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Telecom Egypt Q3 net profit drops 21 pct
Business
November 14, 2011
Telecom Egypt Q3 net profit drops 21 pct
Land-line monopoly Telecom Egypt posted a 21 percent drop in third-quarter net profit on Monday as it continues to suffer…
Bahrain: Suspects say had contact with Iran
World
November 14, 2011
Bahrain: Suspects say had contact with Iran
DUBAI – Members of a cell arrested before they could carry out attacks on Bahrain's Interior Ministry and the Saudi…
Egypt T-bill yields rise as banks feel pinch
Business
November 13, 2011
Egypt T-bill yields rise as banks feel pinch
Egyptian treasury bill yields jumped by around 40 basis points at an auction on Sunday, in further sign that the…
Egypt’s Ghabbour Auto says Q3 net climbs 25%
Business
November 13, 2011
Egypt’s Ghabbour Auto says Q3 net climbs 25%
Egypt's Ghabbour Auto (GB) on Sunday said its third-quarter net income rose 25 percent year-over-year to LE89 million (US$14.9 million),…
Syria calls for Arab League meeting to avert suspension
Egypt
November 13, 2011
Syria calls for Arab League meeting to avert suspension
Syria called Sunday for an emergency summit of Arab League heads of state, in an apparent attempt to thwart its…
Egypt arrests Islamist linked to pipeline attacks
Egypt
November 13, 2011
Egypt arrests Islamist linked to pipeline attacks
Egyptian police arrested a leading member of an armed Islamist group suspected of involvement in pipeline bombings that have disrupted…
Huge blast kills 17 at Iran military base
World
November 13, 2011
Huge blast kills 17 at Iran military base
TEHRAN — A massive explosion at a military arms depot near the Iranian capital Tehran on Saturday killed 17 Revolutionary Guards…
Shrouds lain in Cairo street as Arabs meet on Syria
Egypt
November 12, 2011
Shrouds lain in Cairo street as Arabs meet on Syria
Protesters lay burial shrouds outside the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo on Saturday to symbolize the thousands killed in Syria's…
Turkish commandos shoot dead lone ferry hijacker
World
November 12, 2011
Turkish commandos shoot dead lone ferry hijacker
Turkish commandos killed a lone hijacker, believed to be a Kurdish militant, in a pre-dawn operation on Saturday to rescue…
US demands Iran respond in days to nuclear report
World
November 12, 2011
US demands Iran respond in days to nuclear report
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded on Friday that Iran respond within days to a UN nuclear watchdog's accusations of…