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3 injured in Upper Egypt shootout
Egypt
March 21, 2011
3 injured in Upper Egypt shootout
Three people were injured during a shootout between two families in a village in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag…
Expert: Egypt losing 30,000 acres of arable land annually to urban sprawl
Environment
December 13, 2010
Expert: Egypt losing 30,000 acres of arable land annually to urban sprawl
Egypt is losing 30,000 acres of arable land each year to urban encroachment, Farouk al-Baz,
Egypt offers 1580 acres for industrial projects
Business
September 12, 2010
Egypt offers 1580 acres for industrial projects
Egypt, eager to nurture its manufacturing sector and increase exports, will tender 6.4 million square meters (1580 acres) of land…
Committee to investigate encroachments on state land
Business
May 30, 2010
Committee to investigate encroachments on state land
The Central Auditing Organization (CAO), a government oversight organization, will form a commitee to investigate encroachments on state-owned land. The…
Mysterious man offers to buy land on Egypt-Gaza border
Egypt
May 11, 2010
Mysterious man offers to buy land on Egypt-Gaza border
A man calling himself General Gabri has approached various tribes in Sinai, offering to buy all the land around the…
Q&A: Salah Arafa, maven of sustainable development
Environment
November 23, 2009
Q&A: Salah Arafa, maven of sustainable development
Late last month, American University in Cairo (AUC) physics Professor Salah Arafa was chosen "Man of the Year" by Egypt's…
Calls for more land to Nubians
Egypt
November 22, 2009
Calls for more land to Nubians
At a symposium held in Cairo on Sunday, Nubian activists declared that Nubians had the right to some 700,000 acres…
Warraq residents oppose land confiscation
Egypt
November 18, 2009
Warraq residents oppose land confiscation
Residents of Giza's Warraq district on Tuesday lodged a formal complaint to the attorney general against the recent confiscation of…