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There\u2019s nothing new to report on Egypt in the international press<\/strong> unless you count a really lazy, paper-thin story from Forbes Middle East<\/a> suggesting that Naguib Sawiris \u201cstands to profit immensely\u201d from North Korea opening up to foreign investment. Sawiris has already admitted that he has lost de facto control of Koryolink, his JV with the government in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s nothing new to report on Egypt in the international press unless you count a really lazy, paper-thin story from Forbes Middle East suggesting that Naguib Sawiris \u201cstands to profit immensely\u201d from North Korea opening up to foreign investment. 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