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Hospital heads charged with negligence in swine flu death
Egypt

Hospital heads charged with negligence in swine flu death

Assistant Health Minister Muhammad Mustafa referred the directors of three hospitals to public prosecutors for their roles in the death…
Pensioners’ movement warns of “anger of the poor”
Egypt

Pensioners’ movement warns of “anger of the poor”

In a hard-hitting response to the ruling National Democratic Party's (NDP's) recently-concluded sixth annual party congress, the opposition "Pensioners Defense…
Clinton visits Cairo on damage control trip
Egypt

Clinton visits Cairo on damage control trip

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s just-completed Middle East tour has left Arab leaders openly frustrated with the Obama administration,…
Iraq offers housing contracts to Egyptian private sector
Business

Iraq offers housing contracts to Egyptian private sector

The Iraqi government on Tuesday offered contracts for the construction of 3.5 million housing units in Iraq to the Egyptian…
Blood feud on the pitch
Egypt

Blood feud on the pitch

On 14 November, Egypt and Algeria will come head to head on the football field for a match that will…
Why so cynical?
Books

Why so cynical?

Writers tend to agree that political and social sarcasm is a result of the passive process of being denied political…
Ethiopia to welcome Egyptian investors
Egypt

Ethiopia to welcome Egyptian investors

Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza said Ethiopia is considering the allocation of 2.5 million acres of arable land for Egyptian…
Upheaval in Minya after church renovations
Egypt

Upheaval in Minya after church renovations

Some 200 Muslim youth of Bodroman village in Menya staged protests on Wednesday against a local church renovating its steeple.…
Govt: Poverty rate up 2%
Business

Govt: Poverty rate up 2%

Minister of Economic Development Othman Mohamed Othman said on Tuesday that the poverty rate in Egypt has gone from 19…
“Things have essentially collapsed”
Egypt

“Things have essentially collapsed”

By now the signing ceremony should have come and gone, the happy group handshakes completed before dozens of photographers. Egypt…
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