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Egypt’s budget 2017/2018 exceeds one trillion pounds

Egypt’s Finance Ministry completed the drafting of the state budget for the next fiscal year 2018/2017, amid extreme secrecy about its features and key clauses, until its expected announcement by Prime Minister... Saturday, 11 March, 2017 - 11:10
Cars are built at a BYD weld line in Shenzhen, China May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip  

China says industrial policy not aimed at foreign firms

China on Saturday tried to downplay concerns it is reducing market access for foreign enterprises, days after a report by an EU group accused Beijing of trying to skew its business playing field towards domestic firms... Saturday, 11 March, 2017 - 10:59

Officials deny any damage to newly-discovered king Ramses II statue...

The head of the German archaeological mission Dietrich Rowe announced that the antiquities discovered Thursday morning in Matariya area are unharmed and in a good state of preservation.   Rowe was... Friday, 10 March, 2017 - 10:52
Iman after undergoing weight loss surgery in india 

World's heaviest woman successfully undergoes surgery, loses 75...

After loosing over 100 kilos through medical intervention, Eman Ahmed, believed to be the world's heaviest woman, has successfully undergone weight-loss surgery as she was flown to Mumbai from Egypt for treatment... Thursday, 9 March, 2017 - 15:15
Cars are built at a BYD weld line in Shenzhen, China May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip  
Iman after undergoing weight loss surgery in india 

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Egypt’s budget 2017/2018 exceeds one trillion pounds
Cars are built at a BYD weld line in Shenzhen, China May 25, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip  
China says industrial policy not aimed at foreign firms
US economy adds 235,000 new jobs in February
Modi headed for big win in key India state as counting begins
Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 22 in Yemen: official
Cold weather in Alexandria
Milder weather expected for Saturday
Trump administration sends judges to immigration detention centers: sources
Tourists in Karnak despite terrorist attack
Aswan hotel occupancy rate tops 57% in February
Larger dogs, some of them globally-famous native breeds, are being squeezed out by handbag-sized pooches better suited to modern busy lifestyles and smaller homes (AFP / Oli Scarff).
Hounded out: battle to save beloved British dogs
Tourists leave after finishing their holidays, at the airport of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, November 6, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
Arab Contractors Co. to develop Sharm el-Sheikh Airport building
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow, Russia on Thursday, March 9, 2017; the announced talks are about security issues stemming from Iran's presence in neighbouring Syria (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool).
Netanyahu visits Russia for talks set to focus on Syria
A sniper from Iraq's Federal Police force takes aim at Islamic State positions from the roof of a house on the frontline in Albu Saif, south of Mosul. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
IS snipers, mortars take their toll on Iraqi forces in Mosul
Officials deny any damage to newly-discovered king Ramses II statue during excavation
Large numbers of police including heavily armed police commandos were deployed at the main train station in Duesseldorf after a man with an axe attacked passengers (AFP / Patrik Stollarz).
Axe attacker arrested after injuring seven at German train station
Army operations in North Sinai 
Egypt says 2 security officers killed, 4 wounded in northern Sinai
Cairo offers cheapest breakfast worldwide: Bloomberg
Protesters supporting South Korean President Park Geun-hye scuffle with riot policemen near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, March 10, 2017. Mandatory credit Yonhap via REUTERS
South Korean court throws president out of office, two dead in protest
British ambassador to Cairo John Casson
UK offers $150 million as loan guarantee to support Egypt’s economic reform
Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamel's compartment door stolen from shrine
Alexandria wine store owner murdered.
Death penalty for Coptic alcohol merchant murderer in Alexandria

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Cold weather in Alexandria
Milder weather expected for Saturday
Meteorologists expect moderate weather on Saturday along the northern coast and warmer weather on the rest of the regions...
Tourists in Karnak despite terrorist attack
Aswan hotel occupancy rate tops 57% in February
Foreign tourist turnout to archaeological areas and the provinces of Upper Egypt recorded a recent increase, with hotel...
Tourists leave after finishing their holidays, at the airport of the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, November 6, 2015. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih
Arab Contractors Co. to develop Sharm el-Sheikh Airport building
The Arab Contractors Company announced that the Cabinet has assigned it to develop passengers building number 2 at...

