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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Egypt’s main stock index fell the most this month, led by a decline in EFG-Hermes Holding SAE after Dubai Group LLC was said to be seeking to sell a $91 million stake in the Egyptian investment bank.
Egyptian engineers were carrying out major excavation work at the Gaza border on Wednesday as an Israeli daily reported that an anti-smuggling barrier was under construction, an AFP reporter said.
A top Egyptian official pressed Britain Wednesday to return an ancient stone tablet seen as an icon of his country and denied his countrymen were "pirates of the Caribbean" seeking to steal it back.
Her hair neatly tucked under a Muslim headscarf, Dawlat al-Amine practises aikido regularly in a Cairo gym where she and her female colleagues learn martial arts to protect other women.
CAIRO -- Until a few weeks ago, Egypt's state media described Mohamed ElBaradei, the Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and just-retired head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as a credit to his country. He was seen as a man who had dared speak truth unto power -- defying the United Sta...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Egypt has started to build an iron wall on its border with Gaza, an Israeli newspaper reported. The iron wall is being constructed to shut down smuggling tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported.
FC Sion appealed on Wednesday to overturn a transfer ban imposed by FIFA after goalkeeper Essam El Hadary broke his contract in Egypt to join the Swiss club. The Court of Arbitration for Sport case will be studied closely by English club Chelsea, which is challenging a similar FIFA suspension on signing players.
Fears that Dubai's debt problems are not limited to troubled state conglomerate Dubai World battered investor confidence in the world's top oil-exporting region and sent shares across the Gulf tumbling on Wednesday.
Manama - The foreign ministers of Bahrain and Egypt Tuesday reaffirmed their support for Saudi Arabia as it continues to battle Yemeni rebels on its southern border. The security and stability of Saudi Arabia is a vital matter for both our countries...
U.S.-allied Arab governments in the Middle East are flouting human rights through violations including torture, extra-judicial killings and repressive laws, an Egyptian human rights group said Tuesday.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- EFG-Hermes Holding SAE , the biggest publicly traded Arab investment bank, fell the most since August after Dubai Group LLC was said to be seeking to sell a $91 million stake in the Egyptian investment bank.
Political and civic leaders largely turn a blind eye to flourishing anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt, a new report said.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- EFG-Hermes Holding SAE fell as much as 7.2 percent in Cairo trade after Dubai Group LLC was said to be seeking to sell a $91 million stake in the Egyptian investment bank.
Mobile phone subscriptions are spreading fast and due to reach 120,000 early next year in communist North Korea, where an Egyptian provider started a service a year ago, a press report said Tuesday.
A food drive will be held at New Egypt Speedway, 720 Route 539, New Egypt, on Dec. 10, 11 and 12. Nonperishable items can be dropped off at the speedway on those days between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Details: 609-758-1900 or www.newegyptspeedway.net.
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