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Egypt loan talks end without deal but IMF sees progress

Egypt loan talks end without deal but IMF sees progress

Egypt and the International Monetary Fund failed to agree on terms for a $4.8 billion (3.1 billion pounds) loan that…
FM: Nile Basin countries must unite, not fight, over water scarcity

FM: Nile Basin countries must unite, not fight, over water scarcity

All Nile Basin countries should unite around the issue of sharing the Nile’s water, instead of fighting over it, said…
No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor

No real evidence army committed abuses, claims prosecutor

A report by a fact-finding committee appointed by President Mohamed Morsy that had implicated the Armed Forces in torture and…
Okasha acquitted of defamation charges

Okasha acquitted of defamation charges

Controversial talk show host Tawfiq Okasha, owner of the private Al-Faraeen satellite channel, was acquitted on charges of defaming the…
Foreign Ministry questions Canadian official on Israel meeting

Foreign Ministry questions Canadian official on Israel meeting

The Foreign Ministry summoned the Canadian charge d’affaires in Cairo on Monday to ask why the Canadian Foreign Minister John…
Islamic Jihad: Judges are destroying nation

Islamic Jihad: Judges are destroying nation

The Egyptian judiciary is “pulling the country into an abyss,” the Islamic Jihad movement warned on Monday following news that…
Authorities mull ending inhumane animal control practices

Authorities mull ending inhumane animal control practices

The General Authority for Veterinary Services is considering putting an end to its practice of poisoning and shooting stray dogs,…
Information Minister increases wages of state tv staff

Information Minister increases wages of state tv staff

Information Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud decided to grant 10 percent of the revenues of advertising, which are broadcast on television…
Tunisia and IMF reach agreement on $1.78 bln loan-govt official

Tunisia and IMF reach agreement on $1.78 bln loan-govt official

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Tunisian government have reached agreement on a $1.78 bln precautionary loan which will…
Khosous Christian family surrenders to police

Khosous Christian family surrenders to police

The Christian family accused of sparking the sectarian violence in Khosous surrendered to police Monday out of fear they would…
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