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There was little of note on the airwaves last night: <\/strong>The agreement to move ahead with the USD 1.8 bn Egypt-Saudi electricity interconnection project was among the highlights. Electricity Minister Mohamed Shaker phoned in on Al Hayah Al Youm to comment on the linkup, for which contracts were handed to a consortium of Orascom Construction and Japan\u2019s Hitachi yesterday (watch, runtime: 4:14<\/a> and runtime: 5:43<\/a>). We have chapter and verse on the story in tonight\u2019s Hardhat, below.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi aired the highlights of yesterday's Senate testimony <\/strong>by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen (watch, runtime: 3:38<\/a>). We recap this story in What We\u2019re Tracking Today, above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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