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Egypt gets budget help from Arab Monetary Fund
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Egypt gets budget help from Arab Monetary Fund

Egypt will receive US$200 million to support its budget from the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) this month and…
New threat to bailout as Greek right rejects more austerity
World

New threat to bailout as Greek right rejects more austerity

ATHENS — Greece's conservatives vowed on Monday to reject any new austerity measures in return for the aid that is…
Suez Canal October revenue up US$447.9 million
Business

Suez Canal October revenue up US$447.9 million

Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal rose 4.8 percent from a year earlier to US$447.9 million in October, up 2.2 percent…
Truce agreed between rival militias in Libya
World

Truce agreed between rival militias in Libya

TRIPOLI - Four days of fighting between militias from Libya's coastal city of Zawiyah and members of the Wershifanna tribe…
Egypt’s Egas plans gas bids round early 2012
Business

Egypt’s Egas plans gas bids round early 2012

DOHA - Egypt's state-owned gas company Egas plans to hold a bidding round for natural gas exploration early next year,…
Methanex says to shut down Egypt plant
Business

Methanex says to shut down Egypt plant

Canada's Methanex Corp, the world's largest methanol supplier, said it will shut down its plant in Egypt due to political…
Gloves off as Egypt’s election race heats up
Egypt

Gloves off as Egypt’s election race heats up

Egyptians are facing a blizzard of posters and TV adverts seeking their votes in the first free parliamentary election in…
In Nigeria’s northeast, some sympathy for Islamists
World

In Nigeria’s northeast, some sympathy for Islamists

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Wiping grease onto his t-shirt outside his bicycle repair shack, Baba Gana points to a bomb blast…
Orascom Telecom chairman to step down at end of 2011
Egypt

Orascom Telecom chairman to step down at end of 2011

The executive chairman of Orascom Telecom, Khaled Bichara, will step down from his post at the end of 2011 and…
Syria calls for Arab League meeting to avert suspension
World

Syria calls for Arab League meeting to avert suspension

Syria has called for an emergency Arab summit in an apparent effort to prevent being suspended by the Arab League,…
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