Middle East/North Africa

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Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 22 in Yemen: official
At least 22 civilians were killed on Friday and dozens wounded when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a market in western...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Moscow, Russia on Thursday, March 9, 2017; the announced talks are about security issues stemming from Iran's presence in neighbouring Syria (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool).
Netanyahu visits Russia for talks set to focus on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for talks focusing on the...
A sniper from Iraq's Federal Police force takes aim at Islamic State positions from the roof of a house on the frontline in Albu Saif, south of Mosul. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
IS snipers, mortars take their toll on Iraqi forces in Mosul
At a field clinic near the front line in Mosul, an Iraqi Federal Police officer lay in discomfort on a stretcher, a drip in...

World

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Modi headed for big win in key India state as counting begins
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party was heading for a landslide in the key battleground state...
Trump administration sends judges to immigration detention centers: sources
The Department of Justice is deploying 50 judges to immigration detention facilities across the United States, according to...
Large numbers of police including heavily armed police commandos were deployed at the main train station in Duesseldorf after a man with an axe attacked passengers (AFP / Patrik Stollarz).
Axe attacker arrested after injuring seven at German train station
German police have arrested an axe-wielding attacker believed to be suffering from mental health issues after he injured...

Business

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US economy adds 235,000 new jobs in February
The US economy had another strong month of job creation in February, the Labor Department reported -- a result sure to boost...
British ambassador to Cairo John Casson
UK offers $150 million as loan guarantee to support Egypt’s economic reform
British Ambassador John Casson signed on Wednesday a joint declaration of intent with International Cooperation and...
Annual food inflation rate jumps by 41.7%: CAPMAS
The annual food and beverage inflation rates jumped by 41.7 percent in February 2017, according to the a report by the...

Science

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Ayyubid Sultan al-Kamel's compartment door stolen from shrine
Security authorities have begun investigations into the theft of the wooden door from the compartment of Sultan al-Kamel,...
Parts of buried Ramses II Temple discovered in Matariya
The Antiquities Ministry announced on Thursday the discovery of parts from two statues of two kings belonging to the 19th...
66 statues of Pharaonic goddess Sekhmet discovered in Luxor
Since the beginning of the year, the German archaeological mission operating at the King Amenhotep III Temple area in Luxor...

Arts

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Rubble and ash in Mosul museum retaken from Islamic State
The antiquities museum in the Iraqi city of Mosul is in ruins. Piles of rubble fill exhibition halls and a massive fire in...
Models of the SibPlus Models agency and participants of the Miss Doughnut beauty competition walk during a rehearsal in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia March 4, 2017 (Ilya Naymushin / Reuters). In Russia's snowy Krasnoyarsk, women preparing for a plus-sized beauty contest parade around dressed in swimsuits.
In Siberian pageant, beauty comes in all sizes
In Russia's snowy Krasnoyarsk province, women prepare for a plus-sized beauty contest parade around a hall, dressed in...
FILE PHOTO: U.S. actress Scarlett Johansson and her partner Romain Dauriac pose as they arrive for the 39th Cesar Awards ceremony in Paris February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo 
Scarlett Johansson files for divorce, requests custody of daughter
American actress Scarlett Johansson filed for divorce from French journalist Romain Dauriac in New York this week and asked...

Living

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Larger dogs, some of them globally-famous native breeds, are being squeezed out by handbag-sized pooches better suited to modern busy lifestyles and smaller homes (AFP / Oli Scarff).
Hounded out: battle to save beloved British dogs
Eclipsed in the rush for so-called designer dogs, some famous British breeds are now threatened with extinction, the world...
Cairo offers cheapest breakfast worldwide: Bloomberg
"Bloomberg indicator" revealed that Cairo is the cheapest country around the world in terms of the cost of a...
    Emirati figure skater Zahra Lari competes last month in Abu Dhabi.    
Nike commercial celebrates Arab female athletes 'to inspire others'
"What will they say about you?" is a rhetorical question with which many women and girls in the Middle East are...