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Egypt jobless rate up to 11.9 percent in first quarter
Business

Egypt jobless rate up to 11.9 percent in first quarter

Egypt's unemployment rates soared to 11.9 percent during the first quarter of 2011 - an increase from 8.9 percent from…
Labor organization: Egypt among Arab nations most affected by financial crisis
Business

Labor organization: Egypt among Arab nations most affected by financial crisis

Egypt is among the Arab countries most affected by the global financial crisis, according to a report from the Arab…
Amr Moussa denies deal with dissolved NDP, promises unemployment allowance
Egypt

Amr Moussa denies deal with dissolved NDP, promises unemployment allowance

Amr Moussa, Arab League secretary general and potential presidential candidate, said he has not made any deals with figures from…
Shenouda asks Egyptians to aid army in restoring calm
Egypt

Shenouda asks Egyptians to aid army in restoring calm

Egyptian Coptic Pope Shenouda III said he was glad that the armed forces are now in charge of the country…
Prime Minister: Suicide not a solution for joblessness
Egypt

Prime Minister: Suicide not a solution for joblessness

Suicide is not the solution to the unemployment faced by Egypt's youth, Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said in statements…
IDSC cites inflation, unemployment, corruption, insecurity as Egypt’s ‘main problems’
Egypt

IDSC cites inflation, unemployment, corruption, insecurity as Egypt’s ‘main problems’

Egyptian citizens suffer from four main problems, namely, rising prices, unemployment, official corruption, and feelings of insecurity, Maged Othman, head…
IMF calls on Egypt to abolish subsidies on petroleum products
Business

IMF calls on Egypt to abolish subsidies on petroleum products

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected an increase in Egypt’s inflation rate, which, the organization noted, would further burden…
Experts: Tunisia-style suicides in Egypt could spur change, if not revolution
Egypt

Experts: Tunisia-style suicides in Egypt could spur change, if not revolution

Desperate Egyptians setting themselves on fire like their Tunisian counterparts are unlikely to spur wide-ranging protests, but they might serve…
What Tunisia proved and disproved
Opinion

What Tunisia proved and disproved

The Tunisian uprising raises so many questions that it is difficult to focus on only one or two, but one…
Arab soul is broken, says Moussa
Egypt

Arab soul is broken, says Moussa

The secretary general of the Arab League on Wednesday linked the upheaval in Tunisia to deteriorating economic conditions throughout the…
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