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Twitter woos users with group chat and video features
January 28, 2015
Twitter woos users with group chat and video features
Twitter on Tuesday began rolling out new group chat and video features as it worked to ramp up use of…
From Minya to Abu Dhabi: The success story behind al-Edwa’s first palm dates cluster
January 28, 2015
From Minya to Abu Dhabi: The success story behind al-Edwa’s first palm dates cluster
“Participating in one of the world’s largest palm date exhibitions in Abu Dhabi back in December and selling our local…
Freska seller heads to Cairo to make up for summer losses
January 28, 2015
Freska seller heads to Cairo to make up for summer losses
On Dokki neighborhood streets, Amm Gaber, 45, roams among cars and traffic lights, holding a box, and shouts, "Freska! Freska!
Woman feeds the cats of downtown
January 27, 2015
Woman feeds the cats of downtown
All the cats of downtown know Ragaa Abdel Qadir. She loves them. She has been living among them for more…
Low pay, few jobs cost women in poor countries $9 trillion a year
January 27, 2015
Low pay, few jobs cost women in poor countries $9 trillion a year
Women in poor countries lose out on $9 trillion a year - more than the combined gross domestic products of…
Facebook says to blame for temporary outages of its sites
January 27, 2015
Facebook says to blame for temporary outages of its sites
Facebook, the world's largest social network, and its Instagram photo-sharing site, suffered temporary outages around the world for up to…
Products, services sold more after the 25 January revolution
January 26, 2015
Products, services sold more after the 25 January revolution
Following is a list of products and services that sold more after the 25 January revolution: The media Before the the revolution,…
Turkish court orders Facebook to block pages insulting Mohammad
January 26, 2015
Turkish court orders Facebook to block pages insulting Mohammad
A Turkish court has ordered Facebook to block a number of pages deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, threatening to…
Colombia’s Paulina Vega wins Miss Universe title
January 26, 2015
Colombia’s Paulina Vega wins Miss Universe title
Colombia's Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe Sunday, beating out contenders from the United States, Ukraine, Jamaica and The Netherlands…
Titanic survivor letter sells for nearly $12,000
January 24, 2015
Titanic survivor letter sells for nearly $12,000
An indignant letter from a British aristocrat who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 has sold for $11,875,…