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“Minor fire” at El Sewedy Electric warehouse, production no interruption to manufacturing: A “minor fire” at an Elsewedy Electric warehouse in 10 Ramadan City yesterday was contained in under an hour and resulted in loss and damage of no more than USD 10k, a source with first-hand knowledge of the incident tells us. The warehouse […]
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BPE partners with SSAT in PPP schools bid
BPE Partners has inked a partnership agreement with SSAT Education in its bid to build 200 PPP schools for the Egyptian Education Ministry, Al Mal reported. We reported in November that BPE and Orascom Construction are two of 79 companies vying for the project. SSAT would provide BPE Partners with technical support for the bid. […]
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Water services return to Giza after more than 48-hour disruption
Water returned to Giza on Friday: The Water Holding Company and National Tunnels Authority might impose a fine on the Société Egyptienne d’Entreprises (Mokhtar Ibrahim) after technical difficulties caused delays in maintenance works and disrupted water services in Giza for more than 48 hours, Al Mal reported. The government had announced that pipelines would remain […]
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December church bombing death toll climbs to 29
14-year-old Demyana Amir succumbed yesterday to her wounds from the St. Peter and St. Paul Church bombing, bringing the total death toll from the December attack to 29, Ahram Online reported.
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Bill introduced in congress to grant Sadat its highest civilian award
US Congress members introduce legislation to honor Sadat: US senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Representatives Chris Stewart (R-UT) and Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat “for his courageous and steadfast contributions to the history of peace […]
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Federal judge suspends Trump’s Muslim ban
Federal judge suspends Trump’s “Muslim ban”: Nationals from the seven Muslim-majority countries listed in President Donald Trump’s ban are boarding flights to the US “normally” after a federal judge temporarily halted the executive order and reversed around 60k visas that had been revoked (as long as they were not physically canceled), CNN reported. The Justice […]
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Oil price rise in response to new US sanctions on Iran
Oil prices jump in response to new US sanctions on Iran: US crude shot up to USD 53.83 per barrel after the Trump administration imposed further sanctions on Tehran this past Friday, CNBC reports. The sanctions bar 12 entities and 13 individuals from accessing the US financial market and is seen as an initial reaction […]
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Predictably enough, an alleged attack on a French soldier at the Louvre by an Egyptian national is dominating headlines about Egypt this morning in the international press. Elsewhere over the weekend and into this morning:
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The experience of Morsi in Egypt is a relevant case study for Trump -Douthat
NYT’s Ross Douthat believes Morsi’s brief tenure as Egypt’s president, and not Putin’s example from Russia, provides an appropriate case study for US President Donald Trump. “Nothing about Trumpian populism to date suggests that it has either the political skill or the popularity required to grind its opposition down. In which case, instead of Putin, […]