninsula kidnapped three Korean women and their Egyptian translator, in the third such incident this month, security sources said on Friday.
Security in the isolated desert region has deteriorated since...
MANILA — The death toll from landslides triggered by an earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 35 and scores of missing are feared dead as rains and aftershocks hamper rescue efforts, disaster officials said on Friday.
A magnitude...
Egypt's religious authorities called on unions and youth groups to scrap plans for a wave of strikes aimed at forcing the ruling generals from power, saying the people must show duty to the nation and spare its tattered economy fresh damage.
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Egypt's core consumer price inflation slowed to 6.86 percent in the year to January from 7.07 in December, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
Core inflation strips out subsidised goods and volatile items including fruit and vegetables.
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The head of Egypt's leading ultra-conservative Islamist party believes it will take time for the ruling military to hand power to civilians but says the army cannot enjoy a privileged status "above the constitution."
In an interview...
Egypt's ruling generals said on Wednesday they would deploy more soldiers and tanks across the country, an announcement seen as a warning to activists planning a national strike on the anniversary of the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak....
A strong performance by Egypt's stock market in the last few days, despite a string of negative political and economic news, suggests the market's year-long downtrend has ended and investors will continue flocking back.
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International donors have made any financial support they provide to Egypt contingent on Cairo first reaching agreement on a financing package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the country's prime minister said on Wednesday.
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Egypt said on Wednesday it will not be swayed by aid to change course in a probe of foreign-funded pro-democracy groups and NGOs, a case that has strained ties with the US, a major aid donor to the country.
The government says the case is a...
