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GlobalPost | 8 hours ago

Desert ecotourism: what's in it for Egypt?

...downside of popularity with Western tourists outweigh the benefits? Depends who you talk to. BAWATI, Egypt - The windswept peak of Black Mountain could be the perfect place to watch a...

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L.A. Times - Babylon & Beyond | 20 hours ago

EGYPT: Moderates and conservatives battling over IslamOnline

...brutal attack on Al Aqsa Mosque." IslamOnline was founded in 1997 by Yusuf al Qaradawi, a controversial Egyptian cleric based in Qatar. One of the region's more provocative Islamic...

Reuters | 20 hours ago

Egypt's Orascom Telecom delays listing of new GDRs

Egypt's Orascom Telecom <ORTE.CA> has pushed back the date on which its newly created global depositary receipts (GDRs) <ORTEq. L> will begin trading in London until March 26, citing...

New York Times | 2 days ago

International Real Estate: House Hunting in ... Egypt

...house is in Nabq, just north of the resort town of Sharm el Sheik on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. On one side is the Nabq protectorate, a preserve of mangroves and...

BBC News | 2 days ago

Egypt questions Israeli reporter

...for another media outlet. We hope for and expect his safe return soon," the paper said in a statement. Egypt has come under pressure from Israeli authorities to clamp down on illegal...

"I can tell you very quickly that everything to do with Europe, subtract 10%, and for Egypt and Turkey, add 25%," Tipton said.

Tourism offers no quick fix for Europe's troubled Mediterranean countries USATODAY.com | 1 day ago

L.A. Times - Babylon & Beyond | 2 days ago

EGYPT: Hosni Mubarak hospitalized after gallbladder surgery, rattling investors

...the possible succession of his son, Gamal. Political dynamics have further changed with the return to Egypt of Mohamed ElBaradei, the former U.N. nuclear watchdog chief. Opposition...

Reuters | 2 days ago

Egypt regulator enforces Internet voice call ban

...Telecom Egypt. The ban will apply to the three mobile operators in Egypt -- Mobinil, Etisalat Egypt and Vodafone Egypt -- who offer internet access for computers via USB and other...

washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago

3,400-year-old statues unearthed in Egypt

CAIRO -- A team of archaeologists unearthed two large red granite statues in southern Egypt at the mortuary temple of one of the most powerful pharaohs, who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago,...

washingtonpost.com | 2 days ago

Egypt president recovering well, hospital says

...to be published this week, were carried by the official news agency MENA. Egypt's al-Shorouk newspaper had said an Egyptian television crew was heading to Germany to film Mubarak.

Christian Science Monitor | 3 days ago

In Egypt, rumors of President Hosni Mubarak demise fuel uncertainty. Who will lead next?

A man walks past a billboard of President Hosni Mubarak in Cairo, Sunday. Hosni Mubarak, 81, who has ruled Egypt for almost three decades, went into surgery last Saturday. By...

Reuters | 3 days ago

Egypt detains Israeli reporter tracking migrants

...Israeli, Yotam Feldman, told Egyptian police he was a journalist working in Tel Aviv and had entered Egypt's Sinai peninsula legally to track African migrants seeking work or asylum in...

AP Online | 3 days ago

Egypt arrests Israeli journalist along the border

...papers or money but told his investigators he was reporting on African migrants sneaking into Israel from Egypt. The Haaretz newspaper identified the man as one of its reporters,...