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Egypt cabinet to be reshuffled by end of weekThe Egyptian cabinet will be reshuffled by the end of the week, a state-run newspaper reported, pointing to a delay in efforts to revamp a government widely criticised for failing to get the economy moving and to conclude a much-needed IMF loan More… |
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Egypt ‘won’t sell more public companies’Egypt will not sell any more state-owned companies, President Mohamed Mursi said in a speech on Tuesday. "There will not be any more selling of the public sector again. That is over," Mursi said in a speech to steel and More… |
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Egypt justice minister quits, cites protestEgypt's Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky has resigned in protest at "an assault" on the judiciary by President Mohamed Mursi's Islamist backers, a spokesman said on Sunday, underlining mounting tensions between the judiciary and th More… |
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Mursi to seek oil, food supplies in RussiaEgypt's President Mohamed Mursi will seek oil, gas and grain silos when he visits Russia this week in a bid to revive cooperation that flourished in the Soviet era, officials said. The offic More… |
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IMF deal wins cautious nod from Mursi criticsEgypt's bid to secure a $4.8 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is winning guarded support from some of President Mohamed Mursi's liberal opponents that could make it easier to secure the deal. An IMF More… |
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Egypt parliament approves revamped poll lawEgypt's parliament approved a revised election law on Thursday setting rules for a parliamentary poll later this year, but opposition politicians denounced the new statute and repeated a threat to boycott the vote. More… |
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Egypt satirist questioned for insulting MursiEgyptian prosecutors questioned Egypt's most prominent television satirist on Sunday over allegations he insulted the president and Islam, a case that has increased opposition fears of a crackdown on dissent. & More… |
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Egypt studies IMF bridging loan as crisis deepensEgypt is studying an IMF offer of a bridging loan, a finance ministry source said, as Cairo tries to weather a currency and budget crisis deepened by political uncertainty and violence on the streets of its cities. More… |
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Egypt rejects stop-gap IMF fundingEgypt on Sunday rejected any suggestion of stop-gap IMF funding to help it through a political and economic crisis, saying only broad structural measures as part of a package agreed with the Fund can tackle the country's so More… |
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Egypt is in for trouble with or without the IMFEgypt is at risk of a "revolution of the hungry" two years after Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising, as food and energy prices will soar with or without an IMF deal. Failure to get the $4.8 billion loan or so More… |
