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Egypt's financial regulator has approved an offer from France Telecom's Orange to buy 100 percent of shares in Mobinil, but the move was swiftly rejected by Mobinil's parent company Orascom.
WASHINGTON — A senior State Department official said Friday the U.S. expects Pakistan to deport five young Americans detained after they allegedly sought to join up with terrorist groups and left behind a video saying fellow Muslims must be defended.
U.S. beef exports hit their highest monthly volume while pork exports had second-best month
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Five young Americans detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said today. The men have allegedly told investigators they tried to connect with al-Qaida-linked militant groups in Pakistan and were intending to cross the border into Afghanistan and fight U.S. troops there.
The Canadian government said Friday that it has approved a request from Egyptian-backed telecom Globalive Wireless Management Corp. to launch its mobile phone service in Canada.
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Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights that begins at sundown tonight, is a minor holiday celebrated with family get-togethers, potato latkes, jelly doughnuts and gifts.
France handed back four fragments of an ancient tomb mural to Egyptian antiquities authorities on Friday and President Nicolas Sarkozy will return the fifth piece next week, the French culture ministry said.
Egyptian authorities are installing underground metal sheets along the border area of Rafah in a bid to stem smuggling into Hamas-ruled Gaza, residents and officials said on Friday.
Egypt's financial regulator has approved an offer from France Telecom's Orange to buy 100 percent of shares in Mobinil, but the move was swiftly rejected by Mobinil's parent company Orascom.
Reporting for the Middle East Political and Economic Institute, Foreign Policy Association blogger Manuela Paraipan shares a recent interview on post Hosni Mubarak Egypt, with Dr. Amr Hamzawy, Senior Associate at Carnegie Middle East Center. Please visit the MEPEI website to access the interview in audio/pdf format and to check out other interviews by Manuela [...]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Five young Americans detained in Pakistan over alleged terrorist links will most likely be deported, a local police chief said Friday.
A senior State Department official said Friday the U.S. expects Pakistan to deport five young Americans detained after they allegedly sought to join up with terrorist groups and left behinda video saying fellow Muslims must...
On Friday, November 20, the USDA released the November Cattle on Feed report. The report is actually a little friendly with placements nearly 2% below average trade guess and on feed supplies slightly below the trade guess.
CORN - November was a bullish month as prices rallied 31 1/4 cents in November. The November USDA supply/demand report estimated the corn crop at 12.921 billion bushels, the second largest crop in history, however this was down from the October estimate.
United States and Los Angeles Galaxy winger Landon Donovan was upbeat after being drawn in Group C with England, Algeria and Slovenia.
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