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Egyptian farmland
Govt scheme aims to increase Sinai population through land reclamation
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Oct 2012
The government has slated 80,000 feddans of land near Al Salam Canal in Sinai for auction, to be exclusively bid on by...
Smuggling tunnels were located by military forces to be destroyed, Rafah city, northern Sinai, 9 August 2012. Egyptian military forces deploying in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish days after it began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region following attack killed 16 soldiers, and injured 7.
Moving ground: Sinai's economic woes
Lina Attalah 11 Oct 2012
ARISH — As President Mohamed Morsy met with community leaders in the capital of North Sinai, residents of the...
Peace treaty with Israel should be amended, says Morsy advisor
Al-Masry Al-Youm 13 Sep 2012
  Mohamed Esmat Seif al-Dawla, an advisor to President Mohamed Morsy, said on Thursday that the Camp David Accords...
A convoy of Egyptian armoured vehicles head along a road in El-Arish on the Sinai Peninsula on the way to the city of Rafah near the Gaza border.
Only Egyptians with Egyptian parents can buy Sinai lands, says general
Al-Masry Al-Youm 04 Sep 2012
Only Egyptian citizens with Egyptian parents will be allowed to own land in Sinai, Major General Abdallah Abdel Ghany...
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil.
Cabinet works to recover stolen funds, develop Sinai
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Aug 2012
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has approved the formation of a national committee to retrieve funds smuggled abroad by...
An Israeli soldier walks near a burned Egyptian military vehicle, that was seized by Islamist gunmen in a deadly cross-border assault on Sunday, after it was towed to an Israeli army base just outside the southern Gaza Strip, 6 August 2012. Islamist gunmen killed at least 15 Egyptian police on Sunday and seized two military vehicles to attack a crossing point into Israel, the deadliest incident in Egypt's tense Sinai border region in decades.
Finance minister: Budget gives priority to Sinai development project
Al-Masry Al-Youm 11 Aug 2012
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed announced Saturday that the state budget for the coming year gives priority to a broad...
The revival of Al Salam Canal, supposed to develop Sinai
Zeinab Abulgheit 21 May 2012
Al Salam Canal project was planned to be the main artery for development in the Sinai Peninsula, representing Egypt...
A convoy of Egyptian armoured vehicles head along a road in El-Arish on the Sinai Peninsula on the way to the city of Rafah near the Gaza border.
Tantawi hails people of Sinai, allocates LE250 million for development projects
Egypt Independent 30 Apr 2012
Egypt’s de facto ruler Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi has said that the armed forces will allocate LE250 million...
Hamdein Sabbahi, MP and founder of Karama party, addressing audience during a Future of Democracy in Egypt seminar organized by Freedoms Committee of Journalists' Syndicate, February 2. The seminar witnessed wide media coverage and heavy presence of major opponent figures, parties, and groups.
Sabbahi campaign reports assassination threats in Sinai
Egypt Independent 26 Apr 2012
Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi and the public figures and campaign staff who accompanied him during his visit to...
Sinai tunnel study completed
Mesbah Kotb
Mohamed Abdel Atty
Ayman Abu Zaid
11 Jul 2010
Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohie Eddin has announced the completion of a technical study examining the possible...