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Egypt retrieves pharaonic artifacts from France, UK
Archaeology
October 3, 2015
Egypt retrieves pharaonic artifacts from France, UK
Egypt has retrieved a pharaonic statue from France, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al-Damaty said on Friday, pointing out that the piece…
Novel about female sex addiction wins Moroccan book prize
Books
September 29, 2015
Novel about female sex addiction wins Moroccan book prize
Franco-Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani won the Mamounia literary price for her novel "In the Garden of the Ogre", which delves…
Russia seizes initiative in Syria crisis; France bombs Islamic State
Middle East
September 28, 2015
Russia seizes initiative in Syria crisis; France bombs Islamic State
Russia appeared to seize the initiative in international efforts to end the conflict in Syria on Sunday as Washington scrambled…
Banksy’s Dismaland theme park heading to Calais
World
September 28, 2015
Banksy’s Dismaland theme park heading to Calais
British street artist Banksy's dystopian theme park Dismaland was being dismantled Monday before being shipped to a migrant camp near…
Egypt might lease Mistral warships to China: agency
Egypt
September 28, 2015
Egypt might lease Mistral warships to China: agency
Egypt might lease recently-purchased French assault ships to China, Taiwan-based news website Want China Times reported, quoting the Moscow-based Russian…
France announces first air strikes on IS in Syria
Middle East
September 27, 2015
France announces first air strikes on IS in Syria
France announced its first air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Sunday, following its decision to expand…
Egypt to retrieve stolen statue from France
Archaeology
September 24, 2015
Egypt to retrieve stolen statue from France
Egypt will receive on October 1st a statue smuggled from Saqqara museum store to France, Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el Damaty…
UPDATE 2: France, Egypt agree 950 mln euro Mistral warship deal
Egypt
September 23, 2015
UPDATE 2: France, Egypt agree 950 mln euro Mistral warship deal
France has agreed to sell two Mistral helicopter carriers to Egypt for 950 million euros ($1.06 billion) after their sale…
With eye to Rouhani Paris visit, French firms head to Iran
World
September 19, 2015
With eye to Rouhani Paris visit, French firms head to Iran
A senior French economic and political delegation heads to Tehran on Sunday to lay the groundwork for the first business…
Egyptian tourism to continue supporting joint propaganda campaigns with France, says minister
Egypt
September 8, 2015
Egyptian tourism to continue supporting joint propaganda campaigns with France, says minister
Egypt will participate in the International French Travel Market (IFTM Top Resa); the largest international exhibition for tourism and travel…